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Forum: Private Flying
18th Dec 2020, 10:40
Replies: 9
Views: 1,987
Posted By Bobby Hart

SkyDemon will rotate its own (vector) text so...

SkyDemon will rotate its own (vector) text so that it is the right way up, but for georeferenced printed documents that's not possible since they are static images.

If you zoom out a bit you...
Forum: Private Flying
10th Sep 2019, 11:21
Replies: 11
Views: 24,412
Posted By Bobby Hart

One major defect with the NOTAM system is that...

One major defect with the NOTAM system is that there is no central body who makes sure that NOTAMs are formatted in a standard way. What this means is that the main text of the NOTAM is not fit for...
Forum: Private Flying
11th Aug 2017, 15:27
Replies: 7
Views: 3,159
Posted By Bobby Hart

It has taken a little bit of time and training...

It has taken a little bit of time and training effort for tower operators and their FP handling colleagues to get up to speed with the new digital filing methods, but I am definitely seeing massive...
Forum: Private Flying
8th Aug 2017, 09:53
Replies: 7
Views: 3,159
Posted By Bobby Hart

I work for SkyDemon and I can generally recommend...

I work for SkyDemon and I can generally recommend against adding extra addresses. In the case of France, they ask (in ENR 1.11) for flightplans to be addressed to one central address, where their...
Forum: Private Flying
29th Mar 2017, 14:59
Replies: 15
Views: 4,402
Posted By Bobby Hart

It would be really great if there could be some...

It would be really great if there could be some kind of agreed formatting for defining the coordinates of the actual NOTAM'd space in the NOTAM free text, since then it would be possible to...
Forum: Private Flying
5th Jan 2017, 13:18
Replies: 25
Views: 3,451
Posted By Bobby Hart

tnmorris, you might be interested to know that...

tnmorris, you might be interested to know that SkyDemon has a "Track Radial" function which was designed to satisfy guys who like Garmin's OBS line. It is an advanced feature which can be turned on...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
25th Oct 2016, 10:04
Replies: 1
Views: 4,114
Posted By Bobby Hart

Surely its enough just for you to know you are...

Surely its enough just for you to know you are tracking Barkway? SkyDemon doesn't really need to "know" that; it only needs to know your planned turning point...


However, you can create a user...
Forum: Private Flying
18th Oct 2016, 10:21
Replies: 45
Views: 8,662
Posted By Bobby Hart

Crash, I imagine that is a broad value served up...

Crash, I imagine that is a broad value served up by Android which attempts to speculate a conservative error value rather than actually deriving it mathematically - otherwise Runway HD could reliably...
Forum: Private Flying
18th Oct 2016, 09:18
Replies: 45
Views: 8,662
Posted By Bobby Hart

Piltdown, It is quite true that the level of GPS...

Piltdown, It is quite true that the level of GPS error is not known (because of course, if the total error was known then it could be corrected for) and maybe in the future a clever mathematician...
Forum: Private Flying
17th Oct 2016, 10:50
Replies: 45
Views: 8,662
Posted By Bobby Hart

The infringements data seems to indicate that it...

The infringements data seems to indicate that it is guys without GPS or digital planning tool of any kind who are vastly more likely to infringe. Imagine a scenario where a pilot gets all his...
Forum: Private Flying
19th Aug 2016, 16:30
Replies: 25
Views: 7,697
Posted By Bobby Hart

Economies of scale certainly do help, but I can...

Economies of scale certainly do help, but I can confirm that contrary to all other companies I have worked for in the past, there is a massive drive towards internal efficiency (that actually...
Forum: Private Flying
18th Aug 2016, 09:10
Replies: 25
Views: 7,697
Posted By Bobby Hart

Jan, I assure you we are a professional outfit,...

Jan, I assure you we are a professional outfit, and our staff are paid.


