VFR flight planning and navigation software I've written

[Robin Driver]

Tim.

I don't seem to be able to change the "Weather station proximity to route distance" it's set to 15 nm but when I type in a new figure and click ok then close it, it defaults back to 15.

I fly from Caernarfon and we always use Valley weather so I'd like that to display.

When generating a route plan from Caernarfon to where ever, I'd like Valley frequencies to display on the printed plan as well. Is this possible?

Using the latest V.0.9.7.21959

Thanks.

[Tim Dawson]

CR, cheers, artwork hasn't been done yet but should make an appearance before v1 is finished. There's no way to get the enroute features display ont he PLOG I'm afraid.

Robin Driver, 15nm is the maximum distance from the route in which SkyAngel can look for features (including weather stations) at the moment. Unfortunately there is no way to specify that a certain radio station is always included on the PLOG either; this is something I want to get done in a post-v1 release.

[Captain-Random]

Another question... Is there anyway to save the PLOG as a word doc so that it can be saved and printed off another pc without the main programme? (I rarely have ink in my printer)

[srayne]

Another question... Is there anyway to save the PLOG as a word doc so that it can be saved and printed off another pc without the main programme? (I rarely have ink in my printer)

You can download a free PDF printer application such as primoPDF then print to the PDF printer and transfer the resultant PDF file to another PC.

[Tim Dawson]

There are two ways of accomplishing what you want:

1. Right click the document -> view source -> save, this will save as a .html document that can be viewed on any computer.

2. Print to XPS or PDF or Document Writer or any other print-to-file facility available in the list of "printers" that you can choose from. This is what those facilities are designed for; so that you can take that file to another computer and print it there.

[kr0me]

If you can code it for Macs then possibly an iPhone app would be the next move? I've just downloaded a program for my iPhone called copilot for £12 which has 10% of the features SkyAngel has. You could price it double that of copilot, make an absolute killing and I'd be your first customer!

I love it, I'm still trying to work it all out but at first impression, I'm extremely impressed.

[rdbc2007]

Hi All,

I was just wondering what kind of hardware you are running Sky Inflight on? Any recommendations?

Thanks
rdbc

[Tim Dawson]

SkyAngel 0.9.8 Released!

A new version of SkyAngel, version 0.9.8, has been posted. This version has mainly bug fixes but there are some data and functionality improvements too. Note that in Plan, I have changed some of the colours in this release to match the CAA charts. This is an experiment: if most people prefer the old colours, I'll switch back in the next release. Please let me know!

Also note that there is now a forum on the SkyAngel website for discussion of the product, compatible GPS devices, suggestions for future features etc.

In this release:

Data
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Spot elevations now included on chart and in MSA calculations
UK FIS sector information now included so London Info will appear in PLOG

InFlight
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Data loading time halved
Fixed "invalid land polygon" bug that some people were experiencing

Plan
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Scale added to main map
Save option added to PLOG viewer, to facilitate editing of default output
3D terrain shading colours are now rounded, making it useful for determining elevation while still retaining shading
The default (first) aircraft can now be removed
More intelligent selection of frequencies included on PLOG

[yakker]

Tim,

Just keeps getting better.
However where is the A14 from the M1/M6 junction to the A1 at Huntingdon?

[gizmocat]

Absolutely astounding bit of kit. Thanks Tim.

[Daultonio]

Love it well done A++++++++

I notice you keep updating it, do i have to keep downloading a new one or does it up date by itself??
any help?

but it is a great product

[cct]

Version 0.9.8 seems to have an issue. I uninstalled the previous verrsion & installed - then:

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.AccessViolationException: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.
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at Divelements.Aviation.FlightPlanner.Rendering.x2c1c98f7e7ef4c 48.x309a321eaca6b213(GeometryEntity x4181df4cd38a69a0)
at Divelements.Aviation.FlightPlanner.Rendering.x2c1c98f7e7ef4c 48.xdde427ad235f604b(Graphics x41347a961b838962, GeometryEntity xa9a706768ab5b5b1, Pen x90279591611601bc)
at Divelements.Aviation.FlightPlanner.Rendering.xc33d26eab04d79 57.x32e22c96910a9b10(x2c1c98f7e7ef4c48 xd0bb5d9c9ba91857, xd7cb7ac31049ffae x0f7b23d1c393aed9, AirspaceEntity xa9a706768ab5b5b1)
at Divelements.Aviation.FlightPlanner.Rendering.x867d3d2864d7f7 d1.DrawGeometryEntity(xd7cb7ac31049ffae context, GeometryEntity entity)
at Divelements.Aviation.FlightPlanner.Rendering.x2c1c98f7e7ef4c 48.xe406325e56f74b46(Graphics x41347a961b838962, Rectangle xe831729bf4ec9571)
at Divelements.Aviation.FlightPlanner.Rendering.x970ba8497cedc7 24.OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.PaintWithErrorHandling(PaintEve ntArgs e, Int16 layer, Boolean disposeEventArgs)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmPaint(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Mes sage& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


