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1. Altitude read on the altimeter of the plane at this time FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 40 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 The document binder The document binder gathers all the documents you might need to browse in flight The Browse documents button on the home page allows browsing your document biender i e all the information and documents associated with an airport airfield via a look up ICAO airfield code or description The various documents and information are gathered in tabs gt ACCESSING DOCUMENTS IN FLIGHT In flight more accurately when the navigation is started the Document binder menu or icon of each cockpit page and the control panel provides a quick access to the documents that are relevant at this time WARNING once the navigation is started the Document binder menu or icon does not lead to the management of the document binder but to the browsing of information and documents S The Navigation tag displays the airfield airports that are A Browse document binder directly relevant to your navigation NAVIGATION NEARBY ALL AIRPORTS Those are the platforms that are less than a given iret Montpellier M diterran e distance either way of one of the flight plan legs You can PA Montpellier Candillargues define this distance in the general application settings ZNS Al s C vennes Deaux The airfields airports are ordered the same way you will
2. FlightAssistant Your best co pilot on an Android device y N FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 Rut cannes E I E E AEA ee eee aes 5 M ns 6 on oi io 8 EECHER ee 8 Te Bie nne e EE 8 a ions 9 ie 10 a eaten a dt tn de ee 10 Aarme eege 12 A M RO 12 WT len a El 14 RE 15 ee ae ee ie a ee ons 15 arte and Eeler sometimes 17 O E ie EEN 17 TOCE EE 18 L a E 18 PT EEN 19 d Ter E Eed 19 GEELEN 20 a eee ee een 21 D a DO 21 Te TT hihi cation ta eines 22 aen ER ER em 22 SS EREECHEN 23 E Rn DEET 23 ee EE 24 ee ne he 24 Rd 24 nn 26 A ne 27 DO Mon D tice eile ieee een 28 D RD a 29 The Fis Cri Situation OR ee so tiens 30 gt The HSI Horizontal Situation Indicator en details 30 a 31 OR ee 31 The FMS Flight Management System icsisasiatssscciarsisasiatsccsesaneianstensisapiandinverctsicsesarsiantiensatneias 32 gt Cumulative distance and Kan EE 33 FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 2 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 gt Adding comments to the flight plan legs Vi 33 Be Ts orn rE EE 34 dd de Re den 34 Ziel tee EE 35 e nee et ois practises aie eae eee 35 T ee ee papas ed i ei ee eee eae ene 36 Te a Srnec ee ce eee newt ci 37 gt Theve rtical navigation PO EE 37 gt EK 38 ESCHER A0 D NL AE COTE een mi nie oem 40 gt Automatic SEENEN 40 Tne Cee DET EE 41 gt Accessing documents in TEN EE 41 bt E EE 43 gt The meteorological data TAF and METAR cccccccescssssss
3. E can be defined TEE E EE ue The detailed calculation of the engine time can be Show the engine time details displayed e Wind overhead a percentage of increase that canbe 24 nt definedas adefauttorferthe ficht olan is applied to T urrer pla Montpellier Mende commentaires the raw flight time by default 10 Ss Distance 41 2nm 72 8nm e Approach time additional time allowed to perform Fly tne 00 21 approach and landing by default 5mn Wind 00 04 Approach 00 05 e Taxi time additional time for taxi ground Taxi 00 05 Engine 00 33 manoeuvres added once per take and once per SE landing by default 10mn You can as well display the current plane performances in the FMS header gt ADDING COMMENTS TO THE FLIGHT PLAN LEGS If you add comments to some legs in your flight plan you will have to enable their display in the FMS preference pages A leg can have up to 3 lines of comment NB in the case of a flight plan imported from Navigation from F Fouchet you can define your comments in the comment field of each leg using the pipe character as line separator Le Bleymard N44 29 8 E3 43 59 288 9 0mm ere04 30 cra 09 06 gt Notre Dame des Neiges gt sur travers droit FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 33 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 gt THE FMS PREFERENCES Display section Show legs comments Enable this if you want to display the comments associated w
4. Edit or delete the selected flight plan NB on small screen gt e Flightplans Montpellier Mende Montpellier Langogne Montpellier Mende tests Montpellier M diterran e Aubenas Arde the delete button can be in the overflow menu Once you are editing the flight plan you have access to the navigation log the list of legs in the flight plan Add a leg after the current one Edite the selected leg GR B 14 06 Flight depa rture Ed Montpellier Langogne y Q Misc features rena me eparture F HASP the flight plan etc Om Oft 2 Montpellier M dit rann e o o o LFMT N 4500ft Destination of this leg s Nord ville de Sommi res 24 13 7nm ETEO9 50 Route and length of the leg Revert the flight plan ON 4500ft 5500ft Ales Cevennes 8 17 0nm ETEO9 11 x Tvs Est La Grand Combe 5500ft 5000ft N44 15 14 E4 4 8 E ar Cruise altitude and ae Rivi res Ligne HT 50008 possibly arrival 29 12 E3 58 28 5 344 145nm ETE0716 altitude with change Ladies 5000ft 4800ft indicator z W Langogne Losperon 344 13 7nm ETE06 47 Totals C O ee a Estimated time en route Distance 70nm Fly time 00 38 Ap amp taxi 00 25 Wind 00 03 for the leg Switch to map view Access to contextual menu Engine 01 07 Move up ar Total distance and flight ETE time for the flight plan Remove waypoint On devices with an Android system p
5. 49 55 My VOR France N44 50 14 E3 55 39 Use a long press to access the context menu it will show Add this point to the AIP database Point type User defined Country France Once you select this you can rename the point select its Pointname BIG LAKE ee ei country and type and even finely tune coordinates an a A Latitude N 44 43 28 v Note The list of countries is long and it can be a bit Longitude E 3 49 55 tedious but after the first one it will default to the previous one you used FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 66 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 gt EDITING amp DELETING USER WAYPOINTS You can edit amp delete user waypoint either by selecting them in the list view or via the context menu on the user waypoint map or the edit flight plan map long press nearby the waypoint that you want to edit or delete Edit the selected ES Edt user wano Delete the selected waypoint waypoint LIST VIEW MAP VIEW O x BIG LAKE France N44 43 28 E3 49 55 My VOR France N44 50 14 E3 55 39 You can edit all the data that defines the waypoint and you can even fine tune its coordinates down to 1 second of latitude amp longitude less than 60 yards depending where you are Waypoint type VOR NDB AF etc Waypoint description auto populated at Point type User defined creation time Country France Pointname BIG LAKE Increase latitu
6. Totals a ae Distance 71nm Fly time 00 38 q Two warnings are displayed in the above example e Inthe first leg 14nm we cannot reach a cruise altitude of 15 000ft and be at 2 500ft above the destination waypoint possibly a typo It is to note that in such a Case it is the arrival altitude that FlightAssistant will try to meet if at all possible Here we will climb as much as possible but we will not reach 15 000ft then we will descend towards 2 500fr above LFMT N e Inthe last leg it will not be possible to lose 3 300ft from 5 000ft a 1 700ft in 2 3nm In some situations FlightAssistant will calculate an LFMT N 4500ft Montpellier Nord Sommi res intermediate overfly altitude This is when you 24 13 7nm ETE09 49 have specified an arrival altitude for a leg but you E 4500ft 3600 Aubenas Ard che need to start your descent climb before the 17 40 8nm ETE 20 06 beginning of this leg LFHO 2400ft Aubenas Ard che M rid Val Lanas In this example we have defined a cruise altitude EBI ETE02 30 of 4 500ft and an arrival altitude of 2 400ft at LFHO But if we want to achieve this we actually need to start our descent before AUB that we should overfly at 3 600ft rounded The cruise altitude for AUB LFHO will be ignored FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 39 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 Cross pages features The features that are described here can be available
7. AIRAC cycles are the official update cycles for aeronautical information update They are defined by ICAO see Eurocontrol s website 12 The weather data is downloaded from the USA s National Weather Service A full cycle file is downloaded for METARs and TAFs FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 47 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 FlightAssistant consider that the weather information is current for 6 hours After this delay a warning will be displayed if you use out dated information Selecting and downloading NOTAMs FlightAssistant downloads NOTAMs based on a list of FIRs Flight Information Regions to which you will subscribe see Managing AIP data FI Rs amp Documentation bi A Manage data subscriptions S u bsc ri ptio n S COMMUNITY AIP CONTENT FILTER NOTAMS Refresh data Yerur pUEe v runu management Denmark Kibenhavn FIR Select airports Half width 50nm Finland Finland FIR Su bscribe to Fl Rs in NOTAMs e included se order to download down oa d Delete all charts Download N OTAM e Bordeaux FIR Rei FIR Download ole Paris FIR Download Marseille FIR Brest FIR Germany The NOTAMs are downloaded FIR by FIR The NOTAMS are selected based on activation time from now and to 48 hours in the future VFR flight rules including GPS NOTAMSs Downloading NOTAMs for FIR LFBB Please be patient this may take a few minutes 13 The NOTAMSs are downloaded from the French Service d
8. all items that can carry 4 Empty weight load at the time of flying Weight 633 kg Arm 320 mm e The plane itself Er UO e The pilot or pilots 410 mm Max e The passenger or passengers Pilot 2 410 mm Max e The fuel tanks Passenger 1 e The luggage compartments 1190 mm Max Other load points Passenger 2 1190 mm Max For each weight station you will need to define Fuel tank 1 the arm and optionally the maximum weight that 1120 mm Capacity 110 Unus will limit the weight you can enter at calculation Fuel tank 2 time d Only enter a value if the plane actually has a structural limit if you enter 0 the limit will be ignored If this is a fuel tank you will rather be asked to enter the maximum capacity how much fuel the tank can contain and the unusable fuel quantity FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 58 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 When creating a new plane FlightAssistant will propose a default set of weight station that you can edit You can delete a weight station by tapping on the bin icon on the line of the weight station You can add a weight station by tapping the plus button in the action bar at the top of the screen Please review the weight amp balance section of the plane operations manual to collect the right data WARNING For the fuel tanks the order is important Indeed when calculating the weight amp balance at landing time and during flight F
