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General Forums => Wishlist => Topic started by: Stoney74 on October 14, 2006, 02:16:24 PM

Title: Range and Bearing Ruler on Clipboard
Post by: Stoney74 on October 14, 2006, 02:16:24 PM

How about adding some sort of range and bearing tool on the clipboard map.  It could be as simple as click one spot, and drag a cursor to another spot, and the display would tell you the range and bearing to the cursor?  I know the mission planner has some of this functionality, but it would be nice to have it available from the cockpit.

Title: Range and Bearing Ruler on Clipboard
Post by: Golfer on October 14, 2006, 09:24:09 PM

having an instant GPS system isn't good enough for ya?

Title: Range and Bearing Ruler on Clipboard
Post by: Stoney74 on October 14, 2006, 10:04:47 PM

Waypoints!  I want waypoints!  Range and bearing, time to next, fuel to next, and a searchable database of frequencies and instrument approaches!

Nah, don't want a Garmin 430.  Just thought it'd be nice to look at the map and figure out exact distances and bearings (like you'd be able to do in real life with a plotter on a chart).

Title: Range and Bearing Ruler on Clipboard
Post by: Golfer on October 15, 2006, 12:33:22 AM

(http://www.remote.org/frederik/projects/aviation/navlog.gif)

(http://www.richmorflightschool.com/Art/navlog2.jpg)

There ya go.

Use your built in zero error E6B and voila...you got it.