Pilot Windstar vs FlyTool

Pilot Windstar is an iOS native app designed by pilots, to help compute heading corrections, and ground speed quickly and easily. Designed to aid CPL and PPL training, Pilot Windstar aids navigation and diversion techniques. Simply select wind direction in degrees, windspeed and TAS in kts and let the app do the work for you! The groundspeed figures appear in green, and correction angle applied to heading to maintain track are shown in blue. These are displayed around the compass rose. Interpolation between the compass points give data for all 360 degrees. Use it for navigation planning, diversion techniques, or planning drift in the hold. Take the mental stress out of practical diversions. The windstar app is based around the theory of maximum drift, and compatible with many teaching techniques including the Navigation Rule DP-1, available at www.digital-innovations.co.uk Please note that all data is for information only and is not a substitute for primary navigation techniques.

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