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Circuit Information and Airfield Brief


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srayne
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I'm posting here as I'm not a Facebook user but would like to comment on the enhancements posted on Facebook which I think look like a great addition.

For those that don't want this then a join type of 'none' could be added to disable the feature?

I would also like to see a wind vector added to the airfield brief window if possible (if an appropriate METAR or TAF is available at or nearby the airfield). There doesn't seem to be much space for this but I'm sure you could come up with a creative solution - how about a wind arrow (as in the wind instrument) superimposed on the runway graphic to show wind direction/strength relative to the runway direction?

Do you plan to have an Android Beta of this available - if so when?



Edited 7/30/2015 10:02:10 AM by srayne
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Tim Dawson
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Thanks both for the feedback. We will attempt to address as many points as possible today and get another beta out, especially because of the popup problem.

Parallel runways where they have not been given appropriate L/R designators are a pain. I think we will just have to add some basic runway details to the menu underneath their designator, comprising of their surface and length.
The approach tools can become active at greater lengths than 20nm to your destination; please see the navigation options. I believe they can be shown up to 40-50 miles away. There are a couple of technical reasons that make it undesirable to make the tools available at any time.
I do like the idea of making Find VRP more easily accessible but the standard airfield menu is big and cumbersome enough already. I think the Direct To screen does actually provide some VRP-specific help here.
The blue marks indicate that precision information is known about the runway, and therefore the Pseudo-ILS feature is available.
I don't want to reverse the L/R and numbers on the runway perspective at the moment. At the moment it's the same code which draws that runway and all the other runways when you're sufficiently zoomed in to the map. It's done that way because that's how the designators look in real life.
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