9. and loaded Perform a pre flight FlightAssistant v1 0 0 DEV 2 weight amp balance check FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 15 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 The home page will look different on a phone where the screen estate is much smaller The setting and flight preparation features are not directly visible and you will need to tap either the Settings or Flight preparation buttons to access each group of features ow t Ge OS 4 18 34 A FlightAssistant Flight control Sf Start flight Active flight plan Tap here to select the flight plan Gi Plane DEFAULT Manage FP 2 Cockpit D Browse docs Weight amp balance ge mp Settings Flight preparation As soon as you start a flight the home page changes to display flight information rather than the settings and flight preparation sections d TE OA al 19 22 s FlightAssistant Te Flight control A Stop flight Name of the currently Active flight plan active flight plan Montpellier Toulouse Plane Current GPS position ES Cockpit Browse docs with ground speed and course Navigation status Mode Flight plan Current location Status of the GPS signal N43 41 25 1 E3 55 43 3 2 4kts 193 and accuracy SPS status Last updated at 19 22 21 A full GPS fix will give LOC j SPEED HEAD Wu ALT the position the speed the course and the altitude In case of bad reception some FlightAssistant v1 0 0 DE
10. displayed because of it is out of the displayed range This will be made visible gt VERTICAL NAVIGATION WARNINGS Whether it is in flight or when you are creating a flight plan FlightAssistant can sometimes detect that an altitude constraint cruise altitude or arrival altitude of a leg will not be met LFHO Ke Aubenas Arde shalt This altitude will be highlighted red text when it is REMY EWECH displayed Ke fo 11 ie Biz In this example we are flying at 4 600ft 2 42 away from our destination waypoint where we should be ate 2 500ft Our plane a defined descent rate of 700ft mn therefore we cannot be at 2 500ft above our destination FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 38 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 LOC SPEED TI HEAD The warning is as well displayed in the Current flight plan ree Aubenas Alt Test 1 j FMS otal Remaining Distance 6 8nm 60 0nm Remaining Tota Fly time 00 02 00 31 Engine 00 02 00 49 The vertical navigation warnings display in the cockpit pages but as well when editing the flight plan if they exist at this time CG e Ed Montpellier M diterran e Mont limar Anc ne d 17ft Montpellier M diterran e LFMT N Montpellier Nord Sommi res 24 13 7nm OLN Uzes 37 21 9nm ETE 1212 LFHD 5000ft Pierrelatte 36 23 5nm ETE 1 1 43 MTL 5000ft Montelimar Anc ne d 16 9 8nm ETEO4 54 LFLQ 5000ft y Mont limar Anc ne 311 2 3nm
11. flight plan as initially defined for the remaining legs The flight plan The flight plan in FlightAssistant is not a flight plan in the aeronautical acceptance of the term like the one you can file to aeronautical authorities etc It only defines your navigation in the horizontal and possibly vertical axis It is a list of your navigation legs A leg is defined by its origin its destination UV its cruise altitude optional It is the altitude you want to fly between the origin point and the destination point of the leg The cruise altitude is acquired from the origin point UV its arrival altitude It s the altitude you want to fly over the destination point From that in Flight Plan mode FlightAssistant will guide you from a point to another and will indicate altitude changes and slopes in order to match cruise and arrival altitudes if defined FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 9 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 Loss of GPS signal If you completely loose the GPS signal during the Villefort N44 26 18 E3 55 56 flight or if you access one of the cockpit pages without starting navigation FlightAssistant will display a flag so that you are immediately aware KK 7 A own H E i 4 CH Montpelher L Note that you can choose he GPS accuracy e Le Bleymard threshold in the application preferences N44 29 8 E3 43 59 The action bar Fligh
12. gt next LFMS Ales Cevennes w Tvs Est La Grand Co 34 N44 15 14 E4 4 8 There are a few actions that are relevant to the waypoints of the navigation or destination in GOTO mode Those actions will automatically appear in the quick action bar when you will press on one of these points for example on a to from or next waypoint block or on the FMS The list of actions can vary based on the type of the point airport GPS point etc and its relative rank in the flight plan The quick action bar allows e viewing airport documents diagram charts etc if some are available e browsing the arrival briefing NOTAMs TAF METAR frequencies amp runway information AHS runway diagram S NTIS inf ica e change the cruise altitude or the arrival altitude of the branch e engage the Direct To mode FlightAssistant v1 0 5 LOC SPEED HEAD Current flight plan Montpellier Langogne x Tvs Est La Gran N44 15 14 E4 4 8 Arr Brieffing Cruise alt Arrival alt Direct to oLFHL 50008 4800 Langogne Lesperon 344 13 7nm etE06 45 amp 1a09 20 Page 19 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 gt ADDITIONAL DISPLAYS FOR TABLETS Taking advantage of a more comfortable screen estate some cockpit pages can offer alternative layouts arrangements with additional information that can be enabled in the settings of each page Those alternative layouts have the same main functi
13. information will be converted i e if you chose Liters as fuel units and entered tank capacity in liters when you change the plane fuel unit to US Gallons the tank capacity will be updated to reflect the new unit FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 57 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 gt PLANE PERFORMANCES sl s FlightAssistant SPECIFICATIONS PERFORMANCES Plane performances are used for flight planning and therefore should be as accurate as possible both for horizontal speed speed between point A and point B and vertical speed speed for changing from altitude X to altitude Y Cruise speed Climb speed EE Kt You will define as well on this tab the type of fuel and Climb rate ft min average fuel consumption per hour that will be used for Descent rate ft min weight amp balance calculations All values are to be entered using the plane unit Fueltype Avgas 100LL previously defined Avg fuel flow 35 0 gt WEIGHT DETAILS As you would expect the weight amp balance calculation will heavily rely on weight details for the plane P Bre EN FlightAssistant e save cancer 4 Beyond defining MTOW maximum take off weight and MLW maximum landing weight you SPECIFICATIONS PERFORMANCES WEIGHT DETAILS C G LIMITS will define as well the weight stations for the pla ne Max takeoff weight MTOW 1100 kg Max landing weight MLW 1045 kg Weight stations model
14. pass by gt O A Browse document binder The Nearby tab shows airports that are close to your NAVIGATION NEARBY ALL AIRPORTS Nc current location provided this location is known Montpellier Candillargues LFMT Montpellier M diterran e LFNL K aint Martin De Londres Oo A Browse document binder NAVIGATION NEARBY ALL AIRPORTS The All airports tab allows searching for an O Tou airport by its name or ICAO code in order to access AS to its documentation package Toulouse Blagnac LFCL Toulouse Lasbordes FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 41 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 42 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 gt THENOTAMS The NOTAMS tab holds the known NOTAMS for the selected airfield NOTAMS WEATHER ARRIVAL CHARTS s Arrival briefing for LFMA LFFA C1533 13 SUN 0800 1100 1200 1800 By default only the first line of each NOTAM is displayed just press in the NOTAM area to expand it Series ee ee LIMITE SUPERIEURE RELEVEE AU FL135 ET HORAIRES ETENDUS and retract It again PSN 433019N 0052202E INFO AIX ATIS 136 225 MHZ PROVENCE INFO 127 725 MHZ SFC If the NOTAMs for this platform were downloaded more BE LEFA D3041 123 than 24 hours ago a warning message will display and PARKING AVION INTERDIT AUX HELICOPTERES will make you aware EUX x C 5 ail 15 30 e Arrival briefing for LFMA NOTAMS WE
15. size 3 Only available on tablets 4 Sub menu 5 e 7 Sub menu for each item you can choose small medium or large FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 28 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 Points size Size of the AIP database points affects the size of the symbols and of their name Airspaces amp alerte section This type of airspace will be displayed on the map Warn column You will receive a warning message before entering this type of airspace Alert column You will receive an alert message before entering this type of airspace Moving map behaviour Auto lock on scroll When scrolling the map and in flight mode this will automatically lock the map to the position you scrolled stopping automatic updates to the current plane position You ll have to re enable location tracking manually Hold time after scroll When the above is not activated this will let you choose how long the map will pause before re centering on the plane position after you manually scrolled to another position gt ADDITIONAL DISPLAYS LF MS 8 17am Ales Cevennes 4500 5500 Distance nm On a tablet the preferences allow you to 150 rer 7 3 43 display a mini HIS as well as the moving map Speed RN Bearing gt Bearing gt next itself on the moving map page 4 Montpelter Te a 0 UE CAES FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 29 69 FlightAssistant User Guide
16. the plane symbol Speed vector color Color of the speed vector Please note that a light transparency effect will be added Track color Color of the track Please note that a light transparency effect will be added Flight plan color Color of the flight plan Please note that a light transparency effect will be added to the lines The waypoints symbols and names will be Opaque Color of the compass rose or arc mode GOTO route color Color of the GOTO route Please note that a light transparency effect will be added to the lines The waypoints symbols and names will be Opaque Airports amp platforms Color of the airports amp platforms points from the AIP color database Radio navigation points Color of radio navigation waypoints VORs DMEs NDBs color etc Other points color Couleur des autres points issus des donn es AIP points de report intersections etc Moving map objects sizes section Plane Plane symbol size size Size of the Size of the symbol representing the plane location representing the plane location eege vector width Width of the speed vector Eeer E size of minute bullets as well Width of the line representing the track Flight plan size Size of the fligh plan and GOTO or Direct To legs This applies to the line width the waypoint symbol sizes and their name Compass size Size of the compass elements This will affect line width graduation height and text
17. 0 The core concepts The modules The FlightAssistant features are grouped in 3 main modules that you can access from the home page or the FlightAssistant action bar when you are in cockpit mode The home page el allows access to primary FlightAssistant s control functions like settings or activating a flight plan preparing a flight starting or stopping a flight The cockpit module ES is of course the module to use during your flights it gathers all the pages useful to the navigation The documents binder module es gathers different documents airport data airports diagrams amp maps NOTAMs weather etc For each of these 3 modules FlightAssistant offers some settings Ei that will allow you to adjust the behaviour of the application There are some global settings from the control panel page and some other that only relates to the current page The navigation modes FlightAssistant uses the concept of navigation mode in order to define the current state of the flight Free flight In this mode FlightAssistant will only display your location course speed and altitude It will not guide you to a destination or on a route This mode is automatically engaged if you start navigation without loading a flight plan In this mode some cockpit pages and some virtual instrument will be empty or idle Flight plan In this mode FlightAssistant will help you fly according to the navigation you
