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1. 00cee eee 35 Aircraft Weight and Moment 35 Sorting the Aircraft Data 0 36 Popup MCG es ee ees bai sey ehde eth cures 36 Weight and Balance Pag 37 Status SECUN tances ease 38 VTE LMI S 3a ee es as 38 Exceeding Limits cccceeeee eee 39 Configuration Section ccceee eee ees 39 Graphical S CtION ccccceceeeeee eee eeees 40 Weight and Balance Popup Menu 40 Weight and Balance Envelope 42 Weight and Balance Bar Display 42 Data Entry Section ccccceceee escent eens 44 Popup Menus wie eee 44 Helicopter Weight and Balance 44 Adding an Aircraft Model to WingX s Databases seehoa tte N ase enone 45 User Defined Aircraft Models 45 Airport Facilities Directory Page 46 COMMUNIC ALONG eea aida ss oe 46 LOG ALION avescancecinwcasterarGatveieondtvaiannaeteate 47 Poa CEOS aiias a ks alot ka clus ban 48 POUIAW GY scwctiesuu ncaa e neta tien ance iy 48 ACUVE LINKS moia a a ts aie 51 CHaT aaa ara one Aa 52 Route Planning Page ccs 53 Constructing a Route ccce eee ee eee 53 EXD LG e EA 54 Column Selection ccceece ee eeeeeeeeeeenees 55 Performance and Wind Effects 55 Pop Men fcc eee 56 Most Recently Used Lists 56 User Defined ROUtES ccccceeeeees 57 Clear Popup Menu OptiOn assesses 57 User Defined Waypoints cceceeeees 58 Manually Enter Coordinates
2. e Airport Search Search for airports based on name nearby city or distance from airport e Clear Navaids Fires Waypoints Routes Reverse Route Airport Search s Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Any text to be inserted will be inserted at the cursot s position within the route text box Therefore tap n hold at the point within the route text that the new identifier is to be inserted Most Recently Used Lists WingX remembers the airports navaids and fixes most recently used and provides quick access to them via the route popup menu Three separate lists are provided within the popup see popup image above one for airports one for navaids and one for fixes and intersections Tap on Airports Navaids or Fixes to display the appropriate list Then tap on the required identifier to insert that identifier into the route text box Longer names may have to be truncated slightly to ensure that the names fit within a reasonable sized popup menu Truncated airport names always end in ce 29 Griffith Merril Griffin Spaldin Double Eagle Ti South County Livermore Muni Reid Hillview C Sacramento San Luts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 o lt Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help The selected Home Airport will always appear in the most recently used airport list 56 User Defined Routes The popup s Routes menu option consists of four submenu options that are provided to
3. registration and these ate described below Once the registration process has been completed successfully you will be sent a WingX key and it is this key that unlocks WingX s functionality We suggest that you keep the Registration Key email just in case you require it in the future R egisterine WineX is required to unlock the features of WingX There are several methods of WingX Editions WingX provides two levels of functionality and these levels are called Editions WingX s two editions are called the Pro Edition and the Premier Edition Pro Edition The Pro Edition has most features enabled with access to all airports VORs NDBs fixes and intersections Subsequent chapters describe each of WingX s main functional areas in detail these are as follows e Weight and Balance with over 480 pre defined models the unique CG Bar Display option and the Summary Table view e A FD Information provides information about airport navaid and fix and intersections including frequencies locations runway lengths etc e Route Planning with wind and fuel calculations and Part 61 141 distances summary Oo Includes the unique Dynamic Flight Navigator that walks you through the route leg by leg while showing frequencies Morse codes three closest airports and VORs required descent rate to destination as well as applicable frequencies morse codes distances and bearings e Powerful Multi Page E6B with co
4. 102 There are four buttons on the page that have the following functionality 7 463 36 X e oat ourston Ses Deoa e Player Tapping on this button with display the Windows Media 11 10 00 19 51 11 10 00 18 55 Player to give you full control over the playing of the podcast X 11 10 00 03 55 11 9 00 17 03 00 21 42 e Play Tapping on this button will play the current selected podcast e Get Tapping on this button will download the selected podcast Once the podcast has been downloaded and is stored on the Pocket 8 00 18 10 PC an X will appear to signal that the podcast is available for See listening without an Intenet connection 00 04 14 e Get All Tapping on this button will download all of the podcasts listed in the listbox that have not already been downloaded Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help N number Search Searching for an N number can be both recreational and business related For example a pilot can while watching aircraft at the airport obtain specific information about any aircraft On a more serious side aircraft information can be very important for organizations such as the Crvil Air Patrol CAP The N number Search dialog is very simple The page has a text box for the N number the N being optional and a Display button to get the information via the internet Once the appropriate N number has been entered and the Display button tapped detailed information will be di
5. Chapter Weight and Balance Page Weight and Balance calculations are a critical go no go part of the pre flight preparation WingX 5 aircraft model database its advanced user interface with popup menus and its unique graphical display allow fast and accurate weight and balance computations WingX graphically displays the weight distribution and notifies the pilot if limits are exceeded knowing aircraft model arms fuel capacities maximum weights and other information WingX does not require the pilot to enter the W amp B profile Moreover WingX will warn the pilot if known limits are exceeded WingX really excels with its weight and balance calculations and this chapter will explain the superb functionality flexibility and easy of use of WingX s Weight and Balance page W ingX has a database of aircraft models that greatly simplifies Weight and Balance calculations By In this chapter you will learn how to e Enter or select a weight for each passenger e Enter or select a fuel quantity for each tank on the ramp taxi runup fuel used and for the fuel burned in flight e Enter or select a baggage weight Using the values you enter WingX will accurately calculate the weight and CGs for each phase of flight In addition WingX will also ensure that you do not exceed the maximum gross weight limits the maximum zero fuel limit 4f one exists or any baggage limits Flight Safety As PIC it is your responsibility to
6. 58 GPS CoordinateS ssssssressrresrres 59 Dynamic Flight Navigator Page 60 Screen Layout weeiecwes cteseetonsanyeesesoreee 60 NACO Chart and SmartTaxi Pages63 NACO Charte creerse cect N tae iat 63 Chart Page Layout ccceeeceee scene ee ees 65 TETEXT ae erecta ps eee aan ge mee 65 Zoom Out and ZOOM n 66 Chart Popup Menu ccccceeeeeeeeees 66 Runway Identifiers c0cceeee 67 Chart Selectionner 67 Download OptiOnS cccccceeeeeeeeeeaeeees 67 REGIONS eeectisdes ss aaa ETITA 67 Airport Diagrams Only 0006 68 SMAA i a aS 68 EGB Pagen eae neon 70 Conversion Sub Page ccceceeeeeeeeee ees 71 Altitude Sub pag sssssssssserssrrrssrerssn 72 Wind SUD Ppag sesnoinrinae ra 74 Unknown Winds Aloft Calculating WINGS Alo Enie ae 74 Known Winds Aloft Calculating Heading Ground Speed and WCA 75 Runway Wind Headwind and Crosswind Components ssns 75 Performance SUD page ccceseeceeeeeeees 76 Distance Groundspeed Time 76 PUCIMUIS Ad Gt tsncanccranhs wasastecosnndestes 76 IFR Climb Rate and Climb Angle 77 Time SUD DPAGE ssssssssssrssssrrssrrrsrrrrssrrese 77 Adding and Subtracting Times 77 Flight Block Duty Times 78 Miscellaneous SUub page cceeeeeeees 78 Wind Chill and Frostbite 78 TEU GOMUTO teeter eccnii Gates end ddewe 79 Weather Textual Reports Page 80 Downloading the Latest Weather
7. 26 97 MB amount of memory available it would be prudent to address the low FS Me Bas o e memory issue before trying to resolve the problem in WingX To reduce memory usage close unneeded running applications and perform a warm reboot if required and no applications are running that have not saved their data Power Status Battery technology has improved significantly over the last few years and p Power Status AC Adapter the newer Pocket PCs battery life is more often than not longer than the Main Batte EE 2 flight Clearly this depends on the most appropriate power setting on Backup Bate D the Pocket PC and users ate encouraged to explore their Pocket PC s settings while referencing the user manual Needless to say a full charged battery is a good start and WingX Agent provides the capability of monitoring the battery status without having to jump around the Pocket PC UI to find the Power page showing the battery charge Physical Information The latest Pocket PCs come in a variety of screen sizes These range p Physicallnformation Pocket PC from 240x240 320x240 240x320 480x640 640x480 and more Screen 240 320 16 bpp WingX is designed to gracefully handle these portrait landscape and Architecture ARM square screen dimensions WingX displays the dimensions of the screen as well number of bits per pixel bpp The CPU architecture is also shown Glossary AG raor Gro AMEL Airplane Multi Engine Land CO
8. Aviation Regulation FAR regarding one hour before sunrise and one hour after sunset times is FAR 61 57 Recent flight experience Pilot in command b Night takeoff and landing experience 1 Except as provided in paragraph e of this section no person may act as pilot in command of an aircraft carrying passengers during the period beginning 1 hour after sunset and ending 1 hour before sunrise unless within the preceding 90 days that person has made at least three takeoffs and three landings to a full stop during the period beginning 1 hour after sunset and ending 1 hour before sunrise and i That person acted as sole manipulator of the flight controls and ii The required takeoffs and landings were performed in an aircraft of the same category class and type if a type rating is required partial listing of the FAR Therefore the WingX one hour before sunrise and one hour after sunset times define the times before which and after which respectively a pilot must maintain currency to legally carry passengers Chapter Internet Page Podcasts and N number searching adds to WingX 5 advanced internet capabilities Instant access together with data caching makes WingX 5 Internet functionality fast flexible and very easy 10 Use ingX downloads podcasts store podcasts and plays podcasts whilst simplifying the entire process An internet connection is not required while listenin
9. Aviation and Military pilots alike To enable Thumb Control tap on the Prefs menu option then select Thumb Control If the option is checked it means that Thumb Control is enabled Once enabled anytime an editable text box on the E6B page is selected i e you tap on the text box a dialog box with large buttons will appear allowing values to be entered while in turbulence or while flying with gloves The Thumb Control dialog box is show on the right Its prominent heading shows the data to be entered In the example on the right the user is requested to enter a temperature in Fahrenheit The entered value appears and is updated as buttons are pressed below the heading At this point in the example the user has entered 90 Pressing the OK button would confirm this value and automatically enter it into the appropriate text box The Thumb Control Dialog consists of digits as well as a button decimal point button and a backspace button The digit buttons simply add a digit to the number shown The decimal point button is enabled only if the number does not already contain a decimal point The backspace button is only enabled when there are digits to delete 79 E See w Notify on add Confirm on remove v Digit Bar Small Font Thumb Control Default To Home Airport Sound On w Voice On Chapter Weather Textual Reports Page Weather reports are a fundamental piece of the go no go decision
10. Interface UD design is significantly more critical when designing a Pocket PC application than a This chapter describes the basic usability issues of WingX and how the WingX UI design is used to maximize user productivity and efficiency This chapter does not discuss the UI issues for specific pages but rather it acts as a UI primer we discuss each page in detail in the upcoming chapters Menu System WingX s menu system allows the user to select a page configure views set usability options configure the GPS update databases and obtain online help Pages Submenu The major features of WingX are logically divided into pages The Pages submenu is placed in the lower left corner of the screen to make it easier for a pilot to invoke with a finger press Tapping on Pages will display the Pages menu This menu is central to the navigation between pages in WingX and tapping on a button will display that specific page The pages in WineX are e Aircraft Page Used to define aircraft and perform W amp B calculations e A FD Page Used to obtain A FD information about airports navaids fixes intersections and user defined waypoints Internet Cancel 22 e Route Page Used to plan routes e DEFN Page The GPS enabled Dynamic Flight Navigator walks a pilot through a route from point of origin to destination e Charts Page Used to display NACO charts and invoke SmartTaxi for safe guidance ar
