Garmin Pilot can be improved!
Please give your thoughts on this. I've been making some requests for Garmin to add to Garmin Pilot, and they've been great at replying. They haven't implemented them and maybe with the other VAF users we can show more interest. I can't imagine i'm the only one who things about these things.
1 - AIRSPACE awareness. They added smart airspace, but what i'm really hoping for is a profile view of airspace and terrain based on our heading / flight plan. I fly in LA airspace all the time which can be quite complicated, having this view adds great awareness. Currently I use air navigator pro alongside my garmin product.
Here's an example of the airspace to Big Bear. It looks quite complicated from the map view but see how easily it can be understood when you look at the profile view.
currently G3X touch has terrain, i believe. So adding airspace shouldn't be too crazy.
2 - Single touch information - Garmin Pilot. Would be great to touch on an area and have some basic information appear without going through a multi-tier menu system. I know this can be controversial statement because it's easy to want too much. I'm not suggesting to completely change the radial menu, but have the option to see airport elevation, rwy info, frequencies etc. I'm a big fan of direct and simple. Air Nav Pro isn't the holy grail, but it does a few things really well. Touch an airport and see this (touch airspace you get airspace info only).
Couple ideas with the radial menu mocked in photoslop - open to suggestions.
3 - This is more of a wish list - Glide Ring based on altitude, terrain, winds etc. How nice would it be to have an estimate based on glide ratio like Xavion does.
Please give your thoughts on this. I've been making some requests for Garmin to add to Garmin Pilot, and they've been great at replying. They haven't implemented them and maybe with the other VAF users we can show more interest. I can't imagine i'm the only one who things about these things.
1 - AIRSPACE awareness. They added smart airspace, but what i'm really hoping for is a profile view of airspace and terrain based on our heading / flight plan. I fly in LA airspace all the time which can be quite complicated, having this view adds great awareness. Currently I use air navigator pro alongside my garmin product.
Here's an example of the airspace to Big Bear. It looks quite complicated from the map view but see how easily it can be understood when you look at the profile view.
currently G3X touch has terrain, i believe. So adding airspace shouldn't be too crazy.
2 - Single touch information - Garmin Pilot. Would be great to touch on an area and have some basic information appear without going through a multi-tier menu system. I know this can be controversial statement because it's easy to want too much. I'm not suggesting to completely change the radial menu, but have the option to see airport elevation, rwy info, frequencies etc. I'm a big fan of direct and simple. Air Nav Pro isn't the holy grail, but it does a few things really well. Touch an airport and see this (touch airspace you get airspace info only).
Couple ideas with the radial menu mocked in photoslop - open to suggestions.
3 - This is more of a wish list - Glide Ring based on altitude, terrain, winds etc. How nice would it be to have an estimate based on glide ratio like Xavion does.
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