Flight Instruments app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: BBFlight LLC
First release : 24 Sep 2010
App size: 47.15 Mb
Attitude Indicator and other key flight instruments on your iPhone or iPad, using built-in gyros and GPS.
Key features:
-Attitude Indicator using solid state gyros in your iPhone with extreme attitude chevrons to guide you back to a safety if you find yourself in an unusual attitude
-"Glass cockpit" Primary Flight Display using digital tapes for Speed, Altitude, Heading, Vertical Speed, Rate of Turn and slip indicator
-Position relative to nearest airport in plain English (convenient for ATC position reports), with communication frequency where available
-Fully configurable display, with landscape mode and choice of aviation or metric units
-Continuous auto-calibration feature adapts to different airplane environments and flying conditions
This app is not FAA approved and should not be used for navigation. All information is presented for reference only, and BBFlight is not responsible for any damage, injury or death resulting from the use of this application: you assume total responsibility and risk associated with this application
Latest reviews of Flight Instruments app for iPhone and iPad
Should in theory perform as well as small < $200 AHRS for radio-controlled devices, but does not. Lots of precession-like drift that doesnt fix itself. Leads me to believe it doesnt implement a proper extended Kalman filter. Looking forward to updates as the market needs/wants a proper AHRS implementation for the iPhone 4. I encourage the author to update the program to include compass heading and use it as well as GPS in an Extended Kalman filter solution.
Needs to be updated. Airspeed and altitude windows on iphone are too small to see. Need to be twice as big.
This is a great app for any aviation lover. It keeps you entertained when fly commercial. You can see the exact speed, attitude, and altitude of your flight. However the app does not show heading and the "GPS attitude" option does not work. Overall, great app but could use some work. *NEVER USE THIS APP AS A REPLACEMENT FOR AN AIRCRAFTS BUILT IN NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEMS. NEVER USE THIS FOR NAVIGATION WHILE PILOTING AN AIRCRAFT*
Great idea. A little frustrating that I had to be below 180kts and about 7,000 to get valid indications. Once up it was within 150 and 2 kts of the actual aircraft speed and altitude. In cruise it was precessing badly, almost unusable. That was at FL410 and an indicated .83 Mach. A landscape mode would be very desirable.
I knew when the iPhone 4 with gyros was announced it was only a matter of time before someone created an attitude indicator utilizing this functionality. There have been a few apps before like this but they do not use the gyros and only use GPS data. This app is amazing. I tested it out while flying; put it through all kinds of coordinated and uncoordinated turns, climbs, dives, slips and skids and the indicator behaved exactly like the real one in the cockpit. This app could save your life if mounted properly in the plane ahead of time. Note: dont buy this if you dont have an iPhone 4, you wont be impressed.