11. Note that these CG ranges are not taken from the POH but rather are calculated for the actual weight at that phase of flight using the selected envelope Full Screen Selecting this option removes all controls from the screen other than the actual graphics portion and causes that graphics portion to occupy the entire screen within WingX This allow the actual graphical data points and line to be viewed more accurately Tapping on the graph will revert WingX back to non Full Screen mode 41 Weight and Balance Envelope The Weight and Balance Envelope view is very much the standard way for pilots to view their aircrafts weight and balance calculations and results In this mode WingX displays the selected envelope the empty weight and CG and each point along the snake as each seat fuel tank and baggage area is filled The snake is a line that extends from the empty weight and CG to the landing weight and CG in a series of lines The snake is made up of a series of color coded lines one color each for seats fuel and baggage Seats are denoted in green baggage in brown and fuel in shades of blue one for ramp fuel fuel used for taxi and runup and fuel used during the flight portion As each passenget s weight is entered the green line will extend to the new point in the envelope Similarly as each baggage area s weight changes or a fuel value is entered the brown and blue lines will change accordingly Weigh
12. Pocket PC Pocket PC installation License Agreement Wings will be installed on your Pocket PC now Please read the following license agreement carefully Wins for the Pocket PE Hiton Software LLC Wing for Pocket PC from Hilton Software LLC Wing Version 2 0 1 4 END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT IMPORTANT READ CAREFULLY This End User License Agreement EULA is a legal agreement between you either an individual or a single entity and Hilton Software Wing for the Pocket PC i iati licati itt tically f LLC for the software product identified above Product which includes computer ings for the Pocke e a OERE AOT REEERE Atta aac software and may include associated media printed materials online or electronic Pocket PC Wing will perform weight and balance calculations display route and 4 FD OS GL Deep ESE EE ee a erie ee information display approach charts and airport diagrams with SmartT axi technology this EULA may accompany erat YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY determine sunrise and sunset information perform E6B calculations play podcasts and THE TERMS OF THIS EULA BY INSTALLING COPYING OR OTHERWISE display FARs and other documents such as AC61 65E USING THE PRODUCT IF YOU DO NOT AGREE DO NOT INSTALL OR To use the full functionality of Wing please visit our website http www hiltonsoftware com will allow you to register make use of a Frequently Asked Questions FAQ and to contact us NOTE If upgrading please close Wing T ool
13. WingX can color tint the charts in red green or blue Don t fumble with a stylus trying to tap on a tiny scroll bar while bumping around in the clouds or even while just sitting at the FBO Drag the chart around by sliding your finger over the screen The chart can be reduced or enlarged by simply tapping on the or SmartTaxi Using our own patent pending algorithm WingX accurately places an aircraft icon at the exact location on the airport diagram that corresponds with the GPS coordinates of the aircraft WingX helps prevent runway incursions in two ways Firstly WingX shows the aircraft s location on the airport diagram very accurately Secondly when the aircraft gets close to a runway and or on a runway WingX will both visually and audibly warn the pilot s The audio output is an extremely important component because it means that the crew does not even have to pay attention to the Pocket PC s screen but would still receive the potential runway incursion warnings When approaching a runway WingX will show the length of runway remaining in both directions When on a runway WingX displays the length of runway remaining as well as the number of seconds that the aircraft has occupied the runway Track GSpd Altitude MS5L 3 999 Course NM ETE SFO 0 13 12 ID To NM PAO 69 1 1 118 6 135 27 SOL 286 6 2 119 0 125 9 SIC 105 11 5 124 0 126 95 SFO APD KMSP 1019537 O8009KT 55M BR OVCO06 12 11 A3
14. a pilot tremendously in understanding the environment in which a flight will be made Together with METARs TAFs winds and temperatures aloft weather images paint a visual picture of the current and forecast conditions These images can and should make a significant difference in the pre flight go no go decision making process user interface as that used on the NACO Charts page with regards to scrolling and scaling of the images Therefore images may be scrolled simply by dragging a finger across the images and image co W ingX Weather Images are a significant new addition to WingX 2 0 WingX uses the same graphical scaling is achieved by tapping on the and symbols in the bottom left of the image Downloadable Images WingX includes a comprehensive repertoire of weather images The images are downloaded in real time off the Internet and are NOAA imagess An Internet connection is required to download Weather Images 5 Hilton Software can and will continually update this list as necessary Weather images may be added and or removed at any time at the discretion of Hilton Software 6 Some weather images may be downloaded from non NOAA sources as appropriate to may the latest and most up to date images available 87 The following list of weather images is the current list available at the time of writing this manual e METARs and PIREPs o CONUS Continental United States e Analysis Forecast Surface Conditions O Lat
15. ak ery Software assumes no responsibility for already has the Compact Framework installed and you ate ready to start e eras weer gan e exploring the powerful features of WingX If this dialog box is not displayed _ use of this program please refer to the Missing Compact Framework section later in this chapter _ continue This important disclaimer dialog box states the following DISCLAIMER PLEASE READ Note As per 14 CFR Part 91 3 you as PIC are responsible for the safety of the flight Please use WingX only as a backup to your own calculations Hilton Software takes no responsibility for any consequences whatsoever from the use of WingX Continue Flight Safety While we take every precaution to ensure that the code is correct and the data is correct and current we cannot guarantee that the results are absolutely 100 correct and safe Therefore please only tap on Yes if you understand and acknowledge that WingX should only be used as a backup and should not be the sole instrument upon which you make your go no go or any other decisions 15 Missing Compact Framework If you see the dialog box shown on the right it means that the Microsoft Compact Framework CF is not installed on your Pocket PC Please install the CF as described earlier in this chapter and try again Cannot find ings for one of its components Make sure the path and Wings exe Please note this does not mean tha
16. and sunsets will occurs at Ps that airport In addition WingX will also display the times at which 3nm SW of South Lake Tahoe ste S f Sunrise sunset 6 44am 4 46pm twilight occurs which is important for the logging of night flying The third Civil Twilight 6 15am 5 14pm listed time is One Hour meaning the time occurring one hour before One hour 5 44am 5 46pm Day Im Week 4m Month 6m sunrise or one hour after sunset These times are important for currency purposes when a pilot wishes to act as Pilot In Command PIC of an aircraft with passengers HHARENDAADALD All three of these times are explained in greater detail in this chapter A partial quote of each of the relevant FAR is included for quick reference Day im Week 8m Month 28m Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help We believe the FARs quoted are current at the time of writing this manual Please ensure that you always refer to the most current FARs to ensure compliance 98 Safety Darkness increases the risk when flying For example emergency landing areas are not as easy to find instruments may be more difficult to read objects that have fallen on the floor will be more difficult to find and mountains may be impossible to see on a moonless night The risks and dangers associated with flying at night are very well documented in many books and videos on the subject Use WingX to determine the sunset time when it is starting to get dar
17. complete WingX Agent will prompt you to reload your database use this menu option to reload the databases Airport Search This option is used in connection with WingX Agent WingX Agent is a desktop utility that will download databases fro the Hilton Software website and automatically upload these databases to your Pocket PC Once the download upload process is complete WingX Agent will prompt you to reload your database use this menu option to reload the databases GPS Submenu WingX is GPS enabled and will use GPS information on the E6B page when Airport Diagrams are displayed SmartTaxi and as the data source for the Dynamic Flight Navigator The options ate COM Port Baud Rate Direct Begin navigation to a specified airport navaid fix or intersection Status Demo COM Port GPS data is conventionally input via the Serial Port Pages view Prefs Tools cPsl Help Profile SPP and WingX requires the COM port and baud rate to be set Baud Rate See above See Appendix B for GPS Setup information Status Show GPS status including latitude longitude satellite reception and extremely accurate GPS based time Demo The options are 4 o Taxi Runup Takeoff KRHV Show the KRHV SmartTaxi demo o Landing Taxi Takeoff KSJC Show the KSJC SmartTaxi demo O Speed Show the GPS demos at 1x 2x 4x and 8x speed Oo Stop Stop the GPS demo 4 GPS demos may be added or removed at any time
18. database is downloaded it will automatically be downloaded to the set database location e g SD Card When changing the Database Location to a card WingX will optionally also move all of the WingX databases that currently reside in main memory to the card thereby freeing up main memory Load New Databases This option is used in connection with WingX Agent WingX Agent is a desktop utility that will download databases from the Hilton Software website and automatically upload these databases to your Pocket PC Once the download upload process is complete WingX Agent will prompt the user to reload the new database use this menu option to reload the databases Load User Models Hilton Software maintain a database of over 470 aircraft models and the company continually adds to the database In addition to this WingX allows pilots to define their own aircraft model that might have a unique seating arrangement or additional fuel tanks ete Test Sound This option allow the user to test the sound capabilities of WingX as well as the audio link which may include wiring from the Pocket PC to an audio box and then either directly into a headset or into the aircraft s intercom system 27 Waypoints This option is used in connection with WingX Agent WingX Agent is a desktop utility that will download databases fro the Hilton Software website and automatically upload these databases to your Pocket PC Once the download upload process is
19. manage and manipulate routes e Select Route Selecting this option will display a list of saved routes from which the desired route may be selected e Save Route Selecting this option will save the route currently in the route text box under the title of SJC to SAC where SJC and SAC are the departure and destination points respectively for example e Reverse Route Selecting this option simply reverses the route in the route text box e Remove Route Selecting this option displays a dialog box that allows for the removal of specific routes a qf 4 37 Dk ar qf 4 39 Dk Name 5JC to SAC ee oF 3 RHV to SBP RHV E16 SNS PRB jji esi SIC toSAC SJC SUNOL LVK SAC RHV to SBP RHW E16 SNS PRB SIC to SAC SIC SUNOL LVK SAC The Save Route page The Remove Route page Clear Popup Menu Option Clear simply clears all the text from the text box 57 User Defined Waypoints User defined waypoints UDW are a very powerful tool that makes route planning more flexible WingX is very flexible in how UDWs are defined UDWs can be defined in various latitude longitude formats and WingX can also use GPS coordinates Manually Enter Coordinates Latitude longitude coordinates can be in the following formats ID Example Latitude Longitude DD MM SS X 37 21 45 6 37 21 45 6 W DD MM X 37 21 76 37 21 45 6 W DD X 37 3626667 37 21 45 6 W lt ID gt lt BRG gt lt NM gt SJC009015 3 37 36 20 671 N 121 48 31 084
