WinPilot Features
Adv | Pro | |
Airport Information pages including runway dimensions, surface, and radio frequencies | ||
Free Aviation Database including Special Use Airspace updated every 28 days | ||
Runway Diagrams (including centerline) | ||
Integration between Desktop PC and Pocket PC, including task and file transfer | ||
Color Vector Terrain Maps | ||
Altitude Above Ground ('Radar Altimeter') | ||
Thermal Finder | ||
Touch-screen moving map | ||
North-Up, Track-Up, or Goal-Up map orientations | ||
Special Use Airspace and Terrain shown on the map in color | ||
SUA Warnings when approaching horizontally and Vertically | ||
SUA Audio and Visual Warnings | ||
SUA can be disabled/enabled from the map screen | ||
Option to disable any SUA for a day, or 3 minutes | ||
SUA Alert shows the vertical and horizontal distance between the glider and airspace | ||
Hands-Off Final Glide to all airports on the map | ||
Arrival Labels (reachable airports shown in a distinct way) | ||
Task Editor - 26 Tasks x 16 Turnpoints | ||
Turnpoints sorting by Name, Id, Attribute, or Distance | ||
ETA to final destination | ||
Final Glide and ETA visible while editing a a task | ||
Area turnpoints (as per FAI Sporting Code sec.3, annex A) | ||
Transfer logger's IGC files to Palm-PC and Flash Card | ||
IGC-Format Flight Recorder with 1-second fix rate | ||
IGC File Viewer | ||
IGC File Playback | ||
Final Glide around all turnpoints | ||
Final Glide at different MC settings to the next Turnpoint | ||
Final Glide at different MC settings to final goal | ||
Graphical Final Glide display | ||
Final Glide shows Altitude Required to reach a goal | ||
Final Glide shows Arrival Altitude | ||
One-touch pop-up boxes describing turnpoints and airspace on the map | ||
User configurable navigation display (Nav-boxes) on the map screen | ||
One-touch GoTo turnpoint activation | ||
Wind calculation during circling | ||
Wind calculation in straight flight | ||
Instant Headwind/Tailwind indicator updated every second | ||
3D Wind Display | ||
User-selectable font size for text on the map | ||
Auto-Zoom when approaching a task turnpoint | ||
Auto-Advance to the next task turnpoint upon reaching the current one | ||
Auto-Advance uses fixes that have been recorded by the logger | ||
GPS-fixes shown on the map | ||
Different depiction of GPS-fixes that have been recorded by the logger | ||
Flight Declaration transfer to and from Volkslogger | ||
Turnpoint sector shown on the map |
Competition Start-Gates (cylinder, straight line, arc) | ||
Start-Gate for FAI tasks (badges, records) | ||
Easily selectable Turnpoint, Airspace and Polar files | ||
Multiple task files per soaring site | ||
Climb Maximizer showing where to move the glider to maximize climb rate | ||
Average lift in the current thermal | ||
Average lift in all thermals | ||
Diagram of average climb strength in the current thermal | ||
Input of Ballast, Bugs, and MC from rotary knobs | ||
Unlimited Number of Turnpoints | ||
Turnpoint files for almost all soaring sites in the World | ||
Airspace Files for several locations available free of charge | ||
Ground Features (lakes, roads, etc. )depiction | ||
Speed To Fly at different MC settings | ||
Speed To Fly at MC setting selected in the B50 | ||
Whole Task and Single Leg Statistics | ||
Simulator Mode | ||
Flights can be played back in the Simulator | ||
Customizable Menu Page Layout - all functions can be assigned to buttons of different size and location, depending on a given pilot's preference and frequency of use | ||
Customizable Menu Text - text on all Menu buttons can be customized by the pilot, in the language of pilot's choice (predefined, non-English menu pages available) | ||
Different colors / shades of gray for different airspace types | ||
Software can be installed / upgraded via email | ||
FAI triangle calculation (28% rule) | ||