18. 62 211m Nimes Courbessac Route E Za 21 0 apeme location updates itesse 50 Se a 1eziags Pa No A Aramon E A mmm Once the map is locked the button changes and remains steady WY OX O ilg 17 49 LEME 262 211m Nimes Courbessac The map is locked There is no automatic location update Tap here to unlock the map and re enable location updates The map can as well be automatically locked as soon as you manually scroll see The moving map preferences gt CONTEXTUAL MENU If you long press on the map a contextual menu will display Depending on what points are in the snap zone you will be able to engage the GOTO mode selected point browse the arrival briefing if you press close enough to an airport go direct to a waypoint of you plan if you press close enough to a waypoint of your flight plan FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 23 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 gt COMPASS The moving can now display a compass overlaid on the d gt p gt LFMT N map Depending if you are in north up or track up Laser e 9 3 0633 18 29 mode it will show either in rose or arc mode You can switch the compass on or off in the overlays management and you can set its size and color in the moving map preferences amp all 11 03 gt OVERLAYS NBDs etc The various elements that the moving map can display Other waypoints rep points interse
19. ATHER ARRIVAL CHARTS LFFA C1533 13 SUN 0800 1100 1200 1800 ACTIVITE PARACHU WARNING only the NOTAMSs for airports that are included in your AIP database can be downloaded and browsed later gt THE METEOROLOGICAL DATA TAF AND METAR The Weather tab display TAFs and METARs for the selected airfield if available and for the 6 closest airports with meteorological data those e airports should be less then 100nm away from the ER Arrival briefing for LFMT selected airfield NOTAMS WEATHER ARRIVAL CHARTS WARNING a message will be displayed if the weather SC leese information was downloaded more than 6 hours ago as AND LEA EN Cen there S a risk they are out dated ze LFMT 151100Z 1512 1612 O6005KT 6000 SCTO07 BKNO14 BKN100 BECMG 1514 1517 9999 BKNO15 BKNO70 BECMG 1520 1523 29010KT CAVOK TEMPO 1603 1609 32015KT FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 43 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 gt THE ARRIVAL DATA The Arrival tab gathers the known information for radio communication frequencies and runways for the selected airport This data comes from the AID community data that we have compiled from various sources Their accuracy and comprehensiveness can vary from one platform to the other If you spot an error or wish to improve the data please do this directly in the data sources we are using OurAiports and OpenAIP GC When those data are available the tab will display s Arrival brie
20. Doc v2 20 The HSI Horizontal Situation Indicator Current leg block Pa ME LFMT N 24 14 Nord Ville de Sommi res 4500 205 The HSI itself Route towards the destination waypoint Be aring gt next Distance to the 58 destination waypoint Sistance am e ETA 4 6 0217 21 15 Fan SS time to v LEMS 8 17 destination Ales Ceve nes 4500 waypoint Next leg block gt THE HSI HORIZONTAL SITUATION INDICATOR EN DETAILS Estimated time of arrival over the destination waypoint D c The HSI the one in FlightAssistant or from your plane will give you a both rich and concise indication on your current location relative to your theoretical route as planned in the flight plan or when you started the GOTO Direct to mode The main difference with a classic HSI in a plane that works with a VOR beacon the one in FlightAssistant is coupled with the flight plan Altitude Bearing to next bug direct line 1 1 towards our destination Here 31 If you align this bug on below the bearing bug you will fly straight to the detination waypoint Bearing bug aka lugger line Our current bearing is 20 Co Course deviation indicator Here the theoretical course is about 1 2nm on the right side of the plane Theoretical course of the leg or the GOTO Here 24 FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 30 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 gt THE H
21. SI PREFERENCES HSI display section HSI layout Allows choosing additional elements that will feature on the page as well as the HSI Color of the Color of the heading bug bug Allows Allows choosing the color of the current heading indicator the color of the current heading indicator Color of the eae to Allows D the color of the indicator that gives the next bug direction to the next waypoint Course deviation Allows choosing the color of the course arrow and course indicator color deviation indicator Selects the color of the deviation graduation color gt ADDITIONAL DISPLAYS On a tablet you can enable the display of a mini FMS as well as the HSI itself In this case and in order to avoid duplicate information the next leg block as well and the remaining time and remaining distance displays are hidden LFMT N 24 T4 Nord Ville de Sommi res 4500 Speed 8 Altitude 8 17am 4500 9500 Altitude 1 8 D Bearing gt next Distance nm 35 14 2 07 05 LFMS Ales Cevennes Tvs Est La Grand Combe 5500 344 11 34 ee 0539 ma 13 46 y Rivi res Ligne HT 25000 i Only available on tablets FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 31 69 FlightAssistant User Guide The FMS Flight Management System Doc v2 20 The FMS page provides not only a view on the current navigation status but it shows as well what are the next legs times distances etc Status of GPS receptio
22. V 28 02 15 18 13 14 information can be w A missing S Current navigation mode Stopped Free Flight Flight plan GOTO Direct to C1 FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 16 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 Starting and stopping the navigation Before switching to the cockpit it is better to start the navigation Starting the navigation means that FlightAssistant will start acquiring a GPS fix and will do what is relevant considering the current flight mode is there a flight plan loaded are in GOTO mode etc The GPS track is as well recorded if this has been enabled in the general settings from the moment the navigation is started and until it stops The GPS tracks are recorded in the sdcard flightassistant tracks directory as gpx files The file will be named as flight_plan YYYYMMDD hhmm ext with e fligh plan the name of the currently loaded flight plan or Flight or flight if no flight plan is loaded e YYYYMMDD the date YYYY the year MM the month as 2 digits DD the day as 2 digits e hhmm the hour and minute the flight started Loading a flight plan To load a flight plan from the flight plan library and activate it from the home page tap the Active flight plan field and select the flight plan FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 17 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 The cockpit User interface The cockpit is made of a few pages that belong to a virtual ring W Tv
23. and accessed thru various cockpit pages gt MANUAL ALTITUDE CORRECTION For many reasons the GPS are not able to measure the ry The altitude read on the altimeter is altitude accurately and furthermore they do it based on a digital model of the earth that does not match everywhere the mean see level reference that we usually use In order to overcome this issue FlightAssistant allows you to define the true altitude that will be used to correct the GPS altitude You can define this altitude by pressing on any altitude gauge on any page of the cockpit Cancel Depending on the current location phase of the flight and flight plan FlightAssistant will propose you a default value that will be hopefully relevant airfield altitude if you are taxiing cruise altitude if there is one defined or truncated GPS altitude WARNING do not use FlightAssistant as a primary source for the altitude information gt AUTOMATIC ALTITUDE CORRECTION In some situations FlightAssistant will automatically adjust to the true altitude If you are located less than 1 5nm away from an airport airfield ultra light airfield helipad etc that belongs to the AIP database with a speed that is less than 20 knots FlightAssistant will consider that you are at the apron or taxiing on this airfield and it will adjust your altitude to the value stored in the AIP database A message will warn you that altitude has been adjusted
24. as well graphically displayed as part of the flight plan on the moving map in the cockpit page or the flight plan edition mode The points of altitude change start end of climb descent will be drawn on the map NB the cruise altitude is acquired at the beginning of the leg the plane climbs descends from the origin of the leg the arrival altitude is acquired before reaching the destination waypoint the plane climbs descends in order to reach the arrival altitude just above the arrival waypoint gt THE VERTICAL NAVIGATION IN A NUTSHELL 5000 2500 E R eniro ne zs d fcli j Srel FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 37 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 The possible vertical navigation modes are e Idle the vertical navigation is not engaged we are not trying to acquire any altitude only the current altitude will be displayed e C C acquiring cruise altitude by either climbing C or descending C e C at cruise altitude or 100ft from the cruise altitude e A A acquiring arrival altitude by either climbing C or descending C e A at arrival altitude The vertical navigation strip vNav strip can display a range of either 1 000ft or 2 000ft depending on the difference in current altitudes The vertical navigation strip can be displayed on the HSI page or on the moving map see the preferences for each page It can happen that the final target altitude cannot be
25. ctions etc can be activated or deactivated in the overlays management Draw airspaces BEES This is here as well that you can select to hide or display ow list of airspaces your overlay maps maps with partial cover for example terminal charts as they are considered as an overlay see Maps management Flight plan Flight track Please note that in order to maintain readability and Speed vector performance the number of points airports radio Compass arc or rose navigation etc displayed on the map is limited to 200 gt AIRSPACES FlightAssistant can download airspaces and display them on the moving map See Managing AIP data to learn how to download selected airspace data to your device On the moving map there are 2 ways you can control how airspaces are displayed EC SEH First you can choose to display airspaces or not in the Airspaces preferences overlays manager see Overlays This will switch on or off the display of all airspaces Then you can fine tune what type of airspaces you want Airspace type Display Warn Alert Class A to display Class B C ou D This can be done thru the map preferences in the Class E F ou G Airspaces display amp alert section TMA If you choose to display a given class of airspace it will be displayed if the airspace overlay is FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 24 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 The Warn and Alert co