20. means that WingX cannot crash your Pocket PC e The Virtual Machine has something called a Garbage Collector that automatically cleans up any memory that is no longer used For the user this means that WingX will no have memory leaks that cause the Pocket PC to slow down and perhaps completely stop working e C isa high level language that allows programmers to concentrate more on the cool new features you want in WineX instead of worrying about the small details and the strange bugs that plague other programming languages This streamlined development allows us to get new features to you faster e and many mote Pocket PC 2003 Pocket PC 2003 Second Edition and Mobile 5 0 Pocket PCs Every Pocket PC that has the Pocket PC 2003 Pocket PC 2003 Second Edition or Mobile 5 0 Operating System already has the Compact Framework built in There is no need to install the Compact Framework if you are running a Pocket PC 2003 device See Compact Framework 2 0 note below Pocket PC 2002 Users The Microsoft NET Compact Framework will need to be installed before WingX will run on your Pocket PC The installation is very simple just ensure that your Pocket PC is cradled and run the Compact Framework installation program To download the latest Compact Framework you can go directly to the Microsoft web site at http www microsoft com downloads or you can go to our FAQ page and it will provide a link to the Microsoft Compact Framework dotne
21. pieces of METAR information and displays them in an easy to read color coded METAR List WingX displays un encoded winds and temperature aloft information of nearby winds aloft reporting stations and automatically calculates the freezing level WingX also graphically displays trend information of METAR reports over the previous six hours ar 42445 X Part 91 General Operating And Flight 91 117 Aircraft speed a Unless otherwise authorized by the Administrator no person may operate an aircraft below 10 000 feet MSL at an indicated airspeed of more than 250 knots 288 m p h b Unless otherwise authorized or required by ATC no person may operate an aircraft at or 2 000 feet above the surface within 4 nautical miles of the primary airport of a Class C or Class D airspace area at an indicated airspeed of more than 200 Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help ar f 5 28 Elevation et Set FFE 3 A 135 5 om g Conv EJ Wind Perf Time ij2j3 4 5 6 7 ajs o lt Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Documents and Forms WingX is a not only a superb resource but it is also a weight saver Imagine carrying around the FARs the AIM the Pilot Controller Glossary AC61 65E endorsements the NWS contractions and the FSS phone numbers for various areas in the US WingX will keep all this information for you on your Pocket PC Each of these documents is accessible extremely quickly while leaving as muc
22. pilot to calculate the winds aloft by entering e True Airspeed TAS The TAS can either be entered directly from the reading on the airspeed indicator after adjusting for altitude or calculated by WingX on the Altitude page e Track over the ground Track The known track that the aircraft is making over the ground For example if the aircraft is following a VOR radial outbound then the pilot can use that track Alternatively a GPS or LORAN system may display track e Heading Hdg The aircraft heading that is usually read directly off the Heading Indicator Note that to obtain an accurate aircraft heading the compass heading should be noted then the appropriate deviation should be applied as noted by the compass card e Groundspeed GSpd The known groundspeed can be read from the Distance Measuring Equipment DME or from a LORAN or GPS readout e Area optional Without entering the area in which the flight is occurring the winds aloft can only be reported relative to Magnetic North This is not consistent with Flight Service weather reports since they report the winds aloft relative to True North To convert to True North enter a nearby airport navaid or fix and WingX will calculate the winds aloft more appropriately relative to True North If a valid area airport navaid or fix is not entered the winds aloft are reported relative to Magnetic North the output will have the M suffix If a valid area airport navai
23. screen but would still receive the potential runway incursion warnings Moreover when approaching a runway WingX will show the length of runway remaining in both directions For example using the screen shot seen here WingX determined that there are 4 821 remaining on Runway 12L and 6 172 remaining on Runway 30R When on a runway WingX displays the length of runway remaining as well as the number of seconds that the aircraft has occupied the runway This time guide is particularly useful when told to Taxi into position and hold For example using the screen shot seen here WingX has determined that the aircraft is on Runway 31L with 2 996 remaining and the aircraft has been on the runway for 14 seconds 68 Flight Safety Before going to an airport and using the SmartTaxi technology whilst taxiing around the airport we suggest that you display the Airport Diagram with Runway Identifiers shown Ifthe identifiers are shown in the appropriate places the aircraft will also be shown correctly However if the runway identifiers are not collocated with the appropriate runway endpoints please contact us as soon as possible 69 Chapter E6B Page WingX 5 E6B page packs a tremendous amount of pre flight and in flight functionality This chapter describes the many conversions including pressure density altitude winds aloft fuel consumption endurance headwind crosswind distance groundspeed time and wind chill calcul
24. scrolled or scaled without the use of a stylus In addition chart s colors can be shown in one of several Night Vision modes The Night Vision modes are see examples on following page e Invert e Invert Keep Color e Red Tint e Green Tint e Blue Tint 63 a f 1 09 X z 204 i WingX er 1 10 X KSIC 1Skt S 3SFAGRSE AoE ee K ta PAT Hg a Fia A Inverted keep color note how the mountains did maintain their orange color ip WingX at 2109 X I F z T TE V F Pal Ic 5 2 ail wn Tevet ira 7 PATH aos ESC ATA m i 4 C warm th Ma ap Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Inverted note how the mountains did not maintain their orange color dr f 1 10 X Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Night Vision with a red tint i WingX a 4 1 10 X HR Wingx a 21 10 X t Menu t Menu Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Night Vision with a green tint Night Vision with a blue tint Chart Page Layout The charts are displayed in a way that maximizes screen usage and allows control of the chart display and options to be controlled without a stylus The chart occupies most of the screen Title Text At the top of the screen WingX displays the airport ID To the right of the airport ID WingX displays the GPS gtroundspeed and track and also provides a link to the GPS status page Below the first line of text the nam
25. temperature down to the CAS TAS group box Therefore only the Calibrated Airspeed CAS needs to be entered and WingX will calculate the True Airspeed TAS in our example the calculated TAS was determined to be T Er qf 1 24 X Pressure Density Altitude Elevation Alt Set a DewP Conv alt Wind Perf Time a2 a i Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Example 2 WingX allows users to enter the airport s identifier instead of the field elevation WineX will automatically continue to flag the value in red invalid as it is not strictly numeric although it will use the appropriate airport elevation In this second example Reno s identifier RNO was entered instead of its field elevation of 4415 and a dew point value of 12 was used By using the dew point information Wing X is able to more accurately calculate the Density Altitude In this example the Density Altitude rose about 200 In addition WingX calculated the Heat Index HI and Relative Humidity RH as 26 C and 44 respectively Hint Use the airport identifier in the Elevation field Hint Tap on C to change to F and vice versa 73 Wind Sub page WingX provides the advanced capability of calculating winds aloft and desired headings if the winds aloft are known Using known variations for airports navaids and fixes adds to the accuracy of the results Unknown Winds Aloft Calculating Winds Aloft WingX allows a
26. the lateral moment to enable the lateral envelope CG and envelope calculations Enter the aircraft s longitudinal empty moment in pound inches do not enter this value divided by 1000 Flight Safety This information is specific to each aircraft N number Always use the most current information contained in the Weight and Balance section of the specific aircrafts POH 35 Note The Empty Moment value must be entered in pound inches and not in oe 0 thousands of pound inches For example it would be correct to enter 123456 and Please enter the moment not 123 456 WingX will warn you if it believes that you have entered the Empty pkt Pe ensure the numbers you Moment using the incorrect units Enter the empty weight and the empty moment in pounds and pound inches entered are correct Continue closing respectively As the Empty Weight and Empty Moment values are entered the Empty Weight CG is calculated and displayed When both the Empty Weight and Empty Moment have been entered the pilot should verify that the CG that WingX has calculated and displayed is correct Once you have entered the Empty Weight and the Empty Moment tap on ORK If you look at the N number on the aircraft list you will see that a value for Useful Load is now displayed The Useful Load is calculated as the Maximum Ramp Weight minus the Empty Weight If the aircraft has no specific Maximum Ramp weight listed WingX will
27. x 150 Condition Good Alignment 123 m D lt Q O gt q g N m 49 None None Glide Angle 3 0 Gradient 0 3 Up Down Instrument Approaches RNAV GPS RWY 11 Runway 29 LP Alignment 303 Elevation 0 BZ Elevation TDZE 52 Markings Basic Good Approach Lighting None Visual Glideslope 4 light PAPI left Runway Lighting None TCHS BR Glide Angle 3 6 Instrument Approaches RNAV GPS RWY 29 gt x me O D O 5 r Q f 5 Q JJ 5 D lt cr G y 5 49 Alignment 123 Elevation DT 38 Markings Precision Good Approach Lighting None Runway Lighting REIL Centerline Glide Angle 3 0 Instrument Approaches RNAV GPS RWY 12L Alignment 303 Elevation DT 55 Elevation TDZE 558 Markings Precision Good DT Distance 537 Approach Lighting None Visual Glideslope 4 light PAPI lef Runway Lighting Centerline TCH a l Glide Angle 3 0 Instrument Approaches RNAV GPS RWY 30R VOR DME RWY 30R Alignment 123 Elevation DT 38 Markings Precision Good Approach MALSR 1 400 medium intensity approach Lighting lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights Runway Lighting Centerline Glide Angle 3 0 Instrument ILS OR LOC RWY 12R Approaches RNAV GPS RWY 12R VOR RWY 12R Alignment 303 Elevation DT 57 M
28. your Pocket PC will not change the WingX ID and will not require another key from us To obtain your Pocket PC s WingX ID tap on Help Register The wingxID 6D19 B04F 32D5 FB84 registration dialog box will be shown see example on the right The dialog TER box includes both lines of the WingX ID and a text box to enter the key You must send Hilton Software both lines of your WingX ID For example for the registration dialog box on the right the WingX ID would is 6D19 B04F 321D5 FB84 994B 12FF 0403 3B01 Once the registration process is complete WingX can download the WingX key directly from the Internet by tapping on Download WingX Key 1 Listening to podcasts without an Internet connection requires WingX to have previously downloaded the podcast s via an Internet 2 Internet connection required 19 Note On some older Pocket PC 2002 devices it is possible for the WingX ID to be shown as Unknown If this occurs your Pocket PC will not be able to be registered we sincerely apologize in advance Please contact us Entering your WingX Key The key you receive back from Hilton Software should be entered into the text box labeled Key see example on the right The dashes are optional but preferable since they make the key easier to read and verify for correctness It is easy to confuse the letter O with the digit 0 however the letter O will never appear in a key
29. 021 RMK AOD CIO 005 V009 SLP233 T01220106 KSTP 1020057 105M OVCO11 13 11 A3022 RMK A02 KSGS 1020157 AUTO 10006KT 7SM 12 12 A3020 RMK AO KFCM 10200027 AUTO O9011KT 45M BR OVCOO5 12 11 A3020 RMK AD2 KMIC 1020197 08008 Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Dynamic Flight Navigator The Dynamic Flight Navigator DFN is a single screen that pulls together all the relevant information and shows it clearly and concisely while providing fast access to additional information The DFN displays the relevant frequencies morse code and additional useful information WingX uses GPS data to drive the Dynamic Flight Navigator GPS is incredibly accurate and allows WingX to accurately calculate position bearing and distance to the next waypoint cross track error and required descent rate to the destination WingX supports practically all GPS receivers including Bluetooth and Compact Flash GPS receivers To minimize heads down time and finger tapping WingX provides a single button to jump to the Airport Diagram upon landing WingX also displays the required descent rate to the destination Weather Text WingX interprets and color codes the individual METARs By looking at these colors a pilot can quickly get an idea of the weather in an area or along a route If a route is entered WingX will display the nearest METAR TAF winds aloft and temperature aloft along the route Premier Edition only WingX extracts important
