Due to the crummy weather we've been having I've been investigating SkyDemon, going over the various options. It rocked, but the I updated and it's gone wrong. What's happened with the following:1. Upgraded to February 2010 version
I was going to register the software, because it's awesome. I upgraded and then noticed that it had given me another 30 days evaluation! Well, that's jolly nice but I work in software too and don't want to steal it so thought I'd press on with registering anyway. Just a heads up, that uninstall, then re-install seems to reignite the trial again.
2. IAS seems to have dissapeared from the route ?
Even though I set the PA28 to 100kts IAS when I put my legs in the thing only displays TAS rather than IAS. Is that a bug ? Or is it trying to be clever ? It's only out by a few kts (shows 103, whereas I have 100 set in the PA28 aircraft). I'm just worried that when I glance down I'll see 105 and start flying that, where as I need to be flying 100kts. Is there a way to replace the column with IAS rather TAS as the previous version ? This is in the "route plan" window at the bottom.
3. Global wind seems to have been removed from the top
I used to be able to type in the wind to use i.e. 030/15 at the top of the planner and it would be used for all legs, unless I overrode it. Now it seems to get the wind randomly (automatically downloaded?) and won't let me set one for the whole route ? I never trust downloaded stuff, I like to set it myself. Where is the global wind setting gone ?
4. The clipboard icon has gone for generating plogs
The ULTIMATE feature of this software was the fact that I could click the kneeboard icon and a plog would occur. This seems to have gone. I'm sure it's just hidden, but it used to be up there. As an aside, a way to edit this (remove some of the unwated frequencies would be cool).
I'm sure things have simply been "refactored" but it now makes the whole process very complicated, and I don't really trust it enough to use. Can anybody provide guiding lights as to where it's all gone ? If so, I'll then register in a shot. I even bought the Garmin to go with it, but now SkyDemon seems to have gone wrong!