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SkyAngel
Assembly Version: 0.9.8.16605
Win32 Version: 0.9.8.16605
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Divelements%20Limited/SkyAngel%20Plan/SkyAngel.exe
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Divelements.SandGrid
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CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Divelements%20Limited/SkyAngel%20Plan/Divelements.SandGrid.DLL
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SandDock
Assembly Version: 3.0.5.1
Win32 Version: 3.0.5.1
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Divelements%20Limited/SkyAngel%20Plan/SandDock.DLL
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To be sure I uninstalled, rebooted and installed a fresh download. Same again.

Any ideas?

[NVFlyingMonkey]

How to get terrain for Nevada

I live in Nevada, near Reno. I've installed the USA dem file, and the California one. I can see terrain in CA, but not in NV. There was no file for NV. Where do they come from, how are they made, etc? How do I get to see the terrain and airports for NV?

Thanks,
NVFlyingMonkey

[Tim Dawson]

yakker, if a road is missing it means it's older than the public-domain vector map data I'm using. For the moment there isn't much I can do about this.

Daultonio, at the moment it's being updated every week (not this week though) and requries you to uninstall your old one, and install the new one. There will be automatic updates in a future version.

cct, I'm looking into that bug, a few people have reported it and I haven't yet gotten to the bottom of it.

NVFlyingMonkey, I'll post the Nevada file this coming weekend along with a few more states. I haven't quite decided yet how I'm going to bundle USA data together.

[Steve.Winter]

Hi Tim,

I love the software. I bought Flitestar VFR this year and have given up with it despite the cost as it was just too complicated and slow to do anything. Your software is far more intuitive and gives all the information and more that I want.

Thanks
Steve

[yakker]

Hi Tim,

The A14 section between the M1/M6 and the A1 was opened in 1994. So its your vector map data thats old.

[Tim Dawson]

Er yes, that's what I meant.

[gsjefferies]

I've loaded this on my laptop and reckon its brilliant, are you recommending a portable device for inflight use? I have an iPaq 314 which has now died for the second time and although it's a great piece of kit I won't chance it failing again and would like to replace it with something that will run your software in flight. Obviously a large screen would be good maybe 5" - 7" is there something that would suit?

[Oldvicar]

Tim, more congratulations on producing a great application,and thank you for the great convenience. I'd like to contribute a few suggestions.

I very much like the new chart colouring in 0.9.8.

The ability to print the chart view would be greatly advantageous for route familiarisation before flights. I fully accept the need to have a CAA chart plotted and in the cockpit always, but the subset of information which could be printed from SkyAngel would be very convenient pre-flight.

Is there any argument against printing out the wonderful en-route features? This will be a huge safety feature and a great help to all of us.

Can I set my home airfield (Conington in my case) as the centre of the screen on start-up? I don't often get down to the wilds of the beautiful south-west!

When I double-click on a route segment, I get an unhandled exception error - which is a surprising outcome. When I select 'Continue' and then enter new altitude and speed for that segment, the values don't appear to be accepted. Am I doing something wrong?

I hope these help, and I'm pleased to be able to contribute to the development of such a useful and well-designed product. I'm running it on the 'production' version of Windows 7 Professional without any difficulty, by the way.

[Tim Dawson]

Thanks OldVicar, there's a bug in the 0.9.8 release whereby you'll get that exception if you double-click on a route segment where one of the ends is not on a recognised waypoint. It's been fixed ready for this week's release.

There are a few technical reasons why printing the chart displays isn't currently available as well as my fear that someone might try and use it as a "chart" in the cockpit. I can imagine the enroute features window becoming printable before the main map is, but neither will happen before version 1 release.

The map should remember the last thing you were looking at, it certainly shouldn't take you back to the south-west every time you start it.