30. 1 1 0 3111 0 CF 1 0 SP2 Recall 1 0 3226 0 CF 1 0 SP2 Beta 1 0 3227 0 CF 1 0 SP2 Final 1 0 3316 0 CF 1 0 SP3 Beta 1 0 4177 0 CF 1 0 SP3 1 0 4292 0 2 0 5238 0 CF 2 0 SP1 2 0 6129 0 WingX should work with any of these Compact Framework versions but it is definitely worth noting the OS Version when submitting a bug report Chapter WingX Agent Desktop Application WingX Agent Desktop Application is a INET desktop application that simplifies the downloading of database files as well as providing housekeeping functionality ingX Agent can be considered a bridge between the WingX Pocket PC and the Internet The WingX application itself does not store aircraft model airport or document information Rather this information is stored in multiple databases resident on the Pocket PC and these databases can be quickly and easily downloaded off the web without having to upgrade the WingX application Users with Pocket PCs that can connect to the Internet do not need to use WingX Agents download capability WingX allows users to download databases directly onto their Pocket PCs without using their PC or WingX Agent at all WingX Agent also provides dashboard and housekeeping functionality GX WingX Agent 2 5 0 4 Beta BE File wiew Tools Help Account Information Onine Database Location Pocket PC Registered 08 02 2006 Main Memory Scan Level A Exp LevelBExp 08 2007 q months Wings ID and Kep Pocket PC Wings lD 6D19 B04
31. 80 How and When to Download Weathers nN 80 No Internet Connection is required to view Textual Weather 81 Trend InformatiOn ccccsceeeeee ees 81 Color Coding Scheme 000008 82 Weather Textual Reports views 82 METAR VIEW niem aa a 82 TAF VIEW morea cpanel eee 83 METAR List VIEW ccccceceseeeeeeenees 84 Winds Aloft View ccceceeeeee reese 85 Temperatures Aloft View 85 6 Hr Trend VICW ccecceeeeeeeeeeeees 85 Weather Images Page 87 Downloadable IMagesS cceceeeee ee ee es 87 Example Screen Shots cccceeeee ees 90 DOCUMENE PAC Ce css rere sinuous vests 91 Selecting a Document and a Subpart 92 EX aii Dl Cust cink denktened eee nee ees 92 TEXESIZE aa ae A eee 93 Pilot EXPIrations cccceceeeeee eee eeees 94 Auto UG FETMIGIN ides ee iia aeaoentoeets 94 Expiration Date S ccccccecceseeeeeeeeeeees 95 Expiration Item Components 96 Changing the Display Order 96 EB Xatn PlGrercu atearavnlaewn EA 97 Sunrise and Sunset Page 98 Salo cae eee aoe eaten 99 Leo GIB tine teaa 99 Sunrise and Sunset TimesS 99 Civil Twilight Times 0008 100 One Hour Rule cernir a 101 imiteret Page circe 102 POOUCESUS ranan AAN 102 N number Search essesseseesereserrrees 103 Status Page ario er ceceuoens 104 Version NUMDETLSS ccceceeceeeeeeeeeeeees 104 VierSION Aca
32. A A JA JA GPS Database N A 95 Expiration Item Components Each expiration item is contained on a single line and consists of several components Component Description Checkbox Check this checkbox to enable the expiration item and to have the item appear when Sort by Expiration is selected A self explanatory description of the expiration item Asterisk If an asterisk appears after the text e g Tailwheel WingX will auto increment the selected date Date If an asterisk appears in the text the date should be selected as the date when currency was achieved If no asterisk appears in the text the actual expiration date should be selected Days To Go This number is the number of days weeks or months to go before the item expires For example 4 4w and 4m mean four days four weeks or four months until expiration respectively A negative number means that the currency for that item has elapsed The Days To Go ate continually updated and will always be relative to today Changing the Display Order The expiration items can be shown in one of two ways by tapping the Show by Category or Sort by Expiration buttons e Show by Category O Groups expiration items into categories with headings such as Currency and Navigation o Shows all items both checked and unchecked e Sort by Expiration O Sorts the expiration items according to their expiration date This will remove the head
33. AR Cold weather moves into the Icing predication shows the along the East Coast North West effects of a weather system in the North East at 12 000 90 Chapter Document Page WingX uses its own proprietary algorithms to store a tremendous amount text and to make it quickly accessible The FARs the AIM CFI endorsements FSS phone numbers and many other documents are quickly displayed with just a few taps of the Aeronautical Information Manual AIM For Certificated Flight Instructors CFD there 1s W ingX includes the most GA pertinent Federal Aviation Regulations FAR parts as well as sections Advisory Circular 61 65E that contains endorsements for pilot training The Pilot Controller Glossary NWS Contractions FSS Phone Numbers and more are quickly accessible on this page The documents available on WingX include FAR Part 1 Definitions And Abbreviations FAR Part 43 Maintenance Preventive Maintenance Rebuilding And Alteration FAR Part 61 Certification Pilots Flight Instructors And Ground Instructors FAR Part 91 General Operating And Flight Rules FAR Part 119 Certification Air Carriers And Commercial Operators FAR Part 121 Operating Requirements Domestic Flag And Supplemental Operations FAR Part 135 Operating Requirements Commuter And On Demand Operations And Rules Governing Persons On Board Such Aircraft FAR Part 141 Pilot Schools FAR Part 830 Notification And Reporti
34. AX HILTON SOFTWARE LLC WingX 2 0 User Manual 1 Draft or 5 f f 3 Wingx Et dious X N466CD SR22 f RMP 52 T O 88 141 4 143 8 Front Seats Rear Seats Baggage Usable Fuel Gallons Fuel used Taxi Runup Gallons Fickle if2i3i4isjej7 siofoj lt Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Src il WingX User Manual for Version 2 0 BASED ON WINGX 2 0 1 5 AND WINGX AGENT 2 5 0 4 BETA HILTON SOFTWARE LLC 6205 Balderstone Drive San Jose CA 95120 http www hiltonsoftware com Document Created November 2006 Table of Contents WINGX Introduction c ccc eeeee eee e eens 3 A Look at WingX s Feature Set 3 Weight and Balance ccce eee es 4 Route PIANning iesiri itanna 4 Weather IMagesS ccceecceeeeeeeeeeeees 5 A FD Information ccccccceceeeeeeeeeees 5 NAC O CR AIUS eins ister oiet ebiec seer panies eedas 6 Smart al orrena 6 Dynamic Flight Navigator 7 Weather LOX vissstavisiwnciterwwes 7 Documents and FOrmMs nsss 8 Multi Page EGB viraue aar 8 Pilot Expiration Sienna aas 9 Sunrise and Sunset ccecceeeeeeeeees 9 Podcasts online and offline 10 N number S arch cececceeeee ceca ences 10 WingX Installation 11 Downloading WingX via the Internet 11 Ve WIROK G D ieee crete aaa 11 Microsoft NET Compact Framework for your Pocket PEC rennene 12 dotnetfx exe Microsoft NET Framework for your D
35. C K Compact Flash Card oF Ceiteag E entios ELT a Locator Transmitter FAR Foden Avion Regions ors GetPos em Ground Speed ra an ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization Instrument Flight Rules Appendix rea Ramp D seen Software Input Panel XTRK Cross Track Appendix Bluetooth GPS Setup WingX requires NMEA string input from a GPS receiver This chapter describes one way to setup a Pocket PC device so that WingX will receive the GPS data and complexity to the GPS setup This appendix describes how to setup the Pocket PC and WingX so that WingX can use the GPS data Please note that in this chapter we describe one possible setup and the actual settings may vary with each GPS receiver and other Pocket PC settings and applications W indows Mobile 5 0 adds a GPS Manager that adds yet another layer of functionality Windows Mobile 5 0 GPS Setup Instructions 1 Tap on Start Settings then System tab 2 Tap on the GPS Manager icon In the Programs tab select COM8 2 In the Hardware tab select COM7 see GPS user manual for appropriate port 3 In the Hardware tab select 19200 see GPS user manual for appropriate baud rate7 Inthe Access tab ensure that Manage GPS is checked 5 Click OK to close that screen 3 Tap on the Connection tab under Settings 1 Tap on the Bluetooth icon 1 In the Mode tab 1 Ensure that Turn on Bluetooth is checked 2 Leave the other check box unc
36. C1 2N N S9YE z C172N N739YE C1 2N RMP 1949 T O 1925 LND 1781 fQO 375 WD 519 i T O 39 40 LND 38 87 Tap n nod tor Tar mok Tag nld for r 38 When WineX has determined that no limit has been exceeded the appropriate values for the Ramp Takeoff and Landing phases of the flight will be displayed on a green background The green background is used to quickly convey a within limits weight and balance situation Exceeding Limits If a warning condition occurs the Weight and Balance Status Section will be displayed on a red background The red background is used to quickly convey an out of limits weight and balance situation The Status Section will also use a red background to display an Input bad warning message since WingX cannot make a weight and balance determination The offending text box will also have a red background There are various types of warnings that may occur Some examples are fy Wingx et d 1 51 X N 39YE C1 2N elow Gros Tap weight and or Landing weight e Exceeding baggage limits e Out of CG Rear Seats e Input bad e g 9 or 9H7 must be numbers Baggage Area 1 Baggage Area 2 All are self explanatory Input bad occurs when an inappropriate value is Usable Fuel Gallons entered and is marked by the text box changing to a red background Below ate some examples i1213 4 sl6171819101 1 lt Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Configuration Section
37. Cwi Twilight 6 15am 7 55pm hed dwh J One hour 5 42am 8 29pm can log night time and when a pilot can carry passengers Day 2m Week lim Month 6m WingX will calculate the sunrise and sunset times for all airports These times can be shown in either local or Zulu times N y WingX will also show the nearest city and airport s distance and direction from the city This is particularly useful when approaching an airport with which one is not familiar Week 6m Month 25m Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help ar 536 X OPR GSA All In One Daily Feed NASA Shorter Daily Briefings Weather Special Programs General Aviation Sport Aviation Aerospace Commercial Aviation Business Aviation Military Aviation Play Player Get Get All Podcasts Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help af 12 30 X Tait 739YE N S9YVE Manufacturer CESSNA N number Search Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Podcasts online and offline Podcasts are an excellent way of getting news current events and other information out to pilots Podcasts are downloadable via the Internet and WingX provides the pilots with the capability of listening to the podcasts in real time and with storing these podcasts so that pilots can listen to them later when perhaps no Internet connection is available great for the drive to work or the wait at the doctor s office Hilton Software is continually working with providers of podcasts an
38. F 32D5FB84 Full Info Subscribe Refresh 9948 1 2FF 0403 3601 wings Key EF59 F1 79 43A6 52F5 Download Install Databases onto Pocket PC Memory Status Pocket PC Magee ees go eter oe Total 76 16 MB Total FO 69 ME Document Database Chart Database Inuse 20 55 MB In use 23 71 MB Free 55 61 MB Free 26 97 ME Free foa 01 Free Ae S Backup Restore D ata Files and Flight Plans Power Status AC Adapter Backup Restore Main Baten TO Backup Bater o M Physical Information Pocket PC DOO o i o O Screen 240x 320 16 bpp Architecture ARM Idle Connected ronitecture CAWingB ackup ActiveSync 42 4876 0 410 AM 106 WingX Agent can be downloaded from http www hiltonsoftware com Download html Troubleshooting WingX Connectivity Placing the Pocket PC in the cradle and having Active Sync running on the desktop allows for the Pocket PC to have an Internet connection and therefore be able t download databases and do other Internet activities However there are a couple of things that can get in the way and prevent WingX having a reliable Internet connection The most common problems are e ActiveSync Version o The newer versions of ActiveSync seem to do a better job of Internet connectivity Also some of the newer devices require ActiveSync 4 0 or higher We therefore recommend ActiveSync 4 0 or higher e ActiveSync Connection Settings o ActiveSync s Connection Settings shoul