26. de by 1 1 minute or one second Description N44 43 28 E3 49 55 a A A Latitude N 44 43 28 Vi EVE NW Waypoint latitude and longitude BS CES ES Longitude E 3 49 55 Decrease latitude by 1 1 minute or one second we EVE GY Cancel gt EXPORTING USER WAYPOINTS AND PURGING THE LIST The option menu on the user waypoint page allows you to export the whole list of user waypoints and you can delete them all at once as well The waypoints will be exported to an auto named file in the FlightAssistant directory FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 67 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 gt IMPORTING POINTS If you need to create a lot of points you can import them in FlightAssistant via a text file rather than creating them one by one on the map Warning Copy the file to be imported to your device s SD card or storage before processing Access from the user waypoints page Menu Import points The import process accepts text files with tabulation comma or semicolon separator The file must start with a header line same separator that defines the content of each column and that accepts the following values Rey eontent rom frame Nameofthe point mu Description of the point as type Internal code that defines the point type see AF AD annex Types of points Warning if provided it RN VOR must be a known type If not provided the type will be user point Latitude of the po
27. e N44 15 14 E4 4 8 344 11 3nm x Rivi res Ligne HT N44 29 1 2 E3 58 28 344 IA Dun OLFHL Langogne Lesperon 344 13 70m SPEED HEAD ES Name of the flight plan if one was loaded Cruise altitude and arrival altitude if provided amp different Current leg WARNING for this leg only the route the route is the direct route towards the destination waypoint the distance is the remaining distance to the destination and the ETE is the remaining flight time ALT Resume FP 45008 ere06 50 mart elem els 4500 erEQ8 31 amp raA00 15 55008 ere05 39 eA 00 21 5000 ete 0716 era 00 28 5000 ere06 49 r1400 35 co Page 32 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 gt CUMULATIVE DISTANCE AND TIME E Ces Montpellier Mende commentaires The FMS can as well display cumulative information for distance and time can be enabled thru FMS preferences Distance 53 0 72 80m For each data FlightAssistant displays the total value for the Fly time 00 27 00 36 whole flight and the remaining value considering our current fac ees Sg location e Distance e Flight time raw flight time to arrive over our final Show the engine time details destination this excludes approach taxi wind overhead and safety margin e Engine time raw flight time wind overhead approach es taxi time s e Security safety margin NOT INCLUDED IN ENGINE TIME
28. e as a base to recreate the 564 mm W 600 kg C G envelope of your plane Please review the weight amp balance section of the plane operations manual to collect the right data FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 59 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 Performing a weight amp balance calculation Once your plane is fully defined including weight stations and C G limits you can perform a weight amp balance calculation In order to perform this calculation you need to follow a simple 3 steps process e Define your flight e Enter the loads of the plane e Analyse the results that one is really important gt DEFINING YOUR FLIGHT There are 2 things that matter when calculating weight amp balance the plane you will fly and how long you will fly PLANE LOAD Define your flight before the weight amp balance You can easily pick a plane in the dropdown list that contains caloulation can taka piacp all the suitable planes see above for a definition of suitable Plane FuMco Use a flight plan OFF Fly time 2h15 You then have two options to define your fly time you can either enter the raw fly time if you know it as in the example above or use an existing flight plan In this case a summary will be displayed that will show all the details of the fly time calculation In the calculation we consider the engine time or block time which includes more than just the raw time to fly
29. e for useful items To quit FlightAssistant you have to go to the control panel page and press the back button of your device twice A message will warn you of the imminent termination of the application FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 14 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 The home page Access Rag The home page allows controlling the core functions of FlightAssistant This is here that you can start and stop the flight manage or load a flight plan and access most settings You will also find on this screen an indicator of the GPS fix status However this screen is not tailored for use in flight The user interface p C 18 45 eg EN FlightAssistant ve Start or stop the Load a flight plan that Flight control navigation you have created or imported Gig Cen Deactivate the current A Active flight pl n ccess the cockpit IV Ig a Tap here to select the flight plan screens Plane FGOZZ Browse document binder access Manage planes their ENS documents for airports performances W amp B in your flight plan data Cockpit Browse docs nearby or via look up Manage document Access the subscription download FlightAssistant map Manage planes Documents subscriptions AIP data airport charts store and download NOTAMSs free maps Map store Manage maps TAF amp METARs Create edit or import Manage maps both flight plans Manage flight plans Weight amp balance own maps
30. e l Information A ronautique DGAC French aeronautical authority FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 48 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 User documents FlightAssistant allows you to add your own documents to airports so that they can be displayed in the arrival briefing for the given airports To achieve this you just need to follow the naming convention below and store your files in the user documents folder in the FlightAssistant main directory generally sdcard flightassistant At the moment only files with extensions PDF are supported CHART_SID_XYZ_ name ere SID ext Standard Instrument Departure named name of SID for XYZ CHART STAR XYZ name of STAR ext Standard Terminal Arrival Route named name of STAR for XYZ MISC XYZ Document name ext Other document named Document name for XYZ The preferences of the document binder Preference Download via Wifi only If this option is enabled the large downloads documents charts diagrams etc will only be enabled if a Wifi connection is available they will not be enabled if only a 3G connection can be used This does not affect the download of the more transient data like NOTAMS or TAFs and METARs that can be downloaded as long as there is a connection Half width This defines the airports that will be included in the Navigation tab when browsing the document binder with a loaded flight plan This is a distance from one of the legs of the f
31. efine an arrival altitude on a leg this altitude will be propagated as cruise altitude from From the next leg rms Ales C vennes Deaux You can define up to 3 lines of comment that will To X Tvs Est La Grand Combe display on the FMS page if this feature is enabled N44 15 14 E4 4 8 in the FMS settings 344 11 3nm ere05 39 Cruise altitude 5500 ft The lt and gt buttons at the bottom of the screen will switch to the previous or next leg Arrival altitude 5000 ft Comments without quitting the edition mode Cancel FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 53 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 On the map view you can add points with a long press If some AIP points airports radio navigation beacon etc are in the snap zone the red circle FlightAssistant will propose to add them as well as the GPS point strictly defined by the coordinates where you pressed OMN EN Montpellier Aubenas wa Ki Departure F HAFP e Om 17ft Montpellier M diterran e LENS Jf Sex Al s C vennes Deaux 15 30 4nm ETE15 12 QLFHO Oft Aubenas Ard che M rid Val Lanas 19 29 7nm ETE 14 50 2 Totals Distance 60nm Fly time 00 30 Bae App amp taxi 00 25 Wind 00 03 Engine 00 58 y Flightplans gt CREATE A FLIGHT PLAN STEP BY STEP M wontoellier Mend ontpellier Mende From the flight plan list control panel Manage M Montpellier Langogne FP press the but
32. es The goal of FlightAssistant is to bring a synthetic view of its navigation to the pilot in order to let them focus on flying the plane and ensuring in flight safety Through a clear presentation of flight data FlightAssistant will allow you to fly straight on the line according to the flight you prepared As FlightAssistant works on small size devices it does not try to copy the user interface of traditional aeronautical GPSs or glass cockpit suites most of time unavailable for the average pilot On the other hand FlightAssistant follows interface concepts of modern mobile platforms and allows the user to test and explore the application FlightAssistant will also adapt to the changes that can happen during the flight whether they are due to traffic control meteorology or the pilot s own will Of course FlightAssistant has a GOTO and NEAREST function that will lead you to the nearest airport from your current location or to a place of your choice Though it is not meant to replace the documents that you are required to have on board FlightAssistant is also an electronic document repository and its document binder feature will give you immediate access to all airports data and charts automatically downloaded before the flight Flight Assistant is a helper application by using it you recognize that you are able to fly without it safely and in compliance with all the official rules and regulations that may apply W
33. fing for LFMT the following information for the radio frequencies e The type of frequency AFIS ATIS TWR FIS NOTAMS WEATHER etc 2599 x 49m 124 171t e The frequency itself 304 6ft 1100 x 29m e A miscellaneous description 124 10ft Disp thres 99m For the runways we can have 304 7ft e Its width and length e The magnetic direction for each side QFU RWY 31R FG MONTPELLIER Approche e The threshold elevation e The TODA Take Off Distance Available e The LDA Landing Distance Available e The threshold displacement value MONTPELLIER Approche TWR Secteur Nord TWR Secteur Sud gt THE AIRPORT CHARTS This tab gives access to the available charts and diagrams for the platform If you have not updated your maps since the last AIRAC cycle a warning will remind you that the documents might be out of date This tab will show as well the user documents that you might have loaded yourself into your device 9 i e e The aiport maps or diagrams are not available for all countries FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 44 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 The document subscriptions The document binder gathers all the documents that you might use during your flights and the associated management features It can contain e Some airport charts airport diagram or airport plates e The weather information TAF amp METAR e The NOTAMS You need to feel
34. from point A to point B taxi time wind margin etc SE In the current version of FlightAssistant Weight amp balance those extra times are not yet FLIGHT DEF PLANE LOAD RESULT customizable but here is what they are l RE Robin DRASE e Wind margin 10 of the raw 7285k 500ftmin SELT 500fmin ti mM e e Approach 5mn is the extra time required to perform approach Use a flight plan Flight plan Montpellier Cahors St Girons procedures before landing e Taxi time 10mn on the Total distance departure airfield 10mn on the arrival Raw time 110kt e Wind margin airfield Approach Taxl Engine time Min fuel 351 h flight plan distance and the cruise speed The raw fly time is based on the total only The plane or its performances used for ETE calculation is the one selected on the home page FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 60 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 gt DEFINING THE PLANE LOAD Once you have selected the plane you will fly and defined how long you will fly you can enter the various plane loads To do this you will use the weight stations that ED vigne amp balance you have defined when creating the plane RER EE E 7 Pilot 1 Weight The values must be entered in a unit system that 2 Pilot 2 Weight is consistent with the plane Passenger 1 Weight When a weight station is empty for example Passenger 2 Weight no passenger or no lug