However, we are an exceptionally lean company - a lot of work goes into refining our internal systems to promote high...
Forum: Private Flying
17th Aug 2016, 16:20
Replies: 25
Views: 7,697
Posted By Bobby Hart

Rob from SkyDemon here! It makes us...

Rob from SkyDemon here!


It makes us really proud to hear such praise, so thank you, one and all!


Regarding training on SkyDemon use, the (already mentioned) videos can be handy for getting...
Forum: Private Flying
17th Aug 2016, 15:58
Replies: 13
Views: 2,326
Posted By Bobby Hart

Hi ChickenHouse, It would be great to...

Hi ChickenHouse,


It would be great to hear about the areas in which you think SkyDemon is weak in Europe, since I can feed that into our data/feature development processes.


Sometimes we...
Forum: Private Flying
26th Jul 2016, 13:17
Replies: 12
Views: 3,442
Posted By Bobby Hart

(Rob from SkyDemon here...) Since we...

(Rob from SkyDemon here...)


Since we offer the Pooleys and AFE flight guides, and the way our system works is to refer these extra documents to a corresponding airfield on our charts, you should...
Forum: Private Flying
6th Jun 2016, 11:21
Replies: 24
Views: 9,825
Posted By Bobby Hart

Fear not 300hr, since one benefit of being late...

Fear not 300hr, since one benefit of being late to the party means that there are plenty of people who you can ask about such things... Being an early adopter means making trial and error mistakes...
Forum: Private Flying
31st May 2016, 10:31
Replies: 24
Views: 9,825
Posted By Bobby Hart

(Rob from SkyDemon) Yup, the 30 day...

(Rob from SkyDemon)


Yup, the 30 day free trial has very few limitations to it, but the key one to note is that nav mode works for 30 minutes and then stops for at least 10. We do pop up a...
Forum: Private Flying
25th May 2016, 16:35
Replies: 24
Views: 9,825
Posted By Bobby Hart

(I work for SkyDemon) in addition to the...

(I work for SkyDemon)


in addition to the 30 day trial, it would be a good call to have a look at the little tutorial videos on the SkyDemon website and linked to from within the Help section of...
Forum: Private Flying
10th May 2016, 12:01
Replies: 87
Views: 42,487
Posted By Bobby Hart

Rob (from SkyDemon) here, and I can say that RAM...

Rob (from SkyDemon) here, and I can say that RAM mount is definitely worth checking into. We use their solutions for building our expo "iPad tree", and they have an incredible array of mounting...
Forum: Private Flying
9th Feb 2016, 14:17
Replies: 11
Views: 7,803
Posted By Bobby Hart

Yes, the requirement for a chart to be "current"...

Yes, the requirement for a chart to be "current" is the common wording.


In a discussion within our SkyDemon forums on a similar topic (which you can find here - Approval of SkyDemon...
Forum: Private Flying
21st Dec 2015, 11:59
Replies: 7
Views: 2,850
Posted By Bobby Hart

Zio Nick, I work for SkyDemon, so if you...

Zio Nick,


I work for SkyDemon, so if you have any specific questions about creating these airspace polygons, please feel free to send me a PM.


Obviously we cant support custom data...
Forum: Private Flying
26th Nov 2015, 16:31
Replies: 7
Views: 2,850
Posted By Bobby Hart

Hi Zio Nick, SkyDemon has the facility to...

Hi Zio Nick,


SkyDemon has the facility to create custom data such as airspace and airfields as well as a variety of other data-points. This feature is only in the PC version (since it is fairly...
Forum: Private Flying
23rd Nov 2015, 09:26
Replies: 22
Views: 9,558
Posted By Bobby Hart

Sadly it is very difficult to speculate on the...

Sadly it is very difficult to speculate on the effectiveness of tablets just from their write up on paper, so I cannot make many meaningful comments on the tablet that ChickenHouse linked to, other...
Forum: Private Flying
20th Nov 2015, 15:44
Replies: 22
Views: 9,558
Posted By Bobby Hart

Rob from SkyDemon here! If you are...