39. Feet Yards Millimeters MM Centimeters CM Meters Kilometers KM Knots MPH KM per hour KM H Feet per second FT S Meters per second M S Pounds Ounces Kilograms KG Grams Gallon of 100LL Gallon of Jet A Quart of Oil Gallons US Gallons UK Liters Mercury inches Mercury millimeters Millibars 71 Example The aircraft s thermometer reads 90 F What is the equivalent at d 109 X temperature in Celsius The following steps are performed Dae l Fahrenheit Celsius 2 The left hand and right hand conversion unit pull down menus will initially have Fahrenheit and Celsius selected Since this type of conversion is common WingX defaults to these initial settings 1 The Conversion type pull down menu initially has Temperature selected Since this is a temperature conversion we do not change it 3 Now enter 90 in the left hand text box and notice that WingX automatically calculates that the equivalent temperature in Celsius is 52 222 C alt Wind Perf Time 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 olo lt e Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Hel Gray text boxes are read only and cannot be edited d Altitude Sub page Every pilot knows that Density Altitude is a critical factor related to aircraft performance This is especially true operating at hot or high airports The density altitude of a hot and high airport could be thousands of feet above the airport s elevation Since the a
40. If the IP address is None then your Pocket PC has no internet connection e Register Displays the WingX ID and provides a text box for the user to enter the registration key For more information please see Help How to register WingX e About Shows the WingX name the Hilton Software company name the WingX version and the copyright warning Popup Menus Almost every text box that appears in WingX has an associated popup menu Tap and hold the stylus on the text box to display that text box s popup menu A popup menu with various options will appear This is a great feature for quick data entry or if you re not sure exactly what to enter on a text box The popup menu is a superb tool on the Pocket PC since many Pocket PCs do not have physical keyboards Adam Aero Commander Aero Planes American Aviat Beechcraft Bellanca Cessna Cirrus Columbia Commander Aircraft Company Cub Crafters Diamond Enstrom 29 Numeric Text Boxes WingX has numerous numeric text boxes One example is the Year text box on the Add Aircraft page Other examples are the speed and wind text boxes on the Route page and all the text boxes on the E6B page On the Weight and Balance page the popup menus display various weights in 10 pound increments The menu will even display Full for all aircraft and Tabs for aircraft such as the Piper Archer that has tabs in the fue
41. KT 3200 TSRA BENDS OVOHICE BECHG 2223 OL010G15KT 3200 RA BEMDDS Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help 83 METAR List View WingX extracts important pieces of METAR information and displays them in an easy to read color coded table with each METAR reporting airport being displayed on a single line The METAR List consists of 10 columns e Airport ID this column is color coded e Wind Direction and Speed e Visibility e Ceiling the lowest reported ceiling e Temperature the reported temperature in Fahrenheit or Celsius e Dewpoint the reported dewpoint in Fahrenheit or Celsius e Altimeter Setting in inches of mercury e Field Elevation as reported in the A FD e Density Altitude the density altitude at the airport using the weather condition as reported by the METAR e Airport ID this column is color coded and is a duplicate of the first column to help interpretation when the METAR List is scroll to the far right If a route is entered WingX will display METAR reporting airports along the route ID Wn ve Cail Temp Dew Ceil wP Alt KMFV Calm 15M 5 4 5 500 14C 29 81 Calm 2 1 25M 13C 29 20 120803 1 45M f x 11C 29 20 350805 75M 5 5 500 14C 29 78 O0e05 45M 4 2 100 14C 29 78 320808 105M 3 500 14C 29 83 RAAR 300819G25 105M 7 OO L 9C 29 83 Calm 45M 20 000 PO 000 L 13C 29 79 KORF Calm 45M 13C 29 79 4 Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help METAR Li
42. M f1 2 3 4 5 e 7 s 9 o lt Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help d fo Let s look at each one individually At the Maximum Zero Fuel Weight ZFW and using the Normal category envelope the CG range is 107 65 117 50 inches and the current CG at that weight is 115 24 inches The value is graphically denoted by a black diamond The green bar shows the allowable CG range at the Maximum ZEW The CG values for the Ramp Takeoff and Landing lines should be interpreted similarly Notice how 42 the green bar shortens as the weight increases i e on the Ramp and Takeoff lines This is consistent with the CG range shortening as the weight increases see the screen shots showing the normal envelope and notice how as the weight increases the forward CG moves aft yet the aft CG does not change Also note that the CG values shown on the Ramp Takeoff and Landing lines namely 115 41 115 38 and 115 26 respectively are the same numbers shown earlier when we were viewing the normal envelope The rightmost column displays OK for each of the columns since the CG lies within the allowable CG range i e the black diamond is within the green bar It is important to understand that the weight calculated CGs allowable CG ranges etc have not changed The same CG values will be displayed and the same warnings will be displayed as with the Weight and Balance Envelope display The Bar Display is a different and unique way of showing the same infor
43. North eae Track Runway Wind Headwind and Crosswind Components The majority of aircraft accidents are of the fender bender variety that occurs on landing and more often than not the word wind appears in the accident report Crosswind takeoff and landing skills diminish quickly without practice and this is exacerbated by the fact that runways are usually built to face into the prevailing wind thereby increasing the lack of crosswind practice Another advantage to being able to calculate both the headwind and crosswind is that these numbers are often written in a solo student s logbook by a Certificated Flight Instructor CFI as one of the conditions for that student s solo flights 75 Example Let s assume we re departing RNO s runway 25 with a wind of 280 18 on a windy afternoon 250 is entered is the Track text box and a nae a 280 and 18 are entered in the wind textboxes respectively WingX calculates and displays the headwind and crosswind as 16 knots and 9 knots pw w o respectively We do encourage pilots to use the actual runway heading and not to simply add a zero to the runway number for the most accurate results Runway Wind Note A negative headwind implies a tailwind A negative crosswind is a 1 2 3 4 sjel7 s ojo l lt Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help ee ee Pos Sasa Sr oe Performance Sub page Distance Groundspeed Time Distance groundspeed and tim
44. PS automatically recommended GPS program port COMS ha Baud rate Hardware Access Programs E 112 Bluetooth Settings i Settings ar 42507 ok 9 Settings Pe a E Bluetooth Bluetooth Tap New Partnership to scan for other Turn on Bluetooth Bluetooth devices Tap on a device to modify _ Make this device discoverable to other its settings devic New Partnership i Settings a 2 5 10 i Settings Er qf 5 09 Select a Bluetooth Device Bluetooth g Port Select a device to connect with and tap Next 113 Settings ir 42 5 08 ok Bluetooth To connect to a device tap New Outgoing Port To allow other devices to connect tap New Incoming Port For other options tap and hold an existing port Rikaline COM New Outgoing Port New Incoming Port Hilton Software LLC 6205 Balderstone Drive San Jose CA 95120 http www hiltonsoftware com 114
45. STAR BRINY ONE CAPITOL THREE EL NIDO FIVE GOLDEN GATE FOUR JAWWS TWO JAWWS TWO CONT 1 POINT REYES ONE POINT REYES ONE CONT 1 ROBIE TWO Chapter Route Planning Page WingX has a downloadable database that contains airports navigational aids fixes and intersections WingX will do your Route Planning and even walk you through the route as you fly it using the GPS enabled Dynamic Fight Navigator calculates route distances pertinent to 14 CFR Part 61 and 14 CFR Part 141 s Aeronautical Experience requirements A route is entered in a single text box WingX shows each leg on a separate line The information for each leg consists of Magnetic Heading MH Distance NM Estimated Time Enroute ETE Wind Correction Angle WCA Fuel Consumption and more A status bar shows the Part 61 141 required cross country distances W ingX s Route Page significantly simplifies route planning wind correction calculations and even Constructing a Route A route consists of multiple identifiers Each identifier can represent an airport a VOR or similar an NDB a fix an intersection a VFR waypoints a user defined waypoint or a point relative to one of the above Identifier Name Type SJC Norman Y Mineta San Jose Intl sc KUDE LV REIGA NDB VAAN HOUSE To differentiate a navaid from an airport always prepend navaid identifiers with a e g use SJC instead of SJC for the San Jose VOR instead of
46. The right most image shows the result i WingX ar i325 x i WingX ar i325 X i WingX ar i325 x WingX Medical Tailwheel 20m _ 1st Class 11 13 06 Owners Ins 2nd dass 11 13 06 gt AMEL night 9 4 1 Currency 3rd Class 31m ASEL day C 3rd Class 40 11 13 06 ASEL night Insurance AMEL day AMEL day Owners Ins ASEL night AMEL night Ow _ Renters Ins ASEL day 3 4 07 Tailwheel Aircraft BFR BFR L Annual 3rd Class _ IFR _ VOR IFR _ CFI Renewal _ Alt Static Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help 97 Chapter Sunrise and Sunset Page An ofien overlooked piece of preflight information is the sunrise or sunset time These times are not only important from a legality point of view but are also important for safety reasons For example if you are flying a J3 Cub or any other aircraft that has a non functional electrical and lighting system you must land by sunset As for safety flight risk is increased at night let WingX tell you when the sun will set when twilight will occur and when it effectively becomes night that is so dark that you need to maintain currency just to take passengers on board with you unrise and sunset times are closely tied to aviation both for safety and ue d sas K legal reasons Wing X s database of airports allows it to quickly calculate Airport Oz both the Zulu and local time that the sunrise
47. The second line of information is called the Configuration Section as it contains three pieces of information related to the Weight and Balance display configuration For screen shots please see the ones in the Status Section The pieces of information ate Total Weight Below Gross or CG The text message indicates whether the Status Section is displaying the aircraft s total weight pounds below maximum gross weight or its CG for each of the phases of flight To change this display simply tap Tap n hold for menu Use the popup menu from the graphical section to configure various settings of the Weight and Balance page This text never changes and its only task is to serve as a reminder that tap n hold is the way to change configuration settings Normal Utility Acrobatic or Solo This configuration message informs the user as to which envelope is being displayed in the Graphical Section and ultimately to what envelope the aircraft loading is being constrained To change the envelope use the popup menu see its description later in the chapter 39 Graphical Section The Graphical Section is really central in performing a Weight and Balance determination This section has three primary functions e Display the Weight and Balance Envelope e Display the Weight and Balance Bar Display e Display the Weight and Balance Popup Menu Weight and Balance Popup Menu The Weight and Balance popup menu provides several
48. W The Add Waypoint dialog box has a text box for latitude and another for PALE Et 46 4 42 ok Add Waypoint Manually enter coordinates longitude each of which can be entered in one of the first three formats specified above Negative coordinates for latitude and longitude imply South and West respectively When entering coordinates using the Ne a Name Lat 51C009015 3 Lon e The identifier ID can be that of an airport navaid fix intersection or user defined waypoint examples are SJC SJC airport SJC SJC VOR MYHOUSE UDW etc e The bearing BRG is always three digits and an integer value e The distance NM is always a three digit value plus an optional Clear Add Close decimal value examples are 015 015 3 or 015 450 11 213 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 l lt WingX will calculate both the latitude and longitude when coordinates entered in the lt ID gt lt BRG gt lt NM gt format even though text has only been entered in the latitude text box 58 GPS Coordinates WingX can use the current GPS coordinates when defining a UDW WingX provides two options when using GPS coordinates Use GPS coordinates real time Use this option when moving e g in flight WingX will use a single instantaneous GPS coordinate It is slight less accurate than the averaging method but will be more accurate in flight since the aircraft is moving Use GPS coordinates average Use this o
