OzRunways 2.whoa!
Grandpa Aerotart
Joined: Jun 2000
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From: SWP
Indeed.
If you want a POH for your aircraft simple download Goodreader and then order, or scan yourself, a PDF version of your aircrafts POH.
On my Ipad I have Goodreader with searchable PDF versions of POHs for C195, BE36, C414 (soon), my C111 A/P, my KLN90b GPS, my Garmin audio panel, as well as all my airline and Boeing manuals for the 767 and 777 - and on and on.
Thats a pile of manuals and user guides you could not see over in a tablet that weighs < 1kg.
Ozrunways is awesome - if you have too many ancillary functions you will wreck it.
By all means tweak the NAVIGATION and CHARTING aspects - but don't try and tweak it into a replacement for a brain.
If you want a POH for your aircraft simple download Goodreader and then order, or scan yourself, a PDF version of your aircrafts POH.
On my Ipad I have Goodreader with searchable PDF versions of POHs for C195, BE36, C414 (soon), my C111 A/P, my KLN90b GPS, my Garmin audio panel, as well as all my airline and Boeing manuals for the 767 and 777 - and on and on.
Thats a pile of manuals and user guides you could not see over in a tablet that weighs < 1kg.
Ozrunways is awesome - if you have too many ancillary functions you will wreck it.
By all means tweak the NAVIGATION and CHARTING aspects - but don't try and tweak it into a replacement for a brain.
Joined: Jul 2007
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From: in the classroom of life
By all means tweak the NAVIGATION and CHARTING aspects - but don't try and tweak it into a replacement for a brain.
By all means tweak the NAVIGATION and CHARTING aspects - but don't try and tweak it into a replacement for a brain.
By all means tweak the NAVIGATION and CHARTING aspects - but don't try and tweak it into a replacement for a brain.
By all means tweak the NAVIGATION and CHARTING aspects - but don't try and tweak it into a replacement for a brain.
By all means tweak the NAVIGATION and CHARTING aspects - but don't try and tweak it into a replacement for a brain.
OK you get the idea..............
Joined: Nov 2011
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From: The Blue
New iPad
The world is getting a new iPad .. Hurray ....
when are we getting an update .........
please give me 2.7 soon ?
When .... When ?
P.S. feature updates for 2.7 are most welcome .. but for the next few updates after that - just hold back on the feature updates and please give us more performance and stability upgrades.
when are we getting an update .........
please give me 2.7 soon ?
When .... When ?
P.S. feature updates for 2.7 are most welcome .. but for the next few updates after that - just hold back on the feature updates and please give us more performance and stability upgrades.
Joined: Aug 2009
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From: Australia
The world is getting a new iPad .. Hurray ....
please give me 2.7 soon ?
P.S. feature updates for 2.7 are most welcome .. but for the next few updates after that - just hold back on the feature updates and please give us more performance and stability upgrades.
Is there any way that we could choose a primary DAP and then be able to switch between it and the map with the click of one easy button?
Joined: Jul 2011
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From: Melburn
Has anyone been successfully using their phone as a GPS receiver with a Wi-fi only iPad?
I've read that you can share your phones GPS position with your iPad over bluetooth and thus eliminating the need to purchase one of the two external GPS receivers suggested by the ozrunways team.
I'm just wondering if anyone does this and if its a reliable set-up?
Thanks for any replies!
I've read that you can share your phones GPS position with your iPad over bluetooth and thus eliminating the need to purchase one of the two external GPS receivers suggested by the ozrunways team.
I'm just wondering if anyone does this and if its a reliable set-up?
Thanks for any replies!
Joined: Jan 2009
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From: Cab of a Freight Train
Just a heads up for some...
I haven't seen it mentioned here yet, but 2.7 needs iOS 5.0, so don't plan on updating OzRunways while you're away from home if you haven't already updated the operating system on your iPad through iTunes first.
I haven't seen it mentioned here yet, but 2.7 needs iOS 5.0, so don't plan on updating OzRunways while you're away from home if you haven't already updated the operating system on your iPad through iTunes first.
