Web/PC based Flight Planning

[adnwilson]

Making a post about this because last post I could find similar were from last year.

Requesting a Web based flight planning capabiltiy that will sync with iFLY / is apart of the iFly ecosystem.

Currently I have my phone/tablet regristered, but if I'm at work or home and just want some light flight planning on my PC I use third party apps because the PC application for iFly while good for navigation (same as tablet/phone) is not well suited for just flight planning. I also would have to register/deregister each laptop/PC I was using it on if I am at work.

I understand for the navigation aspect locking it to 2 (or 4 with multi-device) regristations, but my Account should hold my planes and flight plans, and I should be able to log into a web application from anywhere and quickly take a look at a flight plan or make an edit which would then sync to my tablet/phone.

 

[BETABobW]

Respectfully disagree. I only use IFly for FP now, usually on my PC, and then share it to a tablet and or phone when done. That easily solves the continuity problem. The 4 device plan is only a couple bucks a month more; well worth it if you're going from PC to Tab(s) to Phone! What part of the flight planning, specifically, do you find inadequate for your needs? Just curious...

 

[adnwilson]

I'll start by saying this isn't a negative against IFly. My suggestion was not that what they currently offer is BAD, it's that there could be a better solution to something that across the board, very few EFBs have.

The IFly app for PC is identical to the tablet/phone version. Which means it's more suited/favors touchscreen over Mouse/Keyboard. It also favors a device with smaller realestate.

An example. I want to check out an airport. I click on airport -> Airport Info, it then makes the airport info full screen.

But on a PC we have a large monitor (ultrawide for me even). Which means it does not need to be full screen airport info. I can get that information in half/quarter of the screen space while looking at the map still AND comparing to another airport at the same time. It could all fit.

Another example of software favoring for tablets/phones. To resize the resolution, I can't just expand a corner, like you can most apps or webpages on a computer. You have to go into Menu ->Setup -> Screen/Audio settings and then can mess with resolution. It should just rescal as you drag it wider/smaller. Additionally, if you alt-tab to check on something else, it takes you out of the menu you were in, in the IFB app.

I'm not saying you can't FP in the app. I do it now, same on my tablet. But Since I'm on a computer, It would be nice to have a solution to FP, check the weather, draw different routes and see how it would affect my range/gas, play with different altitudes, etc. All while being able to seamlessly go from the app to another webpage to cross reference stuff. Also as a result, on my computer (not a Windows tablet) I don't need the navigation. I don't need the "range" around my plane to always be where my GPS/Wifi is.

It would be nice to just set where I was by clicking a new airport with my mouse, and then being able to see the range my place would have from that airport with whatever fuel / W&B settings I set.

To top it all off, I could then save that whole route I just crafted and it would sync with the IFLY system. We're not talking about the current EFB which is primarily suited for actual navigation, we're talking purely Flight planning with all the extra things an interactive map could provide.

IFLY doesn't currently offer that, none of the GA EFBs do. There are some Flightsim ones that do a lot of it, but they are not tied to an actual ecosystem you would then take with you.