49. WingX 2 0 enables pilots to define their own aircraft models This is particularly useful if a pilot has an aircraft that has one or more modifications such as tip tanks or additional seats For more information on user defined aircraft models please refer to Appendix C 45 Chapter Airport Facilities Directory Page Fast access to Airport Facilities Directory is a superb tool during pre flight planning as well as in flight especially at night when digging around in sectionals and other resources in a dark red light environment is the only alternative coded format The page consists of five sub pages These sub pages are the Communications Location Facilities Runway and Chart sub pages Each sub page contains specific information about the airport navaid fix intersection or waypoint Some sub pages may not always be visible For example the Runway sub page is not visible when not displaying an airport y T ingX contains extensive A FD information and displays it in a concise and easy to read color Communications The Communications information includes the airport s ASOS ATIS Clearance Ground Tower CT AF and Approach and Departure frequencies An example of the information is Norman Y Mineta San Je J ose Intl 0901Z 28 SEP 2006 0901z 23 NOV 2006 ASOS 408 969 0838 Clearance 118 0 Tower 124 0 0600 0000 Norcal 120 1 Approach 125 35 134 5 46 Location The Locatio
50. ake offs and landings in a tail wheel aircraft WingX would T2306 automatically use February 24 2005 as the expiration date i e WingX AMEL day automatically added 90 days to November 26 2004 ASEL night W ASEL day BFR 3rd Class Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help 94 Expiration Dates The extensive list of expiration dates is shown below as well as a reference to the relevant FAR Currency ASEL day 14 CFR FAR 61 57 ASEL night 14 CFR FAR 61 57 AMEL day 14 CFR FAR 61 57 AMEL night 90 days 14 CFR FAR 61 57 Tailwheel 90 days 14 CFR FAR 61 57 Biennial Flight Review BFR 24 calendar months 14 CFR FAR 61 56 Instrument Flight Rules FR 6 calendar months 14 CFR FAR 61 57 CFI Renewal 24 calendar months 14 CFR FAR 61 197 Navigation Approach Charts N A Terminal Area Chart TAC N A Wide Area Chart WAC N A N A Medical 6 calendar months N N N N N Airport Facility Directory A FD 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 3 Class over 40 years Insurance 12 calendar months 36 calendar months 24 calendar months Owners Insurance Renters Insurance Aircraft Annual 12 calendar months 14 CFR FAR 91 409 VOR IFR 30 days 14 CFR FAR 91 171 Altimeter Static 24 calendar months 14 CFR FAR 91 411 Transponder 24 calendar months 14 CFR FAR 91 413 Emergency Locator Transmitter ELT 24 calendar months 14 CFR FAR 91 207 A JA JA
51. are software releases and those who are willing to try software that is still in its Beta cycle These are generally pilots who want to be running the latest and greatest and often not yet released version of WingX We take all user feedback very seriously and our WingX product truly is a reflection of the superb bug reports and User Interface suggestions that we receive from our users If you want to be part of the WingX Subscriber List please email us at support bhiltonsoftware com with the subject line of subscribe You will then be notified whenever we ship a new Beta or a full Release version Help define WingX Get the feature you ve always wanted right on your Pocket PC Simply join our Subscriber list we d love to have you onboard 3 We accept Visa Mastercard Discover and American Express credit cards 21 Chapter WingX User Interface WingX has been designed with a very intuitive user interface Text boxes can be driven by tap n hold that displays a popup menu of potential values The tremendous functionality has been divided into logical pages that are easily selected by tapping on the appropriate tab desktop application With its much smaller screen size and lack of keyboard the UI design is critical to ensure a great user experience For pilots UI design is even mote critical since pilots can often be cramped be bouncing around in turbulence and would prefer to eliminate the use of a stylus U ser
52. arkings Precision Good Approach MALSR 1 400 medium intensity approach Lighting lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights Runway Centerline Lighting TCH 72 Gradient 0 3 Up Down Active Links Various pieces of information are active links For example tapping on a phone number active link causes a Pocket PC Phone Edition device to automatically dial that phone number Tapping on an airport navaid or active link causes A FD for that entity to be displayed Tapping on a chart active link causes that chart to be displayed Tapped on Active Link Action Show aitport specific A FD information Show VOR specific A FD information Show NDB specific A FD information ASOS AWOS or ATIS Automatically dial phone number Phone Number Pocket PC Phone Edition only 51 Charts The Chart page lists all the various charts available for the specified airport The charts include the Airport Diagram APD Departure Procedures DP Instrument Approach Procedures AP Minimums MIN and Standard Terminal Arrivals STAR An example of the information is Norman Y Mineta San Je J ose Intl 0901Z 28 SEP 2006 0901z 23 NOV 2006 APD AIRPORT DIAGRAM IAP FAIRGROUNDS VISUAL RWY 30L R ILS OR LOC RWY 12R ILS OR LOC DME RWY 30L RNAV GPS RWY 11 RNAV GPS RWY 12L RNAV GPS RWY 12R RNAV GPS RWY 29 RNAV GPS RWY 30L RNAV GPS RWY 30R VOR RWY 12R VOR DME RWY 30L VOR DME RWY 30R
53. assengers N77741 Beechcraft Duchess baggage and fuel Passenger stations are shown in green baggage Stations are shown in light red and fuel stations are shown in blue Note that this is CESET Er 42 3 07 ok consistent with the color scheme used on the W amp B envelope display The fuel calculations will be broken down into the zero fuel ramp takeoff and EERE landing phases In addition for each CG that is calculated WingX will display iici rs axi 5615 00 the allowable range of CGs for that weight The Summary Table displays the Weight and Balance calculations in a table which is in the same format as in most POHs i e a weight x arm moment table This table shows the actual data that is at the core of the weight and balance calculations This is an excellent tool since it allows pilots to verify that WingX is using the correct arms for each station The Summary Table is equally an excellent tool for CFIs as it allows one to quickly verify and compare a student s weight and balance calculations prior to a flight Flight Safety Please verify that the arm for each and every station is correct and that the actual calculations calculated CGs maximum weights envelope adherence determinations are correct before using WingX extensively There is one option for the Summary Table e Show Summary CG Range Selecting this option will cause WineX to display the allowable CG at each phase of the flight
54. ations make navigating the E6B easier Fast data entry is made possible by WingX s extensive use of pull down menus for conversions and popup menus for fast data entry In addition values are propagated to other textboxes when it makes sense to do so thereby eliminating the double entry W ingX s multi page E6B adds functionality and separates the functions into logical sub pages to of values The E6B sub pages are e Conversion For temperature distance speed weight volume and pressure conversions In all WingX has over 135 possible conversions e Altitude For pressure altitude density altitude heat index relative humidity and true altitude calculations e Wind For winds aloft heading ground speed wind correction angle as well as headwind and crosswind calculations e Performance For distance speed time fuel usage and consumption and IFR climb rate and climb angle calculations e Time For adding and subtracting times and for calculating flight block times e Miscellaneous For Wind Chill calculations 70 Conversion Sub Page Often a pilot will need to make a temperature distance weight volume or pressure conversion WingX offers well over 100 different conversions using simple pull down and popup menus WineX provides the following conversions Conversion Types Temperature Distance Volume Pressure Celsius Fahrenheit Kelvin Nautical Miles NM Statute Miles SM Inches
55. base may not be recoverable from the broken device Therefore WingX Agent provides the ability to backup these important files to the desktop We suggest backing up WingX at least once a week or more often if aircraft routes and or waypoints are being added removed or modified Before backing up and or restoring select the Backup Restore directory via the File menu option 108 Database Location Before downloading and installing databases via WingX Agent set the p Database Location Pocket PC Main Memory Scan database location appropriately This setting tells WingX Agent where to install the database Installing a WingX database to the incorrect location will result I that database not being used by WingX WingX ID and Key Pocket PCs are uniquely identifier by WingX by their WingX ID Itis WingxID and Key Pocket PC this WingX ID that is registered with Hilton Software and has a WingX wind ID D19 B04F 32D5 FRe4 Key associated with it WingX Agent displays the WingX ID and 946 12FF 0403 3601 WingX Key for quick and easy reference Wings Key EF59 F179 43A6 52F5 Memory Status Pocket PCs have limited memory resources and being able to keep track Memory Status Pocket PC of the memory status is a very useful tool not only for its educational value but also for debugging purposes For example it WingX is not ei a i ee ae behaving reliably and WingX Agent shows that there is a very small Free 55E hip Free
56. be used when you perform Weight and Balance calculations The first step in performing Weight and Balance calculations is to enter the N number and associate that N number with an aircraft model Since each N number s empty weight and moment is unique the next step is to enter these values Once you have entered this information WingX has enough information to perform complex weight and balance calculations Adding a new N number a qf 1 21 xX Add Remove Weight make Na Robinson R4 Cirrus Cessna Cessna Beechcraft Du Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help To add a specific aircraft tap on the Add button and enter the following information e N Number Enter the N number by using one of the Pocket PC s input methods such as the Soft Input Panel SIP or any other preferred method WingX will convert all letters to uppercase e Aircraft Model The aircraft models are shown in a tree structure with the highest level being the manufacturer To expand a node of the tree e g Cessna tap on the H e Year The year is usually informational but in some cases it allows WingX to differentiate between two aircraft models from different years 33 Example Tap on Cessna Once the node has been expanded select one of the Cessna models that appear directly below Cessna For example to add N4754D that is a 1979 Cessna 172N e First enter N4754D in the N number text box e Tap on the I to the left of C
57. by Hilton Software LLC 28 Help Submenu To view online help WingX status the WingX ID for registration purposes or version numbers use the Help submenu The Help submenu should be Help using the menu used when you need to access the integrated help to learn of all the features on How to update databases a page Also use the integrated help to learn about the menu system and what How to register WingX each menu option does How to provide feedback Help for this page Status Tapping on Help will display a submenu consisting of the following items e Help for this page Displays help for the current page e Help using the menu Displays help about the WingX menu e How to update databases Displays help on how to update the WingX databases e How to register WingX Displays help on the registration process e How to provide feedback User feedback drives future WingX development Feedback to Hilton Software is critical Every user is strongly encouraged to contact us and let us know what you like and what you d like improved Even if it is some out of the box thought please let us know While we have a very long to do list we are continually evaluating features for the upcoming version To contact us email us at support hiltonsoftware com e Status Provides status information such as the location and dates of the databases as well as the IP address and battery level
58. by Microsoft and is made available through their web site at http www microsoft com While WingX is engineered to run on CF 1 0 its performance is better when run on CF 2 0 or later For example WingX s startup is approximately halved when moving from CF 1 0 to CF 2 0 After downloading and installing CF 2 0 or later from Microsoft select Tool Change CLR and WingX will create the appropriate configuration files and restart WingX so that it uses the latest CLR the runtime portion of the Compact Framework Download When a Pocket PC device has a connection to the Internet via dialup wireless ActiveSync etc the databases can be easily Upgrade updated by simply tapping on Tools Download and then the required aoe atiba Model Database Airport Database If your Pocket PC does not have an Internet connection the Document Database ha base Download menu item will be disabled and will appear gray The Danann databases are downloadable individually Add Waypoint Airport Search Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help WingX is optimized so that if it detects that you already have the current database it will not download the entire database Database Location This option allows a user to easily switch from using main memory to store the WingX databases to an SD or CF Card By changing the Database Location to SD Card WineX will ensure that the SD Card is used for database operation e g when a