Joined: Aug 2009
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From: Australia
2.7 is now available!
Yes, you do need iOS 5.0 for this one. 2.7.1 already submitted to Apple with some bug fixes. But we do have a few thousand people using it already and as bug reports are NOT streaming in, we reckon it's pretty good. ;-)
Oh, and while you go to the App Store to update the app, tap right into it, scroll to the bottom and give us a rating and/or review, even if you have in the past as ratings go per version.
Thanks!
Yes, you do need iOS 5.0 for this one. 2.7.1 already submitted to Apple with some bug fixes. But we do have a few thousand people using it already and as bug reports are NOT streaming in, we reckon it's pretty good. ;-)
Oh, and while you go to the App Store to update the app, tap right into it, scroll to the bottom and give us a rating and/or review, even if you have in the past as ratings go per version.
Thanks!
Joined: Apr 2008
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From: Toowoomba Australia
Bas .. In expanded plan, track 005, wind 270/35, heading -15.
Can't fathom fuel table on multi-leg plan, but will keep trying.
This is becoming an excellent app.
My request would be for better fuel calculations (incl holding and climb rates).
Cheers
Can't fathom fuel table on multi-leg plan, but will keep trying.
This is becoming an excellent app.
My request would be for better fuel calculations (incl holding and climb rates).
Cheers
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From: Australia
Bas .. In expanded plan, track 005, wind 270/35, heading -15.
My request would be for better fuel calculations (incl holding and climb rates).
I went to select which ones (thru the "more" menu in dl's), and cant select any -it just sits there and stares at me..
Also: the manual is now easily accessible from the "Other" tab.
Bas.
Joined: Dec 2010
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From: Perth Australia
iPad 1 upgrade
I current have OzRunWays running on an IPad 1 with IOS 4.3 and understand I need to upgrade to IOS 5 in order to run OzRunways 2.7. Has anyone done this and does the IPad function normally after the upgrade? Some of the Apple forums I have looked at suggest users IPads have become unstable after the upgrade.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Joined: Nov 2008
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From: Queensland
My IPad 1 has OS5 and it's a bucket of s88t. Constant crashes.
I use ozrunways but it's almost useless due these issues.
. (great programme though guys!)
Im on the hunt for an IPad 3. The iPad 1 is ok for photos and email and the net but if I ask it to think too much it just cracks up.
Cheers
I use ozrunways but it's almost useless due these issues.
. (great programme though guys!)
Im on the hunt for an IPad 3. The iPad 1 is ok for photos and email and the net but if I ask it to think too much it just cracks up.
Cheers
Joined: Jan 2008
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From: Adelaide
Yep you'll need iOS5 for OzRunways v2.7 since it uses a bunch of new iOS5 features.
I've heard of a couple of problems after installing iOS5, but nothing that wasn't fixed by deleting & reinstalling apps again.
Also OzRunways v2.7 uses the GPU for most of its drawing now (instead of CPU) so it uses much less memory resulting in more stability (v2.7) on iOS5 than (v2.6) on iOS4.
We did a 2hr presentation at Renmark yesterday involving showing every feature of the app on an iPad2 and it didn't miss a beat.
The iPad3 appears to be ever so slightly slower than iPad2 since it now has to render the image files as double the resolution, and the CPU (which does this work) is only slightly faster. But it looks MUCH better! No crashes though. Retina icons & artwork coming in v2.7.1 in a few days.
My IPad 1 has OS5 and it's a bucket of s88t. Constant crashes.
Also OzRunways v2.7 uses the GPU for most of its drawing now (instead of CPU) so it uses much less memory resulting in more stability (v2.7) on iOS5 than (v2.6) on iOS4.
We did a 2hr presentation at Renmark yesterday involving showing every feature of the app on an iPad2 and it didn't miss a beat.
