If this bearing instrument existed, what would you do with the reading? It's not like you could turn to that bearing with your compass/DI because that would fail to take wind into account. That's the reason there has never been an actual bearing instrument in SkyDemon. The closest is the compass wheel at the bottom of the map, which shows your current track and the bearing to reach your next waypoint. Lining those two up means that wind doesn't have to be considered.

I agree, the bearing is an information I still look for, event if knowing it does not (really) appear on SD.
It's sometimes annoying, since reading a single value is way more (intellectually) efficient than transposing a rubber band to a route.

I'd love to see the bearing as part of the instrument's choices.

I think what Bumblebee means is that he would like to see an extra box, so as to see both Track and Bearing, and I fully agree with him.

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-mike

Hi,

I would like to purchase Skydemon, but there is one thing that is holding me off. I tested Jeppesen Mobile Flitedeck, Garmin Pilot and Air Navigatioin Pro and Skydemon intensely. I like Skydemon with all it´s features the best. But the only thing that is missing and is for me absolute essential and that it is the bearing indicator. I don´t mean just showing it on the map or the HSI, I meant showing it in the upper row next to the distance to a waypoint in numbers of degree.
I don´t know one GPS application ever since I am flying, that doesn´t have this feature. And the is a reason for it. Because it is one of the basics, that every GPS must have.
For example when I am flying and I am off course to my next waypoint, I look on the GPS and read the bearing, put my heading bug on the course and fly to the waypoint. Or even when I am on course, I read the bearing sometimes just to check my compass.

I know that this was discussed before but and I understand, that you can´t fulfill every single whish of just one user. But please think about it again, it would make your program just perfect. Skydemon does not have to fear, by adding  a feature, that all the other programs have, not to be any different any more. I am sure that by how far Skydemon came by now, other programs try to copy it, because it is so good.

Happy Landings an greetings from Bavaria ( www.edmy.de )