59. ch has another 9 months to go until it expires LevelBExp 08 2007 9 months Full Info Subscribe Refresh Database Download and Install Download Install Databases onto Pocket PC The central part of WingX Agent is the database download and install functionality Having current WingX databases is obviously important B e and WingX Agent ensures that even if the Pocket PC is unable to obtain an Internet connection that the databases can still be downloaded and e E aalan updated Each of the databases has its own download button When one of the buttons is pressed the appropriate database is downloaded and its download progress is displayed in the progress bar Additionally the Cancel button becomes enabled and allows the user to cancel the download at any time Once the download has completed the database is copied to the device and WingX Agent displays the following message Install Succeeded LD The download and install succeeded On your Pocket PC please tap on Tools then tap on Load New Databases to complete the installation process Backup Restore Pocket PCs are meant to be carried around and used on the go As a Backup Restore Data Files and Flight Plans result occasionally a Pocket PC gets dropped breaks or otherwise teal ee becomes unusable While the WingX application itself can be reinstalled and the databases downloaded the pilot s personal Aircraft Database Route Database and Waypoint Data
60. configuration options PALE er de 2 55 X and actions N77741 BE 76 RMP 3914 T O 3866 LND 3578 Envelope Selection Following the Summary Selection is a list of possible envelopes for the selected a aircraft In our example above the Beechcraft Duchess only has the Normal Bar Display Envelope If for example we had selected a Cessna 172N the popup menu A Show Moment would have included both the Normal Envelope and the Utility Envelope T Again note that since the Normal Envelope is selected it has a check mark next to it This is also shown in the Configuration Section shown in yellow When the envelope is changed the graphical envelope will change to reflect the new envelope and all calculations and warnings will be in accordance with 4 ajz 3 4 5j 7 Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help the newly selected envelope Display Mode WingX has two ways of displaying Weight and Balance information both of which are described in much more detail later in this chapter e Bar Display e Show Moment e Show Graphics When Bar Display is checked the graphical display will show the Bar Display and when it is unchecked the conventional Weight and Balance Envelope is displayed 40 Summary Table WingX s Weight and Balance Summary Table consolidates the passenger fuel and baggage information into a conventional looking table with weights arms and moments The Summary Table will list each station of the p
61. cts on the overall flight time In our example above the summary information is shown to the right The total distance is shown as 72 6nm the total ETE is 00 39 54 fuel burn is 8 0 gallons per hour average ground speed is 109 knots and the effect of the wind has lengthened the flight time by 00 03 34 ie 3 minutes and 34 seconds A negative time value would indicate that the wind has shortened the total flight time 55 ef PEDER Route SJC SUNOL LYE SAC SAC Display TAS WDir Spd FPH 120 330 O 12o o ae ae are SIC 15 6 O 06 31 003l 1 7 110 SUNOL 5 3 337 0 02 59 0 11 31 0 6 106 LYK 46 5 355 Of5idd 0 37 15 51 109 50 11 O 02 35 0393 54 0 5 113 Pages Yiew Prefs Tools GPS Help a qf 424 X Route SJC SUNOL LYE SAC SAC Display TAS WDir Spd FPH 120 330 O 12o o m ee afre e r 46 5 355 O8f5i 0 37 15 51 109 330015 50 11 O 02 36 O 59 54 0 5 113 330015 330015 0 39 54 i 109 0 03i34 Pages Yiew Prefs Tools GPS Help Popup Menu To both simplify and speed up route entry WingX provides a popup menu for the route text box that is extremely useful when entering routes To display the popup menu tap n hold on the route text box As can be seen from the screen shot on the right the popup menu is divided into four sections e Most Recently Used Lists Airports Navaids Fixes and Waypoints e Routes Select Save Reverse or Remove Routes Import Voyager exported routes
62. d 303 X vern v Dielay Sunday November 12 2006 2 55 AM METAR KMFV 12104127 AUTO KMFV 12 5 414M OO000KT QOOOOKT 15M BR OVCOSS 14 15M BR OVCS500 14 14 14 A7981 RMK AQ A2981 KWAL 1210312 AUTO KWAL 12 5 314M 00000KT 2 QOOOOKT 2 1 25M BR FEWOS8S 1 25M BR FEWS500 13 13 13 13 A2980 RMK A402 TSNO A2980 KSBY 1210067 AUTO KSBY 12 5 064M 120 3KT 12003KT 1 45M FG BKNOOL 1 45M FG BKN100 BKN6000 BKNOGO 12 11 A2980 RMK 12 11 A2980 AO2 KLFI 12 5 354M 360 6KT KLFI 1210257 36006KT 7SM 75M BKN5500 OVC1O000 14 BKNO55 OVC100 14 14 A2978 14 A2978 KPHF 12710407 O5005KT 45M KPHF 12 5 404M 050 5KT METARs of airports close to MFV Same METARs as the in the image on the left but using QuickLook TAF View TAF reporting stations that are within the vicinity of the reference airport ingX en 43 05 X navaid fix or intersection entered will be displayed In the example on the right the Small Font option was enabled for illustration purposes RSBY 12062722 120006 DRDOKT 25M BR If a route is entered WingX will display TAF reporting airports along the ovcoss TEMPO 0911 Mi 4SM FG BENODL route F110 20005KT 75M RA BR OWONI Fm150 4006KT 25M RA BR OV O0DS F220 J35011KT 45M SHRA BR OWODLD ELFI 120403 19009KT 9959 SCT100 SCT200 QNHZS78INS BEChHG 0910 19012KT 6000 ER EKNTJ0 OVCLO QNH297 LINS BECMG 1213 1B012KT 4800 RA ER BENOZ0 OVO QNH2968INS BECMG 1617 02012KT 4800 SHRA BENDLS OWO QNH2970INS TEMPO 1723 02015G25
63. d or fix is entered the winds aloft are reported relative to True North the output will have the T suffix Example Ensure that the Known Wind checkbox is unchecked to er 46 1 57 X calculate the winds aloft i e that the winds are unknown Using an example I asa ee scenario the True Airspeed has propagated into the TAS field and 320 315 tas track Hdg GSpd Area and 150 should be entered into the Track Heading and Groundspeed text boxes respectively Using this information WingX will calculate the winds aloft relative to Magnetic North However winds aloft should be displayed Runway Wind relative to True North and RNO is entered in the Area text box WingX Tak ee tS will use the magnetic variation for Reno to accurately determine the winds aloft relative to True North 74 Known Winds Aloft Calculating Heading Ground Speed and WCA By using known winds aloft WingX allows a pilot to accurately calculate the required heading and the resulting sroundspeed and Wind Correct Angle WCA The following pieces of data must be entered True Airspeed TAS The TAS can either be entered directly or calculated by WineX if the pilot enters their Calibrated Airspeed and Temperature see Airspeeds above WingX propagates the TAS value down into the TAS text box for winds aloft thereby freeing the pilot of entering the TAS Course Crs The course that the aircraft is required to make over the grou
64. d be set to The Internet or as appropriate for environment e Antivirus Software o The Pocket PC is essentially another computer attached to your laptop or desktop Therefore antivirus software may prevent unexpected communication between the two and therefore prevent the Pocket PC from accessing the Internet Temporarily disabling the antivirus software or altering the setting may resolve the problem For specific antivirus software settings please refer to its user manual and or information found on the web Using a Wireless Connection An alternative way that the Pocket PC can connect to the Internet is via a wireless connection This removes ActiveSync and antivirus software as a source of problems During our development and testing we found wireless connections to be very reliable with the minimum of configuration issues Types of Internet connectivity include wireless such as 802 11b 802 119 using the phone portion of the Pocket PC Phone Edition devices using a direct connection to a LAN Bluetooth etc Screen Layout The WingX Agent screen is divided into logical sections which are explained below Account Information WingX Agent will display the date of WingX registration as well as what Account Information Onine level of subscription is active and how long until it expires In the Registered 08 02 2006 example on the right WingX was registered on August 2 2006 with a Level Esp Level B subscription whi
65. d will continue to increase its coverage of aviation related information as and when new podcasts sources become available WingX plays podcasts in the background so that you can continue to perform WingX calculations navigation or any other Pocket PC function N number Search Ever wondered what engine an aircraft has or how many seats or when the aircraft was manufactured Now you can get that information anytime your Pocket PC has an Internet connection Your FBO might have a wireless access point or you may have a Pocket PC Phone Edition A perfect tool while at the airport watching planes and listening to the latest podcasts 10 Chapter WingX Installation This chapter describes the WingX installation process The installation process is mostly automated and very little user interaction is required simply refer to it as the desktop to which the Pocket PC is connected either via a cradle Bluetooth or other connection The most common way will be for the Pocket PC to be cradled and have ActiveSync running on the desktop Two ways to obtain WingX are W ingX is installed on a Pocket PC by running an installation program on a laptop or desktop we ll 1 Download via the Internet 2 Ona WingX CD Downloading WingX via the Internet WingX is freely available for download on the Internet via EREET the Hilton Software LLC website Go to our web site by f some files can harm your computer If the tile info
66. determine that either the longitudinal CG or the lateral CG is out of the defined envelope a red error message will be displayed with the appropriate text The status information can be cycled between Total Weight Below Gross CG and CG Lat by tapping on the status information 44 i Wingx a 45340 X _N20 CB R44 II fwd Seat 150200 asas __ Fwd Baggage ho atsa _ Usable Fuel Gallons Main Fuel Aus Euel Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Adding an Aircraft Model to WingX s Database WingX has an extensive database of aircraft models A partial list of supported aircraft manufacturers is Aero Planes American Bellanca Beechcraft Bellanca Cessna Cirrus Diamond Funk Global Amphibians Grumman Letecke Zavody Liberty Maule Mooney Navion OMF Piper Pitts Robinson Schempp Hirth Schweizer Sikorsky Socata Taylorcraft Vans Vickers Slingsby and Zenair WingX has over 470 aircraft models in its database and we are continually adding mote If there is an aircraft model that you would like added please email us at support hiltonsoftware com and tell us the make model year and even the N number if possible We will do our best to obtain all the appropriate information to add that specific model If we cannot locate all the required weight and balance and fuel information we will contact you asking that you provide us with this data either via email or fax User Defined Aircraft Models
67. dition the Visibility and Ceiling graphs have an Airport Condition Trend bar at the top to indicate how the conditions have changed over time All colors used in this view ate Graphical Trend Information is displayed for the following pieces of information e Visibility the visibility in statute miles SM An Airport Condition Trend bar is shown at the top of the graph e Ceiling lowest reported ceiling in the METAR An Airport Condition Trend bar is shown at the top of the graph 85 a f 3 06 xX Display Sunday November 12 2006 2 55 AM Winds Aloft 0800 15007 D 3K 6K ORF 200 14 180 12 180 24 14 RIC 050 32 140 18 160034 14 Winds Aloft 1500 00002 ORF 070 33 080 29 120 32 1 RIC 060 32 080 16 060 05 oF Winds Aloft 0000 12007 ORF 040 40 040 33 030 34 0H RIC 030 35 040028 040 27 H7 COO O ORF 9 700 7C 1C 3C 14C RIC 9 600 7C 1C AC 14C ORF 10 000 6C 1C 2C 13C RIC 9 000 6C 0C 3C ORF11 000 7C 2C 1C 13C RIC 10 500 7C 2C 2C 13C CO C Sunday November 12 2006 2 55 AM Visibility Wind Dir Temp DP C BFR WFR 6IFR BLIFR Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Temperature and Dew Point tap on graph to switch between Celstus and Fahrenheit Wind Direction degrees magnetic Wind Speed in knots Pressure in inches of mercury 86 Chapter Weather Images Page RADAR satellite flight conditions pilot reports turbulence and icing weather images help
