Digital Approach Plates

SeanD said:
WOW this is a pretty impressive cockpit. What does everyone think of the paperless approach plates? http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1194158/M/
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I have approaches on my PDA and it overlays the aircraft position on the plate (it has a WAAS GPS and XM weather on it as well). Nice to have, but in reality as solo PIC the last thing I am looking at during an approach is my PDA. Now if it was a window in the PFD that could get interesting!

Not sure if the GPS overlays on the Avidyne or Garmin approach plates. I haven't had the chance to fly aircraft equiped with it.
 
That cockpit is like so 2 years ago!!11! The Airbus A380-800ER Super thingypit flight deck rulez! Nothing else will ever come close, ever.

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Kidding aside, I think now that the next generation glass cockpit has finally established itself in all sectors of aviation, the digital approach chart is soon to follow. With the assistance of an aircraft overlay presentation, situational awareness will increase dramatically. Maybe we'll avoid more Hendrick Motorsports King Air crashes or the likes.
 
I like the all digital/glass cockpits but I have noticed not all of them have the traditional backup gauges. Most are digital backups :confused:
 
Keep in mind that they're powered by an entirely different electrical bus/source and, if I'm not mistaken, a different pitot-static system. The FAA wouldn't certify an electronic back-up system for an electronic primary system if the manufacturer hadn't developed ways to prevent the problem that took down the primary system from doing the same to the back-up.
 
It's all neat and pretty until some guy writes the ops frequency on the airport diagram display with his Sharpie!
 
We're supposed to be all electronic charts within the next year or so, on the -11 fleet. It's pretty slick.
 
TFaudree_ERAU said:
That cockpit is like so 2 years ago!!11! The Airbus A380-800ER Super thingypit flight deck rulez! Nothing else will ever come close, ever.

:sarcasm:

Kidding aside, I think now that the next generation glass cockpit has finally established itself in all sectors of aviation, the digital approach chart is soon to follow. With the assistance of an aircraft overlay presentation, situational awareness will increase dramatically. Maybe we'll avoid more Hendrick Motorsports King Air crashes or the likes.
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Well, aside from the "nothing else will ever come close" part, actually, the 380 DOES have all that as standard!
 
Is there an overlay of the aircraft as you fly the approach? I have seen these digital approach plates at ZKC Kansas City Center. Not in an airplane though.
 
ComplexHiAv8r said:
I have approaches on my PDA and it overlays the aircraft position on the plate (it has a WAAS GPS and XM weather on it as well). Nice to have, but in reality as solo PIC the last thing I am looking at during an approach is my PDA. Now if it was a window in the PFD that could get interesting!

Not sure if the GPS overlays on the Avidyne or Garmin approach plates. I haven't had the chance to fly aircraft equiped with it.
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What kind of PDA are you using? I haven't heard of that, and it sounds like it'd be nice to have.
 
desertdog71 said:
Is there an overlay of the aircraft as you fly the approach? I have seen these digital approach plates at ZKC Kansas City Center. Not in an airplane though.
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It can, when the FAA signs off on it. Right now that feature is turned off, from what I recall. Also, I think they're still waiting on approval to officially link it to the FMS, so that needs to be done also. I think the interim is to have the center of the map be your position, but you're not officially allowed to use that to determine your position.
 
Stinger said:
What kind of PDA are you using? I haven't heard of that, and it sounds like it'd be nice to have.
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Its the anywheremap dot com system on an older iPaq 4700, I think they sell it with a Dell PDA now. I also have the XM weather with it, which is handy.
 
ComplexHiAv8r said:
Its the anywheremap dot com system on an older iPaq 4700, I think they sell it with a Dell PDA now. I also have the XM weather with it, which is handy.
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Is it hard to see in direct sunlight? I had an iPaq a generation older than yours and it SUCKED in bright sunlight.
 
TFaudree_ERAU said:
That cockpit is like so 2 years ago!!11! The Airbus A380-800ER Super thingypit flight deck rulez! Nothing else will ever come close, ever.

:sarcasm:

Kidding aside, I think now that the next generation glass cockpit has finally established itself in all sectors of aviation, the digital approach chart is soon to follow. With the assistance of an aircraft overlay presentation, situational awareness will increase dramatically. Maybe we'll avoid more Hendrick Motorsports King Air crashes or the likes.
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I think NCC-1701 E is the baddest ever!!
 
killbilly said:
Is it hard to see in direct sunlight? I had an iPaq a generation older than yours and it SUCKED in bright sunlight.
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It is bad in the sunlight, better then the generation before, but still not good. I actually mount in now on the side of the windshield dropped down below the line on my left. I angle it down with the top out more, and it helps!
 
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