iPhone 6 Plus and iGlide

On Monday, March 30, 2015 at 4:47:47 PM UTC-7, jfitch wrote:
On Monday, March 30, 2015 at 4:32:16 PM UTC-7, wrote:
You guys who prefer iglide to Oudie, can you explain what you prefer about it? I suspect that what works best for each of us is the system with which we are most familiar. Personally, I much prefer the (highly customisable) displays on my Oudie IGC to the screen shot linked above, all data is very quick to find and to enter, and files are easy to maintain. I agree the touchscreen is not up to modern mobile phone standards but it is perfectly easy to use.

Hard to know even where to start. iGlide is like a modern iOS or Android app. Oudie (SYM really) is kind of like a Windows 98 app.

The iGlide display is highly configurable and also very non-modal. I can think of very few things that I would like to configure that I can't. File maintenance? You download maps, turnpoints, Flarm, airspace filed directly off the cell (or WiFi) network right into the application. You can upload your flight files same way.

A pet peeve of mine might serve as an example of the interface: From your flight screen on the Oudie, let's say you want to add a turnpoint between this one and that one. How many clicks, searches, typing etc do you have to do? In iGlide, one click, done.

The screen shot that Sean posted is not a great example, zoomed way out and not showing many features. What would you like to configure? What data would you like to see?

Can one configure a desired safety altitude added to arrival or required altitude with iglide?
I recently downloaded the simulator version of WinPilot ios (I agree, it would be nice to have a trial, simulator version for iglide as well,)and indeed it was confirmed that it only configures glide "net" to a waypoint. One needs to mentally add whatever margin one desires.
To me; that adds to the workload and only somewhat better than the handheld GPS devices.
6PK

On Monday, March 30, 2015 at 6:05:31 PM UTC-7, 6PK wrote:
On Monday, March 30, 2015 at 4:47:47 PM UTC-7, jfitch wrote:
On Monday, March 30, 2015 at 4:32:16 PM UTC-7, wrote:
You guys who prefer iglide to Oudie, can you explain what you prefer about it? I suspect that what works best for each of us is the system with which we are most familiar. Personally, I much prefer the (highly customisable) displays on my Oudie IGC to the screen shot linked above, all data is very quick to find and to enter, and files are easy to maintain. I agree the touchscreen is not up to modern mobile phone standards but it is perfectly easy to use.

Hard to know even where to start. iGlide is like a modern iOS or Android app. Oudie (SYM really) is kind of like a Windows 98 app.

The iGlide display is highly configurable and also very non-modal. I can think of very few things that I would like to configure that I can't. File maintenance? You download maps, turnpoints, Flarm, airspace filed directly off the cell (or WiFi) network right into the application. You can upload your flight files same way.

A pet peeve of mine might serve as an example of the interface: From your flight screen on the Oudie, let's say you want to add a turnpoint between this one and that one. How many clicks, searches, typing etc do you have to do? In iGlide, one click, done.

The screen shot that Sean posted is not a great example, zoomed way out and not showing many features. What would you like to configure? What data would you like to see?

Can one configure a desired safety altitude added to arrival or required altitude with iglide?
I recently downloaded the simulator version of WinPilot ios (I agree, it would be nice to have a trial, simulator version for iglide as well,)and indeed it was confirmed that it only configures glide "net" to a waypoint. One needs to mentally add whatever margin one desires.
To me; that adds to the workload and only somewhat better than the handheld GPS devices.
6PK

Yes you can add a safety altitude. It will optionally calculate this over intervening high terrain as well. I have requested two numbers, one for terrain and one for waypoint/airport arrival (like XCSoar) but it doesn't have that yet. It continuously displays the point of terrain impact based on current course and conditions. In addition there is a flight profile nav box which shows a profile of terrain and airspace restrictions on course. Numerous nav boxes sets top and bottom can be accessed by swiping them with your finger, this works as smoothly as you would expect on an iPhone. Pinch to zoom, pan with a finger and these are non-modal. An iPhone 6 has way more processing and graphics engine horsepower than a PDA so display updates are effectively instantaneous, even though the terrain maps are detailed. The choice of terrain depiction is better than Oudie as well.

One thing not well explained in the manual is the config.xml file and style..xml files. In these files a bunch of display and operational behavior can be changed to your liking. Font sizes, what shows up at what zoom, how things are labeled, etc.