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I don't think that this model should apply to aviation. I am very experienced with product development, including the new mantra of 'do it, try it, fix it' that business schools are promoting. Unfortunately because of the fatal in-flight lock up, I can't recommend this product for prime time. I am a huge fan of the promise of Fltplan Go and that's why I provided the bug reports directly to them and worked with them to improve their product. Only Foreflight currently supports accurate VTA information in raster form. To be fair, Pocket FMS did not support VTA data either until I worked with them to get it included in their databases. I also noticed that the maps do not support VTAs yet. There are many other features in the application that I did not check, however, I wanted to get the basic operation operating smoothly before diving in too deep. I can reproduce this at will.Īt this point I stopped looking for bugs. After about 10 sequences the application slows down and then about 15 sequences it locks up entirely. A simple test with the app open is to alternately press the Maps button and the Airports button. UPDATE: even with all other apps closed down, this continues to be a problem. We have no known problems for this, and no other similar complaints.Īs a matter of fact, we have pilots using the app for over 5 hours straight in flight with no lockup or sluggishness. Please close out all the other apps you might have open on your iPad (whether you are using them or not), and just run the FltPlan Go app RESPONSE: This sounds like you iPad's memory is 'maxed' out.

A cold start of the app fixes the problem for a while, but is not practical in flight because it loses the map settings as reported earlier. This happens on the ground and in flight. the app becomes slower and slower in response to selections and gestures until it eventually locks up.

RESPONSE: 'This is a known bug and will be fixed in a future update.' When using the graphical flight plan editing, when I attempt to insert waypoints by rubber banding and selecting lat/lon, the app tends to insert the new waypoint after the next sequential waypoint than before it. (Note, this is not the same as refreshing downloads) Touching the Downloads tab, then immediately back to Airports tab, then everything works fine.

On a fresh startup of the app, none of the Airport Diagrams or A/FD links work properly. This means that I get a blank map page because the default is the USA. on app startup, the map layer selections are forgotten and must be reconfigured. RESPONSE: 'In the future we hope to have additional means in accessing this information.' For example, BC has 49 pages of approaches that you have to scroll through one by one to find a particular airport.

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They are available for download into a separate 'binder' section, but they are not searchable. Here is my description and Fltplan's official response: I found five bugs very quickly, one of which is fatal. The executive summary of my short evaluation: Fltplan Go is not ready for prime time. I downloaded the Fltplan Go app from the Apple store and spent a day getting familiar with the basic operation, including a cross-country flight.

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So when announced their Go app with FREE Canadian charts and publications, I was cautiously optimistic. IFR pilots face much more onerous costs, to be sure, but that's another topic. Put another way, this is more than the engine depreciation cost! Something is fundamentally wrong. For one of my VFR aircraft, this is about $10 per operating hour.

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Unfortunately, a $175 per year subscription for Foreflight, plus a similar fee for Pocket FMS on my SkyView plus a Jeppesen update fee for my Aera puts my total annual cost north of $400 for databases. Recently, Foreflight brought complete mapping/publication data to their slick 'gold standard' App. Preamble: Canada has been terribly underserved by the lack of availability of digital charts and publications due to the inaction of Nav Canada.

Hardware: iPad Mini, iOS 7.1.1, cellular, 32GĪpp: Fltplan Go version 2.5.4, May 8, 2014 This is a first look review of the Fltpan Go app for the iPad.