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Foreflight vs Wing X Pro
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I used Foreflight for only 30 days. The big feature that FF had was being able to rubber band your route. TFR's are located in a tab across the bottom, you have to scroll thru states to find any in your state but it won't appear on your moving map. Wing X Pro has TFRs on the moving map and now, with the latest update, you can also rubber band your route course line. |
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For example: KCCB KAPV ForeFlight draws a line on the map from KCCB to KAPV. Now place your finger on the line and drag the line to L26. That is the "Rubber Band" and just added L26 as a waypoint on the way from KCCB to KAPV. |
I use the "rubber band" flight planning feature nearly every trip. Then again, I'm flying VFR so I have a bit more flexibility than an IFR trip.
I typically enter my departure and arrival airports. Next I zoom out to see if I will have conflicts with class B airspace, MOAs, etc. I look for near by Jacques and airports I dan use as waypoints to avoid the worst of the airspace issues. Finally, I press and hold my finger on the track line nearest where I want to change my flight path. FF will change the line color and I can drag that part of the line to the intermediate waypoint. FF lists the closest choices and I pick th one I mean. FF then inserts it into my plan. It will also let you use an arbitrary point if you wish. I looked at WinhX Pro about 6 months ago. I've not looked recently. I also looked at Garmin's Pilot-my-Cast. The Garmin offering had some nice features. |
Thanks for the "rubber banding" info. It's pretty cool, although it doesn't do it on my WingX. All WingX does is move the map when I do that.
I can add any airport with WingX by tapping on on the hot spot for each airport. If I want to add a VFR waypoint or checkpoint, I have to type it in manually in the route list. FF does have some cool things better than WingX, like being able to add any point at all (user-defined lat/lon) to a route, but overall I'm still preferring WingX. I'm currently using both. I have the Garmin app also, but I used it a bit & didn't find it very intuitive or easy to use. Probably with more time practicing with it and getting to know their symbology, instead of named button labels, it might seem better. |
FF bug
During Obama's last trip to Miami, I was getting ready to go fly and wanted to check out the presidential TFR that I knew was in effect. Foreflight did not have the TFR listed. I sent them an email and they acknowledged a bug, asked a few questions, and promptly never got back to me about the cause or any potential fix.
It's a great product, but a call to FSS is cheap insurance for your ticket! Chunk |
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How do you download?
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I just installed the trial version of Foreflight and can't figure out how to download charts or plates. I went into the download manager and anything I select pops up a note stating i need to purchase a plan. I have created an account and signed in, but it still says i need to purchase a plan. How do you download charts in the trial version? Thanks! |
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