Hi Tim,



Marvellous piece of software, I'm in the 30 day trial period and will then sign up (I was one of the early beta testers when you started), also will upgrade to the mobile version once you bring out the sunlight readable screen you're working on (at least 7"), as our group Robin DR400 canopy is simply too bright in direct sunlight for any of the existing units that we use - our group are all moving to Sky Demon and we have been experimenting with a number of different devices.



Anyway, I thought an extremely useful software enhancement would be the addition of an engine failure glide range, perhaps depicted by a dashed magenta circle. Simply indicate the likely glide ratio of your aircraft in the aircraft details screen i.e. 7:1, 9:1, 10:1 etc as appropriate for an engine failure and the display would indicate the glide range available. This would then reduce as descent commenced.



This would be fantastic in the heat of the moment to glance and have a pretty accurate indication as to whether or not you can make that airfield of your port wing etc. Particularly re-assuring on longer water crossing i.e. Ireland, Channel Isles etc as you desperately attempt to calculate whether or not you are still 'feet wet'!



Hopefully not too complicated to implement, but great value add - what do you think?



Keep up the superb work,



Many Thanks,



Ian

I think you could simply state that the guidance circle assumes nil wind, as for the terrain would it be possible for the circle to auto adjust for the highest terrain within a defined area i.e. if you're flying over Snowdon then the circle would shrink to assume summit height for say a couple of miles radius and then expand as the terrain height decreases within a similar parameter - sure there's a way.



Folk can then apply a simple mental adjustment for wind, but at least they would have a great benchmark to start from - at the moment there is nothing and we all mentally use various tricks i.e. if the landing spot is under your wing you may well be ok etc. all very hit and miss. At least this would give a concrete baseline and be very easy to interpret. Toggle it on or off from the map screen - in advance of engine issues i.e. when settled in the cruise.



Cheers,



Ian