Rob from SkyDemon here!


If you are looking for a low cost tablet, you could do a lot worse than the Tesco Hudl2. It is surprisingly smooth and robust for a cheap android tablet, and we actually...
Forum: Private Flying
9th Oct 2015, 15:00
Replies: 81
Views: 15,762
Posted By Bobby Hart

Alex90, That, and several other...

Alex90,

That, and several other possibilities were considered but ultimately found lacking. The idea of adding just a few lines of code to solve a problem is compelling, but we have to deal with...
Forum: Private Flying
8th Oct 2015, 12:10
Replies: 81
Views: 15,762
Posted By Bobby Hart

I have kept my eye on this thread, since (in my...

I have kept my eye on this thread, since (in my role as "SkyDemon Guy") we got a lot of complaints from our users at a recent flying event about such NOTAMs...


Some have been questioning...
Forum: Private Flying
30th Sep 2015, 13:25
Replies: 7
Views: 2,036
Posted By Bobby Hart

alex90 is largely correct... While we do develop...

alex90 is largely correct... While we do develop the occasional feature with IFR pilots in mind, we still consider VFR our main focus and area of expertise.


To elaborate, after seeing the...
Forum: Private Flying
29th Sep 2015, 15:59
Replies: 7
Views: 2,036
Posted By Bobby Hart

I confirm (as an employee of SkyDemon) what...

I confirm (as an employee of SkyDemon) what dirkdj wrote. You cannot file an IFR flightplan in SkyDemon. It is VFR only in this regard, even if you planned your route using the "airways mode".
Forum: Private Flying
20th Jul 2015, 16:32
Replies: 12
Views: 2,887
Posted By Bobby Hart

Its true that measures can be put in place to at...

Its true that measures can be put in place to at least notify users when user-generated data hasn't been updated for awhile, but that doesn't do anything for the reliability/integrity of the...
Forum: Private Flying
20th Jul 2015, 10:58
Replies: 12
Views: 2,887
Posted By Bobby Hart

Jan Olieslagers is quite correct. Its the...

Jan Olieslagers is quite correct. Its the maintenance of this kind of database which is the most difficult part of the process, since it actually requires a phenomenal number of man hours to chase up...
Forum: Private Flying
19th Jun 2015, 15:42
Replies: 35
Views: 10,624
Posted By Bobby Hart

Rob from SkyDemon here, I have personally...

Rob from SkyDemon here,

I have personally made comments about the deterioration of android devices over time (so it may be me that ericferret is remembering), specifically when the Nexus7 first...
Forum: Private Flying
29th Apr 2015, 13:58
Replies: 29
Views: 9,339
Posted By Bobby Hart

I find it interesting that Apple should release a...

I find it interesting that Apple should release a fix for something which is not a bug, and is supposedly the responsibility of app/hardware makers to resolve.
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
3rd Mar 2015, 16:38
Replies: 8
Views: 7,216
Posted By Bobby Hart

Whopity: SkyDemon does not "derive" the...

Whopity:

SkyDemon does not "derive" the vertical limits of any given airspace polygon (as the original poster was asking). They are written in the AIP. In fact, they are commonly presented as...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
16th Feb 2015, 11:07
Replies: 8
Views: 7,216
Posted By Bobby Hart

fireflybob, this is Rob, from SkyDemon. ...

fireflybob, this is Rob, from SkyDemon.


Controlled airspace vertical limits are defined in the AIP by their FL, so there is no need to derive them.


GPS provides the position of the...
Forum: Private Flying
25th Nov 2014, 12:02
Replies: 34
Views: 9,458
Posted By Bobby Hart

Working for SkyDemon, I see the split of guys who...

Working for SkyDemon, I see the split of guys who use "Wifi-only iPad + Bluetooth GPS" and "Cellular iPad + internal GPS" as being roughly equal.

Having a data SIM installed is not essential for...
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