Ed Cesnalis Posted March 29, 2014 Report Share Posted March 29, 2014 New name and app. http://flightpro.com/ Flight pro on a Nexus 7 is an inexpensive solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT4ME Posted March 29, 2014 Report Share Posted March 29, 2014 'Looks interesting. Their previous version was a solid program. They don't mention pricing, yet, but it was cheap under the previous name. One thing that made me drop the program before was a small, but important thing. The developer would not consider using decoded weather! I can't think of a program that doesn't provide decoded weather, including free ones. It's a safety issue to me, as decoded weather communicates the information better. I hope he's changed his mind and will offer decoded weather. tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug G. Posted March 29, 2014 Report Share Posted March 29, 2014 Waiting to see what it means for the app. I have been using it for a couple of years and it keeps improving. Although I don't use it in the cockpit, it gives me everything I need for planning. It also provides a backup for the cockpit. A lot of features ADS-B, Nexrad, flight plan filing, etc., etc. The other nice thing is that it operates on any number of Android devices. Everything works on both my phone and tablet flight routes are available on both. Good stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug G. Posted March 29, 2014 Report Share Posted March 29, 2014 Tim, I agree. I have raised the same issue and was told it would be added to the list for improvements. I use another app when I want decoded. (Aeroweather, which is also a great app. It gives great weather down to headwinds and crosswinds for each runway.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S3flyer Posted March 29, 2014 Report Share Posted March 29, 2014 Foreflight only decodes the METAR, TAF and winds. A weather briefing is completely raw and they've expressed no interest in offering a plain language translation. Not a big deal, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT4ME Posted March 29, 2014 Report Share Posted March 29, 2014 It's not a big deal, but when you consider safety, it is a big deal. Coded transmissions were a thing of a 100 years ago. Think Teletype or earlier. Transmission bandwidth was slow and memory was very limited. So they came up with codes. Admittedly a pain, but at least the information got through, kinda. Today, with the bandwidth and memory limitations gone, there is no excuse for forcing people to use codes. Codes, especially like the weird ones used in weather, introduce a greater chance of mis-communicating the information. A possibly deadly thing. O wd u prfr it lk ths? Brevity, like what we use in radio communications, is different... and still done because of limited bandwidth on each frequency. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug G. Posted March 29, 2014 Report Share Posted March 29, 2014 That was one of the things that surprised me as I entered the aviation world a couple off years ago - how anachronistic it is. I grew up around teletype and a small amount of telegraph as my father worked on the railroad. When he tried in the seventies he was dealing with microwave transmissions. Somehow aviation got stuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anticept Posted March 29, 2014 Report Share Posted March 29, 2014 That was one of the things that surprised me as I entered the aviation world a couple off years ago - how anachronistic it is. I grew up around teletype and a small amount of telegraph as my father worked on the railroad. When he tried in the seventies he was dealing with microwave transmissions. Somehow aviation got stuck. Lawyers. That's why. The 1980's marked a number of lawsuits that tore piper aircraft to the ground, and cessna had stopped production of small aircraft as a result of a lawsuit brought on them. In addition, rising certification costs have basically made R&D almost non-existent. Most of the costs of an aircraft (something to the tune of 60% of a new 172) are for lawsuit preparation. Until we can reform tort and put a stop to awarding 10 million dollars for a bruised arm, it's only going to continue to progress very slowly, if at all, and remain very expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug G. Posted March 29, 2014 Report Share Posted March 29, 2014 Yes, I have been rewarded for the class action lawsuits I didn't even know I was a part of. (Not aviation related.) The latest was $5.63 at Amazon for a settlement with publishers who were evidently overcharging for e-books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anticept Posted March 29, 2014 Report Share Posted March 29, 2014 Yes, I have been rewarded for the class action lawsuits I didn't even know I was a part of. (Not aviation related.) The latest was $5.63 at Amazon for a settlement with publishers who were evidently overcharging for e-books. That was a legitimate lawsuit, they were price fixing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug G. Posted March 29, 2014 Report Share Posted March 29, 2014 Yes, I suspect I paid more than I got back, but the lawyers made good money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingMonkey Posted March 29, 2014 Report Share Posted March 29, 2014 Yes, I suspect I paid more than I got back, but the lawyers made good money. That's how class actions work...plaintiffs get $3 each, the law firm gets $300 million. That's why they are always sending us junkmail to get us to join their suits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Cesnalis Posted March 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2014 The last class action that i pursued was a good deal. A price fixing suit grossed me $35k after I agreed to pay the firm notifying me 20%. That has happened twice now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S3flyer Posted March 29, 2014 Report Share Posted March 29, 2014 Don't see the safety issue as plain language translation are available at both Duat and duats (and other free sights) nor do I see liability. Have no idea why most tablet software vendors don't set this flag to true upon request, though, it's very simple to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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