35. gage just enter a weight IER Content of O for this weight station W Fuel tank 2 Content M Luggage Weight It is to note that some limitations will apply e If you have entered a maximum weight for a weight station different from 0 you will not be able to go over this value e Same applies to the tank maximum capacity e You will not be able to enter a tank content that is less than the unusable Capacity of the tank the unusable capacity cannot be used so it stays in the tank gt ANALYSING THE CALCULATION RESULTS Once you have defined the plane load you can switch to the result tab The results are presented in 3 parts e The weight arm graph that shows one point for each phase of the flight as well as C G envelope e The flight summary fly time or flight plan details e The weight amp balance calculation details If some anomaly has been detected in the calculation it will be made obvious both in the C G graph and the calculation details P A Weight amp balance FLIGHT DEF FlightAssistant can show e Out of C G envelope take off landing or switching tank e MTOW or MLW exceeded e Not enough fuel on board e Not enough VFR reserves 20mn FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 61 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 The settings The general settings Access gt General settings The general settings allow you to manage those preferences that affect the behaviour
36. h Already installed map You will be warned if a newer version becomes available Zooms 8 to 12 CO and UT Zooms 8 to 12 DE MD NC VA and WV Zooms 8 to 12 FL GA and SC lt FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 50 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 Once you have installed maps from the map store you can organize them thru the Manage maps page You can mix FlightAssistant maps with your own maps see Creating your own maps below The manage maps screen allows you to define the settings of the maps you have created and organise them amongst the FlightAssistant maps You will be able to activate or deactivate a map define if it is made of Google tiles or TMS tiles and if it should be upscaled The two last settings only apply to user created maps you do not have to worry about that for FlightAssistant maps Map from the map store FlightAssistant v1 0 5 P el Map management France OACI Zooms 9 to 12 Map active Overlay map Upscale map Google tiles France High definition map for France Provided by The Flight Assistant Team Mapquest MOBAC Zooms 8 to 13 Map active Overlay map Map active Overlay map Upscale map Google tiles Use up and down buttons to prioritize maps Page 51 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 Managing flight plans Create edit delete a flight plan From the control panel press Manage FP Add a fligh plan
37. hat FlightAssistant is not UV so it s not a replacement for a flight instrument you should have on board UV so it s not a flight instrument recognised by an official certification body UV it s not a replacement for the documentation you should have on board Availability of airport chart may vary from a country to another FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 5 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 Getting started You have just installed FlightAssistant and cannot wait to try it out Follow the steps below it s the shortest way to the take off 1 Define your data subscriptions In the settings section either on the home page if you use a tablet or after tapping the Settings button if you use a phone tap Documents Subscriptions and define your subscriptions by clicking the Edit button see Managing AIP data Choose your country or country region the kind of points that you want to import and the FIRs Flight Information Region in which you will fly When touching back accept to refresh the AIP data 2 Update your data Your community AIP data are now up to date Still on the documents binder press the Download button in the Airports charts section this will download all the available airport charts for your AIP subscription Select airports has to be on all and you have to be connected to Wifi You now have all the airports charts or diagrams available fo
38. have planned and loaded for the route and the altitude if the flight plan includes altitude settings FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 8 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 FlightAssistant automatically selects the current navigation leg based on your location and course indicates the bearing and distance to the next point and computes the estimated times to each point of your way This is the most comprehensive and advanced mode all the cockpit pages are fully active so GOTO In this mode you will fly a straight route to a chosen point This mode takes priority on the other engaged modes if you were in Flight plan mode the flight plan will remain loaded but it will be put on standby until you resume it You can access the GOTO mode by clicking the GOTO button of the action bar on one of the cockpit pages or with the search button of your device if it sports one WARNING a short press on the search button will let you perform a lookup by name or ICAO code when a long press will trigger the nearest function proposing you the list of the closest airports if there is a valid GPS fix Direct to In this mode you fly straight to a further point of your flight plan avoiding the points in between FlightAssistant will guide you to this point just as in the GOTO mode The Flight plan mode will be automatically reengaged when you will reach this point You can then proceed with your
39. he directory where the FlightAssistant maps will be read By default FlightAssistant will use sdcard flightassistant maps But depending on the space available on your device you might want to store maps in another directory or use maps from another application WARNING in the page where you are selecting the folder use a long press on the folder that you want to select a short press will open the folder To revert to the default maps location just select the default maps folder in the file chooser sdcard flightassistant maps WARNING if you change this setting FlightAssistant will not move your old files to the new folder It is therefore strongly advised to close the application move the content of the FlightAssistant folder and launch the application again Download via Wifi only If this option is enabled the large downloads documents charts diagrams etc will only be enabled if a Wifi connection is available they will not be enabled if only a 3G connection can be used This does not affect the download of the more transient data like NOTAMs or TAFs and METARs that can be downloaded as long as there is a connection Document binder section Half width This defines the airports that while be included in the Navigation tab when browsing the document binder with a loaded flight plan This is a distance from one of the legs of the flight plan Flight plan management section Delete file after i
40. ields You can access the NEAREST feature by a search button your only option is to use Ales Cevennes Deaux the GOTO button in the tool bar and then ot switch to NEAREST mode using the NEAREST button Yes Google did this to us Back in the Android 1 x and 2 x days search buttons used to be mandatory on Android devices This was dropped with HoneyComb FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 36 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 The vertical navigation When some altitudes are defined in the flight plan FlightAssistant will help you to fly accordingly for each leg of a flight plan you can define a cruise altitude and an arrival altitude which id the expected altitude over the destination waypoint of the leg see Create a flight plan step by step The vertical navigation is fairly simple and uses the performances defined for the currently selected plane see The planes management Its purpose is to give you back the following information e What is the current vertical navigation mode for example at cruise altitude climbing to cruise altitude descending towards arrival altitude e What is the final target altitude cruise or arrival altitude e What is the current target altitude considering the final target altitude and the performances of the plane This should be our current altitude e If the final target altitude can be achieved considering the plane performances The vertical navigation is
41. int as decimal degrees Positive 4 53245 values for East latitudes negative values for West 2 58951 latitudes values for North longitudes negative values for 18 45641 South longitudes Elevation of the point in feet Only the fields in red are mandatory the country and type are mandatory as well but Wl Longitude of the point as decimal degrees Positive 44 89546 you will be able to choose a default value at the time of import Beware that you should choose your separator carefully as it must not be present in any point name or description in other words go for TAB it is much safer A sample import file can be found here FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 68 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 Types of points When importing points from a text file the type field can have one of the following values AF AD Airfield AF UL Ultra light airfield AF H Heliport helipad RN VOR RN NDB RN VOR DME VOR DME RN VORTAC RN TACAN PL CITY PL OBSTACLE US User defined FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 69 69
42. ith the legs of the flight plan if there are some Show FP header Shows the cumulative times and distances in the header section of the flight plan This displays of the current plane performances horizontal gt Show plane and vertical speeds in the flight plan header performances FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 34 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 GOTO and NEAREST Just like any good aeronautical GPS FlightAssistant sports a GOTO and a NEAREST feature They both engage the GOTO mode and only differ by the way they are activated gt THE GOTO FEATURE You can access the GOTO feature by pressing the search button of your device provided it has one or thru the GOTO button in the FlightAssistant tool bar If the navigation is engaged FlightAssistant knows where you are and will propose the points from the AIP database that are the closest to your current location You can then search for the point you are looking for by entering the first letters of its ICAO code or a part of its name using your defined default keyboard For each letter that you key in the list of points is filtered again From the GOTO mode you can switch to the NEAREST mode by pressing on the NEAREST button The search fied is then disabled and the list will display the nearest airports and airfields ordered by distance Filter the points with an ICAO code starting with LFM ora description containing LFM OA x ER GOTO poi
