Just in case you missed it, there's a subtle feature of the collapsed HSI.

Assuming the magenta bug is off the screen, if the number is shown on the right, you need to turn right, and if it's on the left, you need to turn left

Work's great! Additionally I found out, by pressing "Track Waypoint" I get a constant magnetically bearing displayed in the upper information row. I think I am ready to buy SD now...

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Bumblebee

When the HSI is fully displayed then the magenta 'bug' will indicate the heading to the next waypoint.

Wow, I didn't see this, thank you very much! That solves the problem and clears up everything for me. Nevertheless I see that it is only showing if the HSI is minimized. Would be probably not a bad idea to put a extra field underneath the track field just to make it a bit larger. Thank you very much again for your help!

"First, SD can never display a bearing because you'd need actual winds at altitude for that."

First, SD is showing the magnetic bearing (little magenta bug on the HSI). Second, bearing has nothing to do with the wind.


"All SD can do is give you a number for track (which it does) and heading to the next waypoint (which it does)"

Please show me, where SD is giving a heading to the next waypoint.


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Bumelbee

I am with Tim on this and fail to see the benefit of a dedicated bearing display.

First, SD can never display a bearing because you'd need actual winds at altitude for that. All SD can do is give you a number for track (which it does) and heading to the next waypoint (which it does).

If you quickly want to get on the right bearing en-route to the next waypoint you simply turn until the line projecting out from the aircraft symbol coincides with the magenta course line shown on the map. If you then look on your compass in the aircraft you can read off your bearing including wind correction and all.

-- Chris.

Okay, the bearing is indicated in the HSI. But if I am too far off course I have to drag it first to the screen to see it. And then the read out it is pretty small so maybe there is a way you could at least consider to display the number above the bearing bug so it is easily to read.

But maybe I'm just too old-fashioned and the majority of users don't need this readout at all. Thanks very much for your comments and a chance to try out SkyDemon.

I have heard that point of view before, but I don't understand it. If you've done some manoeuvring and need to reorientate yourself, you have two options, assuming that we creating this bearing instrument:

1. Look at the bearing instrument, imagine it says 179 degrees, and look at the track instrument, imagine it says 314 degrees. You have to mentally work out which way to turn, and by how much, then execute the turn while comparing the values to see when to stop turning.
2. Look at the map, where you have a clear magenta line pointing towards your next waypoint and a big line projecting from the front of your aircraft, from which you can quickly determine which way to turn and how big a turn to make.

I suppose I just don't understand how the potential solution given in option 1 is better in any way than the current solution which is option 2. Then there's always the course correction indicator, which is a collapsed version of the compass rose at the bottom of the screen, which simply shows you which way to turn and by how much. Even that is a simpler proposition than option 1 above, and it already exists.

I am sure people are using it on the the compass rose and are dragging the rose to the screen so they can see it if they are more than 40 or 50° away from the bearing. But on the other hand it would be much more convenient to look at that given the degree number and turn the airplane to that course. I say that wind in this moment does not play that much of a role. Say I fly to a waypoint and stop over a certain place and do a couple of turns because of what reason ever and I want to continue my flights to the given waypoint I could so easily see the bearing and head to it.

Or say I'm just flying around my home airport and I mark the airport that I took off as my next way point then I will always see very quickly the bearing I have to turn to get back to the airport. I really think this is used by so many pilots especially if they are using are a fixed install GPS in the aircraft and they are flying around in the vicinity of their home airport.