TangoWhiskey
Touchdown! Greaser!
http://itunes.apple.com/app/efis-app-for-ipad/id385683263?mt=8
EFIS app for the iPad, by the folks that brought you X-Plane!
EFIS app for the iPad, by the folks that brought you X-Plane!
Hey Kent... eat your heart out...
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TangoWhiskey
Touchdown! Greaser!
Well, YEAH... but I was gonna let him get excited first and drool a bit. ;-)
flyingcheesehead
Taxi to Parking
Huh. Cool. Problem is, I've been using X-Plane on the iPad, and this interfaces with the desktop version of X-Plane! Now I'll have to go buy that again. 
Trust Austin to come up with something that requires a good desktop computer and "up to 4 iPads, for now."
The iBird!
Actually, I really wish Ravin would do a Ravin 1000. They're the ones that do the Ravin 500 which is basically a composite, homebuilt version of the Piper Comanche 260C with all the speed mods, ridiculous fuel capacity, etc. The spec sheet says it'll take off in 800 feet of pavement, climb initially at 2,000 fpm, cruise at 75% at 185 knots on 14.1 gph (with a bladder-busting 160 gallon fuel capacity for an 11.4 hour endurance!) with a useful load of 1720 pounds (or ridiculously-full-fuel payload of 760 pounds).
Do that to the Twin Comanche - Preferably start by duplicating a Miller-converted, Robertson STOL-equipped Twinkie with turbos and all the speed mods. You'd have a twin that'd take off in a short distance (I've heard 500 feet of pavement for an R/STOL Miller Twinkie), climb like nobody's business, actually be able to hold altitude or even climb on one engine (Turbo Twin Comanche's stock single-engine service ceiling was 17,000 feet), cruise at over 200 knots on a total fuel burn of 20gph or less and probably have enough range to make Hawaii from the mainland (Stock Comanche had 60 gallons, Ravin has 2.66x that - Stock Twinkie had 90 gallons, so Ravin 1000 should have ~240 gallons, or about 12 hours).
Now THAT would be cool. Maybe even cool enough to get me to build an airplane!
Trust Austin to come up with something that requires a good desktop computer and "up to 4 iPads, for now."
The iBird!
Actually, I really wish Ravin would do a Ravin 1000. They're the ones that do the Ravin 500 which is basically a composite, homebuilt version of the Piper Comanche 260C with all the speed mods, ridiculous fuel capacity, etc. The spec sheet says it'll take off in 800 feet of pavement, climb initially at 2,000 fpm, cruise at 75% at 185 knots on 14.1 gph (with a bladder-busting 160 gallon fuel capacity for an 11.4 hour endurance!) with a useful load of 1720 pounds (or ridiculously-full-fuel payload of 760 pounds).
Do that to the Twin Comanche - Preferably start by duplicating a Miller-converted, Robertson STOL-equipped Twinkie with turbos and all the speed mods. You'd have a twin that'd take off in a short distance (I've heard 500 feet of pavement for an R/STOL Miller Twinkie), climb like nobody's business, actually be able to hold altitude or even climb on one engine (Turbo Twin Comanche's stock single-engine service ceiling was 17,000 feet), cruise at over 200 knots on a total fuel burn of 20gph or less and probably have enough range to make Hawaii from the mainland (Stock Comanche had 60 gallons, Ravin has 2.66x that - Stock Twinkie had 90 gallons, so Ravin 1000 should have ~240 gallons, or about 12 hours).
Now THAT would be cool. Maybe even cool enough to get me to build an airplane!