iGoApp Posted May 25, 2014 Report Posted May 25, 2014 Hi, pilot fellas! Today, I would like to share with you something I have been working on for the past several months. It will be an iOS application to perform flight planning for this great plane. This video demonstrates how the application will load a plane with passengers and/or cargo, and how weights, fuel, and center of gravity will be calculated. The application is about one-quarter ready and should be available in late fall. If you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to send them to me at the following email address:igodispatch@igoapp.ca. Thanks a lot! Igor 3 Quote
Vinny003 Posted May 25, 2014 Report Posted May 25, 2014 Hi, Igorland!That is a good idea! Thanks! Cheers, Vincent 1 Quote
iGoApp Posted June 7, 2014 Author Report Posted June 7, 2014 Another video showing how to plan a flight. If you have any comments, suggestions, they are very welcome! Thank you! 2 Quote
Vinny003 Posted June 8, 2014 Report Posted June 8, 2014 Hi, igorland!Looking really good! Cheers, Vincent 1 Quote
hobofat Posted June 8, 2014 Report Posted June 8, 2014 Quite excited about this, Igorland! Looking for good x-plane helper apps to use on my new ipad, this will be a great help in flight planning for the saab 340! 1 Quote
iGoApp Posted August 15, 2014 Author Report Posted August 15, 2014 The application itself is ready with only a few minor bugs remaining. Now I will try to make a communication plug-in for X-Plane. 2 Quote
frankbyte Posted August 15, 2014 Report Posted August 15, 2014 really nice! Thanks in advance for your work... Quote
iGoApp Posted September 5, 2014 Author Report Posted September 5, 2014 Connecting iGoDispatch application with a plug-in in X-Plane. 1 Quote
deltonos Posted September 17, 2014 Report Posted September 17, 2014 Connecting iGoDispatch application with a plug-in in X-Plane. When will it be avaible for purchase? Quote
iGoApp Posted September 17, 2014 Author Report Posted September 17, 2014 Deltonos. Thanks a lot for your interest. My intention is to release it by the end of fall. I keep on finding small bugs, especially after connecting it to a plugin that must be addressed to make it top-notch when available. )) Quote
jettojig Posted September 17, 2014 Report Posted September 17, 2014 This seems really interesting! will it be iPad only, or will us iPhone users get a version too? Quote
iGoApp Posted September 18, 2014 Author Report Posted September 18, 2014 (edited) jiggyb2. I'd really love to, but it means complete redesign of the panel layouts. This will require time, may be more than a month. It will definitely not happen this year. May be next year, I will have time to adapt it to iPhones. This time I will be getting iPhone 6, so I am curious to know whether the application can be usable on it. Meanwhile. I just wanted to demonstrate how the application calculates fuel. Imagine this is our plan: KLAX LAX KSFO KSJCFL: 18000Temperature: -29; ISA Dev: -8Winds at FL: 10 at 45 ktsPayload: 8475 lbs (3844 kg)ZFW: 21212 lbs (9622 kg) Let us use the charts. 1) We calculate Diversion Fuel, i.e. fuel required from Destination to Alternate airport: Weight: ZFW. Air distance: 25 nm. ISA 0 (it would be -20 if ISA Dev was <= -10)FL rounded to 19000.Required 552 lbs. In fact there is no fuel for 25 nm, so we take the closest available, which is for air distance 100 nm. No correction is need, since the distance is less than 100 nm; 2) Calculating fuel required for holding for 30 mins at 1500 ft: Weight: ZFW + Diversion fuel = 21212 + 552 = 21,764 lb Also, it says that at 22,000 lbs we need 408 lb of fuel, this is a pretty straight forward linear dependency. Applying an easy linear formula, we get a more correct number 406 lb. We need to apply correction: minus 5 lb for each 10 degrees below STD. Since our ISA Dev is -8, we need to deduct 5. NOTE: This is where it is slightly flawed. In fact, we need to know the OAT at altitude 1500 and then deduct 5 lbs for each 10 degrees less than STD (15 at 29.92). But since it is an extra variable added that we will hardly know and that will not make significant difference, I left it as is. Fuel reserve = 401 lb 3) Now we calculate the trip burn fuel. Weight: <2> + 401 = 22,165 lbAir distance: 335 nm ; Rounded to 350 nm. ISA 0. FL rounded to 19000.Required fuel: 1450 lb.Fuel correction: For each 1000 lb below 22000 lb landing weight subtract Fuel correction. We do not need to apply fuel correction since our landing weight is close to 22,000 lb. (Otherwise, it would have been applied). 4) Fuel Contingency: 5% of Trib burn fuel: 72 lb 5) Fuel for start up: 10 lb. You may calculate and add taxi fuel if you want. I just omitted it for this exercise. 6) Total: 552 + 401 + 1450 + 72 + 10 = 2485. Now, let us check it against the iGoDispatch Report: Edited September 18, 2014 by igorland Quote
jettojig Posted September 18, 2014 Report Posted September 18, 2014 That's alright! I'm considering getting an iPad anyway, they seem very well supported for real world flying too. Quote
jettojig Posted October 13, 2014 Report Posted October 13, 2014 Awesome! I got that iPad too, so I'm looking forward to playing with this app! Quote
mmerelles Posted October 14, 2014 Report Posted October 14, 2014 is the app already available at the apple store? i did a search but no results. thanks! Quote
iGoApp Posted October 14, 2014 Author Report Posted October 14, 2014 (edited) Hi, mmerelles. Thank you for your interest. I am currently in the process of preliminary testing. I will then need to prepare all necessary material, e.g. manual, support page, etc. Then I will do some beta-testing, and then I will need to submit it to appstore for approval. ETA is still the end of November or earlier. Just wanted to share with you what it will be like. Cheers. Edited October 14, 2014 by igorland Quote
mmerelles Posted October 14, 2014 Report Posted October 14, 2014 Hi Igorland. The timing is just fine! I thought it was already available due to the video subject "we are airborne" jajajaja i love this plane, this app will be a great addon Quote
iGoApp Posted November 29, 2014 Author Report Posted November 29, 2014 A brief update. The application has been waiting for Apple's review for over 2 weeks now. I heard the staff was on Thanksgiving holidays. Hope it will be appproved and released soon. 3 Quote
iGoApp Posted December 6, 2014 Author Report Posted December 6, 2014 The application has been just released: https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/igodispatch-saab-340a/id933563312?mt=8 I hope you will find it useful. Your feedback and suggestions for improvement would be greatly appreciated. PLEASE NOTE that to properly connect the application to X-Plane, you need iGoConnect plugin VERSION 1.0.1. It was uploaded yesterday. If you had downloaded the previous version, please replace it with the current version. Many thanks to the developers of this wonderful plane and to all of you. Best! Quote
jettojig Posted December 6, 2014 Report Posted December 6, 2014 Just purchased - looking good! 1 Quote
Goran_M Posted December 6, 2014 Report Posted December 6, 2014 Looks very well done. I just made a post about it on the LES facebook page.Best of luck with it, Igor! 1 1 Quote
iGoApp Posted December 6, 2014 Author Report Posted December 6, 2014 Goran. Thanks a lot for your support in the project! Quote
iGoApp Posted December 8, 2014 Author Report Posted December 8, 2014 A quick question for those who got the application. Has any of you had any problems connecting the application to the plug-in? Thank you! Quote
pcartier1960 Posted December 8, 2014 Report Posted December 8, 2014 No plugin connection problems for me. Works great 1 Quote
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