# FlyTool — Handy help for pilots

> Handy help for pilots (iPhone/iPad app by Thornbird Consultancy Limited.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/flytool/id1551791318 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Thornbird Consultancy Limited](https://appshunter.io/developer/1551791320)
- Category: Utilities, Navigation
- Price: $9.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.6 · 6 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2021-05-09
- Data updated: 2026-03-26
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/flytool/id1551791318/reviews.md

## What is FlyTool?

A useful app for Flight Instructors, Students and Pilots.

Utilities included:

• WEIGHT & BALANCE
- Easily configurable Weight & Balance calculations for multiple aircraft
- Graphs of the Centre of Gravity vs weight
- W&B configuration supports multiple distance and weight units, multiple fuel types and differing station numbers

• PLOGs
- Calculates the Pilot Log for wind-corrected headings and time to fly a route
- User can add more PLOG lines

• WINDSTAR / MAX DRIFT CALCULATIONS FOR DIVERSIONS
- User enters the wind and TAS and drift and groundspeed are calculated for the 8 compass points
- Calculates Max Drift

• PRESSURE ALTITUDE, DENSITY ALTITUDE AND TAS CALCULATIONS
- Allows the user to input height, temperature and IAS and see their effect on the PA, DA and TAS

• PERFORMANCE SAFETY FACTORS
- A reminder for the pilot of the safety factors used for performance calculations

• MORSE CODE
- Shows the morse code for each letter
- Press on a letter or the morse code and it will play the morse sound

• A HOLDS PAGE FOR IMC FLYING
- Input the hold's inbound track, the joining heading, wind and TAS and it calculates the type of Hold join required, the 'Gate' angles and the drift corrections needed in the hold
- The type of join required can be viewed as an image
- A reminder of what a standard, right-hand hold and a non-standard left-hand hold look like is included


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### iOS App Version 1.1.0 — 2024-12-19

Updated for iOS 18

### 1.0.4 — 2021-07-18

v1.0.4 Added inHg as a pressure units option to the PA, DA, TAS Calculator

### v1.0.3 — 2021-05-25

v1.0.3 Changed Windstar to show degrees at the NE, SE, SW and NW points

### 1.0.2 — 2021-05-23

Background improvements

### 1.0.1 — 2021-05-15

On the W&B page, the Lever Arm is allowed to be negative.
The W&B popup pages for entering weights for eg a/c, seat, baggage and fuel now show the typed value converted into the other weight units during entry.

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