Yeah we need something like it.
Also there's this in my app. - without a live update but it is still helpful. :/
And there's also the E.D.I.S.O.N. app which is the live one using OCR from screenshots during the live game.
Quality of Life Improvement: Input LAT/LON Co-ords and have a Surface Waypoint appear, similar to the surface scan mission Waypoint.
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Yeah we need something like it.
Also there's this in my app. - without a live update but it is still helpful. :/
And there's also the E.D.I.S.O.N. app which is the live one using OCR from screenshots during the live game.
Genar-Hofoen, yea I saw E.D.I.S.O.N. and played with it. Pretty cool thinking outside the box to get the "source" cords via screen scrapes, but I thought it lacked the same bit of creativity with the interface being a plain white, square box on top front of everything. Could have done (perhaps) a transparent background and used ED'ish fonts or maybe this with a 2nd, separate display with just the direction heading to keep onscreen real estate in check. Just my opinion. All of these lack the benefit of being able to get the "source cords" from the client itself cutting out 50% of the pilot's workload to navigate. It just seems logical IMO.
Kind of like a better cargo load/unload interface than just holding down a single button until the desired cargo amount is displayed. Zero creativity there.
Kind of like a better cargo load/unload interface than just holding down a single button until the desired cargo amount is displayed. Zero creativity there.
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Good idea, but Frontier would make it an internal class 2 slot...
It's my old E4A wheel!
Also, we need my 20 kilo Jepp case. 
Just took me an hour to find a tip off mission. I had (falsely) assumed it would be an easy one and took my Keelback with the fighter just in case but wasn't expecting anything serious.
Finally get there and it's a huge base assault. That's ok, I have dumbfires and plasma on the fighter.
Oh and an Elite cobra with magic rails.
Died in a few seconds.
Don't mind dieing. Do mind wasting all that time getting there.
Please could we have an official comment?
Finally get there and it's a huge base assault. That's ok, I have dumbfires and plasma on the fighter.
Oh and an Elite cobra with magic rails.
Died in a few seconds.
Don't mind dieing. Do mind wasting all that time getting there.
Please could we have an official comment?
21 pages and running for 2 months and still no dev comment?
2 months?
I posted my Sneak Peek - Surface Navigation thread on 3/4/2016. In everything that happened with that, including finally getting a response from FD (that they were not going to license apps as 'content' and the EULA rubbish), I did not receive one official comment on the functionality itself.
Since that time, there have been numerous other sites and apps that have provided navigation assistance in one form or another. There have also been many threads requesting a variety of navigation/bookmark improvements. I have yet to see one official comment on any of these.
I wouldn't hold your breath.
Yes, very much please. Was unable to rep you more than once today so please have a virtual [up]
I was talking about this thread specifically which is during a time when we are getting devs posting on the forum. It does look as though they are avoiding making any comment on this subject
My memory is going. It's the E6B, and it's still out there:
https://smile.amazon.com/ASAs-Color...=1504148648&sr=8-1&keywords=aviation+computer
https://smile.amazon.com/ASAs-Color...=1504148648&sr=8-1&keywords=aviation+computer
Here is one of the old Jeppeson cases we had to haul around:
Jenner
I wish I was English like my hero Tj.
What type?
Cessna 150 and 172. VFR only, and I only did it for a few years until it got too expensive and I just moved onto other things like a mortgage and a family.
I still kinda want to get back into it, though.on topic: yeah, I agree that some love for planetary way finding would be welcome.
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It is disappointing that there has been no response from FD on this. Even if the response is "no", it would be nice to actually know.
Cessna 150 and 172. VFR only, and I only did it for a few years until it got too expensive and I just moved onto other things like a mortgage and a family.
on topic: yeah, I agree that some love for planetary way finding would be welcome.
Yes, I know the feeling about time and expense. I grew up flying, first in a Piper Tri-Pacer (!!), then a PA=28, then a Beech Debonair. IFR rated at 17.
Then came the Air Force, where I had to pretend I didn't know anything (instructors *love* breaking anyone who had any real time. Like Elite).
It's not just an adventure, it's a job. A grind job, with no hundred-dollar hamburgers or bathrooms at the next grass field. There is also a negative side...
Good to see someone who understand the frustrations of pilots, when faced with coders, who have never done even a walk-around. They simply would not be even be able to buzz around VFR, with the way they treat flying (except for combat).
Only SJA seems to "get it". Ah, well.
Thanks, Jenner.
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