The iPad3 appears to be ever so slightly slower than iPad2 since it now has to render the image files as double the resolution, and the CPU (which does this work) is only slightly faster. But it looks MUCH better! No crashes though. Retina icons & artwork coming in v2.7.1 in a few days.
Joined: Aug 2008
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From: On track
Suggestion
Something else for the wishlist!
When flying IFR, I want to see the IFR waypoints, aids etc, when flying VFR, I dont want to see the IFR way points etc cluttering up the display. Is it possible to either;
a) Have the IFR/VFR way points etc display on an appropriate chart, such as VFR on a VNC, IFR on ERC's? or
b) Have two or three user defined profiles set up, so you only need to switch between profiles rather than going into settings etc. That way you can have different setups depending on different ops you may do. or
c) Have two default set ups, IFR & VFR which you can customise.
Impressed with 2.7 guys. Everything so far has been a great step forward. This is such a great tool. Gotta love the instant TAF in chart mode.
Cheers
When flying IFR, I want to see the IFR waypoints, aids etc, when flying VFR, I dont want to see the IFR way points etc cluttering up the display. Is it possible to either;
a) Have the IFR/VFR way points etc display on an appropriate chart, such as VFR on a VNC, IFR on ERC's? or
b) Have two or three user defined profiles set up, so you only need to switch between profiles rather than going into settings etc. That way you can have different setups depending on different ops you may do. or
c) Have two default set ups, IFR & VFR which you can customise.
Impressed with 2.7 guys. Everything so far has been a great step forward. This is such a great tool. Gotta love the instant TAF in chart mode.
Cheers
Joined: Dec 2003
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From: Australia
Baswell, Shagpile, et al.
With regard to getting your excellent iPAD program onto other platforms (eg Android) I just came across, on another forum, this announcement from the Anywhere Map owner, regarding getting his program onto tablet computers.
"We had a huge investment in the Windows environment, and after a few false starts at rewriting our code for the iPad we decided that this was going to be a huge project... and what about Android and how to support our existing customers on all their Windows based devices?
About a year ago, the perfect solution became clear. We found a true multi-platform development tool that allows us to write applications for a generic tablet, and then deploy that code to any one of several different specific devices, such as Android, IOS, Windows, Symbian, and the list goes on. Naturally I was rather suspicious, and I reasonably assumed that this would result in slow pigware, not the user experience that we wanted to push. After we wrote a test app, those fears were proven wrong. The beauty of this approach to supporting the iPad and Android markets is that we will actually wind up ENHANCING our Windows users experience at the same time!"
So are you aware of the "true multi-platform development tool " and would it be of any help in getting you onto the Android area on the ground floor?
John
With regard to getting your excellent iPAD program onto other platforms (eg Android) I just came across, on another forum, this announcement from the Anywhere Map owner, regarding getting his program onto tablet computers.
"We had a huge investment in the Windows environment, and after a few false starts at rewriting our code for the iPad we decided that this was going to be a huge project... and what about Android and how to support our existing customers on all their Windows based devices?
About a year ago, the perfect solution became clear. We found a true multi-platform development tool that allows us to write applications for a generic tablet, and then deploy that code to any one of several different specific devices, such as Android, IOS, Windows, Symbian, and the list goes on. Naturally I was rather suspicious, and I reasonably assumed that this would result in slow pigware, not the user experience that we wanted to push. After we wrote a test app, those fears were proven wrong. The beauty of this approach to supporting the iPad and Android markets is that we will actually wind up ENHANCING our Windows users experience at the same time!"
So are you aware of the "true multi-platform development tool " and would it be of any help in getting you onto the Android area on the ground floor?
John
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From: Australia
Looks like Anywhere Map has been made using Adobe Flash/AIR, so no "native" Android or iOS look and feel.
It is an interesting approach, but not one we'll be doing any time soon. Even if we wanted to use that technology, it would still be a 100% rewrite now to an application that looks and works entirely different.
It is an interesting approach, but not one we'll be doing any time soon. Even if we wanted to use that technology, it would still be a 100% rewrite now to an application that looks and works entirely different.
