Nav Trainer Pro vs Holding Pattern Computer

Selected by AOPA.org readers as number one of five aviation apps you can't live without! * ***** Reached No. 4 in the Navigation category of the U.S. app store for iPad! ***** Make IFR flight training easier! Practice the use of aviation navigational equipment on your mobile device. Simulates VOR, HSI, RMI, ADF, DME and ILS navigation. A must have tool for any CFII, student and instrument pilot! -Students and pilots: improve your understanding of radio instrument navigation at the comfort of your own mobile device. -Instructors: demonstrate complex IFR concepts to your students from bird's-eye view while on the ground. -Also suitable for flight simulator enthusiasts. Used in classrooms, one-on-one ground sessions and by individuals to improve their IFR orientation skills. -------------------------------------- -user reviews (from all markets) ***** Great to study instruments and saves lots of $$$!!!" "***** I have been looking for an app such as this to teach my students" "***** Before I used this app all this VOR orientation was so complicated, and now it's clear as ice!" "***** Easy to use, perfectly designed and helping to understand basic navigation stuff. Highly recommended for student pilots, instrument applicant and CFI's." - Improve your situational awareness under IFR. - Save time and money on your instrument and initial flight training. - Prepare for your instrument rating or proficiency check. - Test your NAV situational awareness with the test mode. - Flight instructors: the perfect tool to help you easily explain and demonstrate complex radio navigation concepts to your students. ***Features:*** -Dual navigation displays. -VOR\NDB trainer screen: Simulates VOR and NDB navigation using VOR, HSI, ADF and RMI displays. -ILS trainer with both VOR and HSI displays. -DME visualization screen - demonstrates how DME slant range distance is affected by ground distance and altitude. -Test mode - generates phantom aircraft around the navaids. Your goal is to find the correct aircraft position. -Drag and drop the aircraft and nav fix around the screen. -Fly! mode - Make the airplane fly around the screen. great for practicing intercepting and tracking courses. -Wind direction & velocity control. -Aircraft tracing (contrail mode). -Accelerator support for aircraft control. How to use: -Select the various instruments by double-tapping their dials. -Toggle VOR sectors visualization on/off. -Auto tune OBS by pressing the OBS knob. -Auto turn the aircraft towards the nav fix by tapping the aircraft symbol. Double tap will turn the aircraft toward NAV station #2 -Change aircraft headings by flicking your finger over the heading indicator. -Tune the OBS by dragging your finger around the HSI/VOR displays or over the OBS knob. --------------------------------------- The developer is a Gold Seal CFI/CFII/MEI and part 121 airline pilot --------------------------------------- For comments, feature requests or bug reports, if you have the app, please take the survey at http://bit.ly/hCAqgF * (https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2013/february/26/five-more-aviation-apps-you-cant-live-without) **If you experience any problem with the app, please contact me before leaving a review and I will do my best to solve it for you.**

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