43. l Lanas_ LE A Montpellier Aubenas Departure LFMT 17 ft Montpellier M diterran e Q FMS Ales C vennes Deaux 15 30 4nm F HAFP 4 ES To rename a flight plan proceed as if you were editing it select it in the list press the edit button then use ME button or the Save FP as menu to change its name gt DELETE A FLIGHT PLAN On the flight plan management screen use the ER button or the Delete menu You will be asked to confirm the deletion FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 55 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 Importing a flight plan FlightAssistant can import nav files from Francois Fouchet s Navigation application that is quite famous in France or gpx files from you preferred planning application provided it has an export facility To do the import just copy the file to you device s storage then go to the flight plan management control panel Manage FP and choose Import FP from the menu a d select your file It will be imported saved as a FlightAssistant flight plan in the internal library and loaded ready for you to fly Miscellaneous features When editing a flight plan if you touch or swipe the map some additional buttons will appear at the bottom of the screen On top of the obvious zoom controls they will allow you to select the layers visible on the map points zones etc and will help you locating a point search for a point and center the map on i
44. les up on by one zoom For example if you create a map with zooms 9 and 10 and check upscale FlightAssistant will display it as 10 and 11 which will use circa 4 times less files time and size There is small loss in sharpness but it is an option that you might want to use if you want to save time or space on your device Once you have prepared your maps copy them onto your device s SD card and possibly unzipped them you need to make sure that the final directory structure matches the following schema sdcard flightassistant maps MyOwnMap Z X Y ext With sdcard is the path to your SD card or external storage the actual path may vary and it won t be sdcard on your computer flightassistant maps is the directory automatically created by FlightAssistant at first launch or if the external storage path has been changed MyOwnMap is a directory of your choice FlightAssistant will use it as the name of this map Z X Y extis the standard directory structure for tiled maps 1 gt See the MapTiler documentation FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 64 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 You can have maps with different zoom levels but it is better if they have the same geographical coverage You can have as well some maps e Map management that only cover a small area for a subset of the zoom levels and they can be set as overlays for example Map active Google tiles terminal area zones Upscale
45. light plan FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 49 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 The Map Store Though it does only contain free maps the place where you can download and install maps from the FlightAssistant servers is called the map store To access the map store tap the Map store button in the settings section of the home page if you are using a phone tap the Settings button first The map store presents the maps catalogue grouped by region large country continent and splits the maps into chunks small enough to be downloaded easily For each available map FlightAssistant will give a short description the coverage and source of the map as well as the zoom level available When you tap the download button on a map a two phases process happens The map is first downloaded and it is then post processed and installed on your device The whole process should not be longer than 1 or 2 minutes unless you have a very slow Internet connection You will see the status changes throughout the operations You can download more than one map at a time Map group lo Meo store Available map gt Europe United States AL AR LA and MS Download and install a map Delete an already installed map ovided by The Flight Assistant Tean ooms 8 to 12 Map name description AZ and NM Provided by The Flight Assistant Team ect author and source ooms 8 to 12 CA and NV Provided by The Fig
46. lightAssistant consider you will burn fuel starting from the last tank Therefore you need to put your main tank first and then auxiliary tanks if applicable in a reverse order compared to the order they will be emptied For fuel tanks the context menu lets you change order It is to note as well that FlightAssistant will not let you define an inconsistent plane you will not be able to delete the last pilot or the last fuel tank Obviously the units used to define the weight stations are the ones you chose for the plane tanks capacity arms weights etc It is to note that the weight station schema shown as an example here could be simplified with just one stations for Pilots and one station for Passengers as they have the same arm Feel free to choose a layout that suits your needs but make sure that it matches the actual plane specification gt CENTER OF GRAVITY LIMITS The center of gravity limits tab allows you define the envelope in which the C G should remain at any point in the flight This envelope is defined by a series of points placed ona arm weight diagram Using the context menu you can edit insert delete and reorder those points FlightAssistant will not let you have less than 3 points on A H 205 mm W 600 k this diagram 205 mm W 750 kg 428 mm W 1100 kg When creating a new plane FlightAssistant will propose a 564 mm W 1100 kg default diagram that you can us
47. lumns are used to set if you want to be warned and or alerted when before entering this airspace type FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 25 69 Doc v2 20 FlightAssistant User Guide gt AIRSPACES DISPLAY KEY On the moving map the airspaces are displayed as follows O o a del Gel Ar UO Class A TMA Class E F amp G TMZ CTR Restricted Danger FIR amp UIR Prohibited Page 26 69 FlightAssistant v1 0 5 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 gt ONLINE MAPS If you are using FlightAssistant on the ground before installing local maps the application will use available OpenStreetMap Mapnik online maps and will allow you tyo select the source OpenStreetMap Mapquest Nonetheless we strongly advise that you install at US Sectional United States only least one map locally in the application before using 2 US World Aeronautical United States FlightAssistant in flight only Airports amp platforms FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 27 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 gt THE MOVING MAP PREFERENCES Display section Legacy layout Select this of you ant to use the legacy instrument layout as proposed in versions prior to version 1 0 5 Speed vector length Length of the speed vector in minutes of flight Moving map layout Allows selecting what will be displayed alongside the moving map itself Moving map colors section Color of
48. map You will access the maps management page thru the dieses Zooms 9 12 Manage maps in the settings section of the home Map active Google tiles page Upscale map FR OSM 12 It is to note that as of version 0 8 10 FlightAssistant Reeder Map active Google tiles allows you to store your maps outside the default ay man Y Upscale map directory structure sdcard flightassistant It is now possible to have your FlightAssistant directory on the internal memory of your phone and the maps on the secondary SD card FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 65 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 User waypoints management FlightAssistant allows you to store and manage user waypoints in the AIP database aeronautical information on top of the data that can be downloaded automatically from our servers User waypoints are different from the on the fly waypoints used in flight plans They will remain stored in the database gt CREATING USER WAYPOINTS Creating a geographical point is much easier when done directly on a map this is why we have limited the ability to create user waypoints from the map when creating flight plans and on the map the MAP VIEW tab in the Manage points screen E gt Manage user points SR View user waypoints A 7 _ View user waypoints blem Lait user waypoints 1 the map in list mode as shown on the map here LIST VIEW MAP VIEW Q X BIG LAKE France N44 43 28 E3
49. mport When enabled this option will cause the flight plan files that you import from other software Navigation or GPX to be deleted straight after import This will help keeping your memory card tidy FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 63 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 Creating your own maps FlightAssistant displays tiled map in TMS et Google formats Each map is a large set of image files organised as a directory tree similar to map Z X Y ext where map is the map directory and its name in FlightAssistant Z is the zoom level 0 to 16 X is a figure calculated from the longitude and the zoom Y is a figure calculated from the latitude and the zoom There are a few solutions that allow creating or downloading tiled maps in those formats Mobile Atlas Creator MapTiler FlightAssistant is not delivered with any embedded map and you therefore need to build your map packages yourself please visit our YouTube channel for some video tutorials on how to build and install maps Keep in mind though that it is not necessary to include all zoom levels in your maps they would be very heavy and would take much more time to create or download For VFR usage the zoom levels 9 to 12 possibly 13 look very sufficient It is to note that each zoom level has 4 times more files than the previous zoom level and is therefore 4 times bigger FlightAssistant allows applying a digital zoom that will upscale all your map ti
50. n Can besideerntin the pace preferences Past leg The route and distance are from the theoretical flight plan The estimated times are the theoretical ones as well Name description and symbol type of waypoint of the destination of the leg Future leg The estimated time of arrival ETA is calculated in real time WARNING if the GOTO or direct to mode has been engaged with a live flight plan this flight plan will still show in the FMS but the GOTO mode and its destination waypoint will be clearly indicated The name of the flight plan is as well stroke through All the leg will appear like future legs You can choose to go back to the flight plan mode by pressing the Resume FP button The GOTO gt gt XXXX strip gives access to the quick action bar for XXXX FlightAssistant v1 0 5 gs KH GPS status e D LOC SPEED HEAD ALT Acc 20m Current flight plan Montpellier Langogne de x Tvs Est La Grand Combe N44 1514 E4 4 8 344 11 3nm x Rivi res Ligne HT N44 29 1 2 E3 58 28 344 14 5nm DECHE Langogne Lesperon 344 13 7nm CD GPS LOC 55008 ere05 39 ceta08 56 9000 ETE0 7 16 rr409 03 50001 eTEQ6 49 r409 10 gt status Current flight plan Meontpettrer Langegre GOTO gt gt LFME LFMT N Nord Ville de Sommi res 24 13 7nm oLFMS Ales Cevennes 8 17 0nm x Tvs Est La Grand Comb
