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Tim, what I envision is a somewhat less restrictive paradigm of what constitutes a waypoint. As a user I would want to be able to specify three additional items of information for each intermediary waypoint:
1) Whether the waypoint is used for a "stop over".
2) If so, how long the stop over delay is going to be, and
3) what the amount of fuel is when leaving this waypoint.
I don't think that this would require much in the way of changes to the user interface. Currently (on the iPad), when I "long press" on an intermediary waypoint a window opens giving me the options (among others) to either remove the waypoint or get more information about it. Choosing the latter, I am presented with the following possibilities under the Route heading: "Start New Route", "Append To Route" or "Insert Between Waypoints". A new option titled "Stop Over Here" could then take me to a window where I could enter the stop over delay and new fuel load.
On the vertical view this stop over point would automatically lead to a "crossing" altitude equal to the field elevation. The stop over delay would be included in all ETA calculations and, of course, also show up on the PLOG. And the fuel/range/endurance calculations would need to take the new fuel situation into account. I could also see a stop over point being a different color in the map view. And for the fuel calculation I would add the standard values for Taxi/Takeoff, Landing and Holding Time fuel requirements.
What do you think?
-- Chris.
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