51. nt enr Al s C vennes Deaux LFMT N Montpellier Nord Sommi res LFMT CA Montpellier Nord Calvisson LFME CA Nimes C Sud Calvisson LFMT PG Switch to NEAREST mode Name description and type symbol of the database point Route and distance Location indicator of the point relative to our current location and course Here the point is roughly a 6 o clock at 35nm FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 35 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 Once in GOTO mode if you tap on the GOTO button again the screen will look a bit different as it will propose two additional features one to resume to the previous flight mode either free flight or flight plan if a flight plan is loaded and active and the other to reset the GOTO track from the current position Resumes to the gt previous flight mode ER GOTO point and discards current LEMT 902 PA GOTO destination Montpellier M diterran e Reset the GOTO mode from current location keep the same destination reset the route esume Direct to NEAREST LFMT N France Montpellier Nord Sommi res LFME CA France Nimes C Sud Calvisson LFTW CA France gt THE NEAREST FEATURE The NEAREST feature is actually a variant of SE the GOT feature where you can only select ER GOTO point Ai O long press on the search button of your D La Grande Combe device If your device does not have a LEMS a point from the closets airf
52. nt check airspaces Checking that we are currently flying into a given airspace is not as easy as it seems indeed we need not only to consider the geographical boundaries of the airspace but the altitude boundaries as well Unfortunately we cannot always do this accurately bear in mind the GPS gives us an altitude AMSL e Because the GPS altitude is not accurate e Because some airspaces are defined by an altitude above the ground and we do not know yet what is the altitude of the ground below the plane e Because some airspaces are defined by a standard altitude FL and we do not know what the current QNH is Improvements will possibly come in the future here is how we do it for now e Lower boundaries defined with the surface as reference i e 1500ft ASFC are converted to Oft AMSL e Higher boundaries defined with the surface as reference i e 4500ft ASFC are converted to an infinite altitude e Standard altitude is considered equal to current altitude e A 200ft tolerance is added either way of the airspace boundaries i e if your GPS altitude is 4300ft and an airspace lower boundary is 4500ft AMSL you will be alerted if an airspace higher boundary is 4500ft AMSL and your GPS altitude is 4700ft you will be alerted FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 13 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 Closing FlightAssistant FlightAssistant does not have a quit option menu or button This is to let as much room as possibl
53. of the application in a global way User interface section Show tool bar only When enabled the Flight Assistant tools bar will only when MENU is deploy when pressing the MENU key and not when pressed touching anywhere on the screen This option is only available for those devices with a menu button Units section Show distances in When checked FlightAssistant will display distances in kilometers kilometers instead of nautical miles Show speed in km h When checked FlightAssistant will display your speed in kilometers per hour instead of knots Show altitudes in When checked FlightAssistant will display altitudes in meters meters instead of feet GPS accuracy Allows selecting the GPS accuracy threshold GPS fixes with an accuracy less than the threshold will be ignored Track recording section Record track FlightAssistant can record the track of your flight as a GPX file that you can later import in visualisation tools like Google Earth Record track interval If you record your track you can choose how often a point will be recorded in the track file External storage and network section External storage This allows you choosing the storage where FlightAssistant will store its file This is only available on those devices that boast more than one external storage SD card FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 62 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 Maps directory This setting allows you to select t
54. omatically To acknowledge an alarm just tap on the alarm s panel On the other hand a warning will automatically dismiss after a period of time currently set at 15 seconds T 5 ail 8 10 33 You can as well dismiss a warning before the 15 seconds by tapping the warning window Content amp description of the alert Class D 3500ft AMSL gt ALLER Oo ail 10 30 gt AIRSPACE ALERTS s Airspaces preferences Airspace alerts will be triggered when there is a risk that Som Senay EE you enter an airspace Alarm 4 mn before intrusion You can select which types of airspace you want FlightAssistant to consider for each of them if you want Select the types of airspaces that should be displayed to receive an alarm Or a Wa rning or none or both on the moving map and the ones for which you will be alerted before intrusion Airspace type Display Warn Alarm Class A You can as well select how long before entering the airspace you want to receive the alarm or the warning Class B C ou D These preferences are available from the moving map Class E F ou G preferences as you will be able to select which TMA airspaces you want display on this page as well TMZ FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 12 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 Content of an airspace alert Both airspace alarms and airspace warnings do have the same content Airspace alarm O SFC gt 5000ft AMSL How FlightAssista
55. on the alternative layouts of the moving map still display a moving map on most of the screen but offer a secondary function For example you can display a mini HIS on the moving map page Screen sizes qualified as large by the Android operating system generally at least 5 x 3 FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 20 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 The overview page The overview page gathers most of the flight current data It is fairly reach but should only be considered as a catch all summary Other pages Current ground speed and ground track Distance to the destination waypoint of the leg the GOTO offer a more synthetic view In flight plan GOTO and direct to mode origin of the current leg courante the waypoint we are coming from O 11 LFMT Montpellier M dit rann e Bearing gt next Distance D Course gt next Course deviation 4 2 5 nm 02 1 zi 1 14 gt LFMT N EMT N 2 Mm Nord Ville de Sommi res 4500 8 deg z LFMS M Ales Cevennes 4500 Route towards the next waypoint This is the bearing we shoud fly in order to joing the destination waypoint of the leg in a straight line Track defined in the flight plan for this leg Estimated Time En route remaining flight Deviation from the theorical route of the leg the GOTO If the deviation is positive the theorical route is on our right side if it is negative the route is on ou
56. r left side Estimated Time of Arrival estimated time of arrival to or over the destination Current leg block This blocx exists in a few pages but the information are always the same Description of Desired track of the leg the waypoint defined in the flight plan or when the GOTO LFMT N 24 14 nm Nord Ville de So 4600 2500 Arrival altitude indicator are we climbing or time to reach the destination waypoint of the leg the GOTO gt THE CURRENT LEG BLOCK Distance of the leg from destination to origin descending towards the arrival altitude A similar block exists for the next leg the one after the current one The To symbol is replaced by the Next symbol FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 21 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 The moving map Current leg block Route to the destination of the Ales Cevennes gt EMS ac Current ground speed Bearing gt next vil leg GOTO Speed vector its display and length in minutes of flight can be defined in the moving map preferences AIP database points The types of points can be filetered thru overlays action bar Flight plan In GOTO mode the route has a different colour Flight track It can be saved to a KMterGPx file must be enabled in global preferences Remaining flight time to ours destination waypoint gt ZOOM SCAN AND ORIENT In order to best u
57. r your country or country region If you think that you will fly soon download the TAFs METARs and NOTAM s see Downloading TAFs and METARs and Selecting and downloading NOTAMSs 3 Download your maps packs FlightAssistant offers maps that you can download and install from the Map store though called a store all maps are free Select the map or maps for you country region it should take less than one minute to download and install depending on your Internet wifi access point speed Currently we offer coverage for the United Stated and Europe but we will offer more coverage on demand See Maps management for details NB if you have built an open source map pack for your country and would like to make it available to your fellow pilots do not hesitate to visit the getting involved section of our web site FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 6 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 4 Define your plane In the Settings section tap Plane management define your plane s performances weight stations and weight amp balance limits they will be used for flight planning And there you go you are ready to take off for a free flight If you want to go a bit further you can create a flight plan see Create edit delete a flight plan then activate it in order to use it during your flight see Loading a flight plan FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 7 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 2
58. rior to 3 0 the actions are available thru a long press on the leg FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 52 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 On the map view the flight plan is displayed graphically with the maps as background the information for the currently selected leg are visible Or ig in l Ft th 1e les a he d s o ei Montpellier Langogne E r gt LFMs X Tvs Est La Grand Combe Ales Cevennes N44 15 14 E4 4 8 344 11 3nm eTEO5 S9 Cruise altitude 5500 Comments Agrival Bruce 5000ft 4 eee 7 ka xp A ww Le Kai When you edit a leg of the flight plan you might not be able to change the name and the description of the destination point only GPS points can be renamed points from the AIP database cannot FlightAssistant will make it easy to edit the altitude as it will propagate your changes to the next legs For example if you define a cruise altitude of 2 500ft on the first leg it will apply as well to all the following legs provided they had to cruise altitude defined This propagation has its own logic and it will stop when there is a risk to create some inconsistency For example the legs 1 to 4 have a cruise altitude of 2 500ft 5 and 6 have 3 500ft If you edit leg 2 and change it to 3 000ft the legs 3 and 4 will be changed to 3 000ft as well but not leg 5 because it did not have the same cruise altitude that leg 2 before change If you d
59. s Est La Grand Co 344 11 REI Eug 5500 4 4 8 Dis Course deviation 24 11 35 LFMTIN Montpellier Langogne A x Tvs Est La Grand Combe 5500n N44 15 14 4 4 8 344 11 3nm ete05 39 era08 56 x Rivi res Ligne HT 5000 You can switch from one page to the other with swiping the E T H 8 17m current page to the left or to right with a fast ish horizontal ole 4500 Se gesture 106 TA 6 NB there can be a small delay when you will first display the moving map J 08 48 4 ee 344 L 1 nm 5500 CH FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 18 69 FlightAssistant User Guide gt THE COCKPIT TOOL BAR A contextual tool bar allows switching from one cockpit page to the other and gives access to contextual actions during the navigation The tool bar will deploy when you will press anywhere on the screen or on the device s MENU key and will automatically retract after a few seconds or when you use an action The action bar appears from the right of the screen when in portrait and from the bottom when in landscape 9537 353 27 nm LA GRAND COMBE A rodrome SFC 500ft ASFC HJ Speed NT Le IF ag VE bet Ca f V i a EZ Ge ARDE Overlays North up Zoom in oom ou ER Settings Docs Overview gt THE QUICK ACTION BAR Doc v2 20 T e Speed Bearing 0 kts LFMT N Nord Ville de Sommi res Bearing gt next Distance 13 1 Course
60. s of aeronautical points you want to import to your device For example you might not want to import ultra light airfields and helipads if you only fly a plane Aiports Heliports Ultralight airfields A Manage data subscriptions COMMUNITY AIP CONTENT FILTER NOTAMS The NOTAMs Ee FlightAssistant download the NOTAMs based on FIRs You need to define in what FIRs you are likely to fly so that FlightAssistant can download the corresponding NOTAMs Denmark Kibenhavn FIR Finland Finland FIR France Bordeaux FIR Selecting and downloading airport documents The list of airports included in your document binder is built automatically before each download You can choose to include all airports from your AIP database at this time Alternatively you can select only the airports that belongs to your current flight plans or that are within 10 20 50 or 100 nautical miles from a leg of a flight plan Select the airport that ER Documentation bi AJ 2 should be included in the document binder Refresh data Select airports Half width 50nm Airports 50nm either way of the route of a flight plan w be included Delete all documents Download all lete all that are stored on your Delete all charts Download documents for device selected airports FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 46 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 gt DOWNLOADING AIRPORT DOCUMENTS FlightAssistant will automatically select the
61. se the screen estate the zoom buttons are not displayed on a permanent basis They are available in the cockpit toolbar that will appear if you press anywhere on the screen You can as well use the standard pinch open and pinch close gestures to zoom in or out Zoom out To move the map center just swipe OZ gt LEMTIN are with your finger Nord Vi le de Sommie 1500 2500 After a few seconds see The moving map preferences without interaction 4 i 4 i the map will center on the plane location again Finally you can choose to display the map either North up or track up The later will show the map with the current bearing pointing up In this case the plane symbol current position will show 2 3 down in the view instead of in the middle FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 22 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 gt LOCKING THE MAP After manual scrolling the map will center itself on the plane location again unless you disable location updates Once locked you can continue to scroll when you want the map center to follow your location again just unlock the map When you scroll the button to disable location updates the map appears for a few seconds If you do nothing it twill go away if you tap it and disable the location updates it twill remains so that you can tap it again to unlock the map y O v WY OX amp alg 17 49 Tap here to disable automatic LFME 2
62. source of the document based on the country and the type of document Depending on how many airports there are in your document binder the download can last some time FlightAssistant will only download the documents when it is necessary either it s new in the document binder and was never downloaded or it has not been updated since the beginning of the current AIRAC cycle If you want to start a new full download you need to first delete all the documents button Delete all charts A Documentation binder mana Document binder content Select airports Half width 50nm Dep we Download progress for Document being willbe included the current document downloaded and number of document to download De ete all charts Stop download Download You can stop the download process at any time it will stop at the end of the current document When you will start a download session again FlightAssistant will resume where it last stopped gt DOWNLOADING TAFS AND METARS The TAFs and METARs are downloaded for all the airports in your AIP database The download goes thru 4 phases one download and one processing phase for TAFs and for METARs WARNING each file weights between 1 5 and 2 megabytes we recommend to update this information when a Wifi Internet connection is available a FlightAssistant is currently limited to the VAC charts for French airports and airport diagrams from the FAA for the USA H The
63. sseeeeeeeececccsseeeseeeeeeeeeeenseeeeees 43 nt EE EE 44 RO 44 The document CTT ai e ne 45 Kna a ie casi pers oe ection revs sec iso sialic ease woe toi esa wise oe ee 45 Selecting and downloading airport documents ss 46 gt Downloading airport COC cents ice tersinicdarccdinvemesistennieademinedanaitdenintennindenias 47 gt Downloading TAFs and DRE US eene 47 Selecting and downlodding NOTAM E 48 a ei 49 The preferences Of the document DIN isnnessssatentessnnnerenerente sonnette nlesnannnesaesietse 49 Re ee 50 Managing Tight plans EEN 52 REI lg ETC d CEET 52 gt Create a flight plan step VBC EEN 54 Emea Eet EEN 55 pam AEN 55 REESEN eege 56 PTT i EEN 56 Weight amp balance and plane management see ENNER REENEN REENEN REENEN REENEN 57 wat Aga KEREN ee 57 E Ne ve EEN 57 Fe RE 58 tg 58 E E Ed el 59 Performing a weight amp balance calculation ss 60 ed ee 60 Be Te Te a EE 61 FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 3 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 gt Analysing the aleeden 61 EEE tege 62 ee 62 Cean yOu Ett 64 User waypoints management 66 gt Creone user warpo EH 66 gt Editing amp deleting user waypoints nm 67 gt Exporting user waypoints and purging the list 67 PO M ne a a de ee eran ete ete eee 68 unt I OR esas 69 D nee A ae neo meter weer 69 FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 4 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 FlightAssistant is an aeronautical moving map GPS application for Android devic
64. t FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 56 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 Weight amp balance and plane management Weight amp balance is tightly linked to plane definition and management hence both features will be covered in this section Please bear in mind that if you expect accurate weight amp balance calculations as well as accurate ETEs and ETAs forecasts it is important that you define your planes as accurately as possible Plane management Access In the settings section tap Manage planes or tap the Settings button first The list of planes is empty by default You can add a plane by tapping the plus button in the action bar Once the plane list will be populated you will be able to add edit or delete planes The plane management screen is split in four different tabs gt PLANE SPECIFICATIONS K 17 48 e In the plane specification tab you will be W ZE el SAVE CANCEL able to define the basic identification of SPECIFICATIONS PERFORMANCES WEIGHT DETAILS C G LIMITS the plane or other preferred flying vehicle as well as more importantly its Call sign FJMCO units Manufacturer Robin Those units will be used thereafter to Medel PRES define all of the other information for the Speed Knots plane Vertical speed ft mn Do not worry too much though you can Moment W amp B kg x m change your mind and modify the unit Fuel Liters later all relevant
65. tAssistant uses the standard Android action FlightAssistant bar when it is possible Flight control The actions in this bar can change dependind on A Stop flight the context and the currently available actions Active flight plan Montpellier Toulouse On the cockpit pages used in flight FlightAssistant uses a custom tool bar that will deploy when you will touch the screen either on the right side in portrait mode or the lower end in landscape mode It will display as well if you press the MENU key provided your device has one The tool bar will retract automatically see The cockpit tool bar D Y Tvs Est La Orand Co a FMS It is to note that if your device has a MENU key you will be able to disable the deployment of the tool bar when touching on the screen see The global preferences FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 10 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 11 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 Alarms and warnings In some circumstances FlightAssistant can trigger alarms or warnings which we will generically call alerts currently this is only available for airspaces The difference between an alarm and a warning is fairly simple An alarm will display as a window with a red background di Airspace alarm Oo Most importantly an alarm is something 4 ZRT1 Lyon you need to acknowledge and it won t go SEET SEC gt S000ft ANSL away aut
66. ton in the action bar M Montpellier Mende tests Montpellier M diterran e Aubenas Arde You first need to define your departure Tap here define your departure A You can look up for an airfield airport in the EE AIP database using its name or ICAO code OQ M ennes Deaux NP Al s C ver LFMT E M diterran e Oe B ziers Vias oi Avignon Caumont d Joes Castelnaudary Villeneuve ga Vi Chateau Amoux Saint Auban L zignan Corbi res FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 54 69 FlightAssistant User Guide The departure is displayed in the header of the flight plan and you now need to define your destination Define the destination of the flight just as you did for the departure As soon as you have chosen your destination FlightAssistant will require you to name your flight plan in order for save it A name is automatically generated based on departure and arrival airfield names but it can be changed You will then switch automatically to the flight plan edition mode and you can add points button for a look up in the database or long press on the map you can set change the altitudes or the name of GPS points gt RENAME A FLIGHT PLAN Doc v2 20 Amt A LFMT AM lt lt 28 e Save flight plan as Montpellier Aubenas bead Montpellier Mende Montpellier Langogne Montpellier Mende tests Montpellier M diterran e Aubenas Ard che M rid _Va
67. your document binder before you can use it in flight and preferably when you have an unlimited Wifi connexion to the Internet The airport documents are loaded for a list of airports that you can define either all airports from your AIP database or based on a distance from your flight plans The NOTAMS are loaded for a list of FIRs Flight Information Regions that you select The weather information is loaded for all the airports in your AIP database To manage your document binder tap the Documents subscriptions button from the home page you need to tap the Settings button first if you are on a phone Managing AIP data FlightAssistant maintains a local database with the relevant AIP data This database is built based on subscriptions that you will have to define Data H H nl S 1 Lil subscription section tap Edit Bash They are 4 kinds of su bscriptions COMMUNITY AIP CONTENT FILTER NOTAMS The geographical subscription Belgium It allows you defining the country or country E region for which you want the AIP data to be Croatia downloaded in the application Czech Republic All the points see below of the defined area will Denmark be copied locally and will be available in flight or for Finland flight preparation flight plans France FlightAssistant v1 0 5 Page 45 69 FlightAssistant User Guide Doc v2 20 The type of points A Manage data subscriptions You can filter what type

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