68. e Procedures DP Standard terminal Arrival Procedures STAR Minimums and Airport Diagrams The charts can be scrolled and scaled no stylus required With a GPS attached and using its patent pending Smartlaxi M technology WingX shows the aircrafts location on the airport diagram and warns of a potential runway incursion image scaling can all be controlled without the use of the stylus This is of primary importance since this module of WingX is expected to be used in flight perhaps in turbulent conditions when using the stylus might prove difficult In addition to displaying the charts a GPS enabled Pocket PC will enable WingX to display the aircraft s position on an airport diagram and display runway information as well as potential runway incursions we call this WingX s SmartTaxi technology W ingX provides fast access to an airports NACO chart The chart selection image scrolling and NACO Charts The National Aeronautical Charting Office regularly produces and makes available charts with which IFR pilots are familiar These include Instrument Approach Procedures LAP Departure Procedures DP Standard terminal Arrival Procedures STAR Minimums and Airport Diagrams For VFR pilots the Airport Diagrams are particularly important especially in light of the fact that Runway Incursions are a known problem and indeed a growing problem WingX provides fast access to any required chart and once displayed any chart can be
69. e calculations are fundamental to cross country flying Three such examples are e Known distance and groundspeed A pilot knows the leg s distance and the aircraft s ground speed and needs to calculate the ETE for that leg for fuel consumption calculations an ATC report etc e Known groundspeed and time A pilot knows the aircrafts groundspeed and has calculated the time in the tanks and wants to determine how far the aircraft will fly e Known distance and time The pilot knows the distance to the upcoming fix The pilot wants to know how fast or slowly to fly to arrive at that fix at a certain time By entering any two of the three values WingX will calculate the third Example The distance of 324 NM to our destination is entered into the eiz X Distance text box and the groundspeed is 150 The time to cover this 324 pistance Speed Time NM at 150 knots is calculated to be 2 hours 9 minutes and 36 seconds or just Distance _GSpd 02 09 36 Fuel Usage Fuel calculations are an important part of flight planning As such fuel consumption and fuel endurance calculations are an integral part of WingX s E6B page e Fuel Consumption By entering the Fuel consumption Per Hour FPH and the time WineX will calculate the total fuel required e Endurance By entering the Fuel consumption Per Hour FPH and the usable fuel on board WingX will calculate the endurance in HH MM SS 76 By entering any two of the thre
70. e of the chart being displayed is shown e Tap on the Airport ID to set the Airport ID to another airport e Tap on the chart name to select another chart for this airport Tap on the ID in the top left corner to enter a new airport ID Tap on the chart name to select a new chart for the airpott 65 Zoom Out and Zoom In In the bottom left corner WingX displays a and a symbol Tapping on either of these will zoom out and zoom in respectively Chart Popup Menu In the bottom right corner of the Chart page is a popup menu When tapped on this menu expands to display a list of options Some options are of the on off variety Others which end with are not and either display a dialog box or show another WingX page as in the case of A FD Information When an option is selected a checkmark will appear on the left of that option The options in the popup menu are Night Vision This option selects whether the chart is shown in 7 its normal colors or with night vision colors The night vision AJFD Information color scheme is set via the Prefs Night Vision option The Night ae Vision options include Invert Invert Keep Color Red Tint a Of ito Nearest Green Tint and Blue Tint Rwy Identifiers This option selects whether the runway identifiers are display or not ID Displays the ID selection dialog box so that an airport ID can be entered Charts Displays all the chart
71. e values WingX will calculate the third Example The time to cover the 324 NM at 150 knots is 02 09 36 This time was automatically propagated down and assumed to be the fuel time By entering 12 in the FPH text box i e 12 gallons as the Fuel Per Hour WingX calculates the fuel required for that portion of the flight as 25 9 gallons Note that pounds may also be used as the fuel units We use gallons in this example To determine endurance for a specified fuel load enter the number of gallons or pounds and the Fuel Per Hour FPH value and WineX will calculate the endurance i in HH MM SS IFR Climb Rate and Climb Angle IFR climb rates and climb angles are critical for safe flight in non visual conditions IFR departure procedures are designed and published with specific criteria and these are printed right on the departure procedute However the requirements are provided in terms of climb rate per NM but this is not easily measurable in the aircraft and neither is it easily determinable during pre flight preparations By entering the required climb gradient as published on the departure procedure as well as the calculated ground speed WingX will accurately calculate the required climb rate in feet per minute FPM and the climb angle in degrees Using this valuable information pilots can carefully monitor the climb performance during the climb to ensure that the minimum climb gradient is being achieved ther
72. ebug a reported problem When submitting a potential WingX Status a software bug please include all of the version numbers listed on the About Page Version Winga 2 0 1 5 l OS 5 1 1702 Version CLR 2 0 6129 0 This number is the WineX version We suggest that you upgrade to the latest Model Database Card i Ka l Date 10 9 2006 WingX version when a newer version is published on our website Please refer ai l Airport Database Card to our download page FAA Date 9 28 2006 11 23 2006 Document Database Card http www hiltonsoftware com Download html Date 8 24 2006 OS Version This number is the Pocket PC Operating System version Therefore the Pocket PC 2002 Mobile 2003 Mobile 2003 Second Edition and Windows Mobile 5 0 will all have different version numbers WingX is tested on all of these systems CLR Version This version number is the Microsoft Compact Framework version also known as the Common Language Runtime CLR If you are having problems with WingX we would suggest upgrading to Microsoft s latest Compact Framework We develop and test WineX on early versions of the CLR as well as later versions and sometimes add code to workaround some Microsoft bugs Therefore we generally do not expect the CLR Version to cause problems The following Compact Framework version numbers are known at the time this WingX version was released Compact Framework Version CF 1 0 RTM 1 0 2268 0 CF 1 0 SP
73. eby significantly increasing the safety of the flight Example If the climb procedure specified 300 ft nm as the required climb IFR climb gradient and we were capable of a ground speed of 120 knots then the M __SSed _FPm required climb rate is calculated to be 600 ft minute with a climb angle of poo 20 e aas E 283 Conv Alt wind Time Misc I Time Sub page Times are everywhere in aviation from logbooks to FARs WingX makes adding subtracting as well as Duty Flight Time calculations easy Adding and Subtracting Times Times can be added or subtracted using either format HH MM SS or decimal hours 77 Example If the first time is entered as 1 30 00 and the second is 2 3 then in 7 dizo X WingX adds these together and displays both 3 48 00 and 3 8 as the result Time hh mm ss hhmmm Times may also be negative thereby allowing the subtraction of times ane ea Flight Block Duty Times Flight Block Duty times use specific dates and times for Out Off On and In i e time out the gate time off the runway time on the runway and time in the ins e gate Using the differences between Off and On and the difference between y m time Out and In WingX will calculate the Flight and Black times respectively Example The aircraft is out the gate on September 7 2006 at 11 56pm off the runway at 11 58pm The aircraft lands at 2 23am the following date and is in the gate a
74. efining the user s nena Night Vision home airport and many other WineX settings Aircraft Tapping on Prefs will display a submenu consisting of the following items Weight and Balance Route e Options The options are Chart EGB o Notify on add If checked notifies the user when an aircraft Weather Expiration or route has been added successfully ages View Prefs p o Confirm on remove If checked prompts the user to confirm when removing an aircraft or user defined route 23 o Digit bar If checked displays a digit bar at the bottom of the screen to allow numeric input without having to display the much larger Standard Input Panel o Small font When viewing aircraft routes FARs Help and other documents the user has the options of displaying the text in the normal font size or a smaller font size o Thumb Control If checked WingX will display a large button keypad when the user tries to enter a value on the E6B page This is perfect for turbulent conditions and or for pilots that wear gloves o Default to Home Airport By selecting this option WingX will use the identifier of the Home Airport if one is defined when no identifier has been specified w Notify on add Confirm on remove Digit Bar Small Font Thumb Control Default To Home Airport Sound On w Voice On Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help o Sound On To provide acknowledgement of a key press WingX will emit a screen tap sou
75. ensure that the results displayed by WingX is correct and that your aircraft will remain within its Weight and Balance envelope as well as any limitations throughout the entire duration of the flight In addition always use the most current information contained in the Weight and Balance section of the specific aircrafts POH 37 The W amp B page consists of four primary sections namely e Status Section e Configuration Section e Graphical Section e Data Entry Section Status Section The top most line on the page is the Status Section and is shown in green to indicate a valid W amp B condition and in red to indicate a warning condition The Status Section summarizes and displays the Weight and Balance conditions for the ramp takeoff and landing phases of the flight The numbers are always shown in pounds for weights and inches for CGs The three phases of flight are e RMP Ramp e T O Takeoff e LND landing To alternate between Total Weight Below Gross and CG tap on the Status Section Within Limits WingX will show the following attributes for each phase of flight e Total Weight This is the total weight of the aircraft for that phase of flight e Below Gross This is the number of pounds that the aircraft is below the maximum allowable weight for that phase of flight e CG This is the CG of the aircraft for that phase of flight i WingX ar E 1 43 X WingX ar 4 1 45 a WingX ar E 1 46 X N S9YVE
76. er Text page This is particularly useful during flight For example some airports and FBOs provide wireless access points WAP internet connections Therefore just before departing the ramp a WingX users can download the latest weather databases and then during flight can review the METARs TAFs winds aloft temperatures aloft and graphical trend information Flight Safety The user must take note of the age of the weather database If the weather database date and time are shown in blue caution should be used as the weather data is more than 15 minutes old If the weather database date and time turns red then extreme caution should be used as the weather data is more than one hout old Trend Information WingX will actually download the previous 6 hours of weather information by default This allows WingX to graphical display trend information for specific airports As shall be discussed later this trend information is an extremely important component of understanding the weather and anticipating the weather trend However this additional information increases the download time and bandwidth For users where this might be an issue i e they wish to reduce either or both the download time and bandwidth this trend information can be disabled The menu option can be found in Prefs Weather Trend Information 81 Color Coding Scheme WingX uses the following color coding scheme when showing METARs and the trend bar in t
77. ernate between showing airport and VOR information 61 Arrow Keys are used to display the various legs on the route There are four arrow keys as well as a green lt q 4 gt gt diamond button that makes the currently displayed leg the active leg The arrow keys are used to show the first leg the previous leg the next leg and the last leg The active leg is shown with a light green background the non active legs are shown with a light blue All the flight navigation information would still be related to the current leg This allows the pilot to view any leg in the route whilst continuing to monitor the current legs progress To select the current leg as the active leg tap on the green diamond For example assume the route is SJC LVK ECA TVL and the aircraft is currently flying the SJC LVK leg ATC instructs the pilot to proceed Direct Manteca VOR ECA is the identifier for Manteca VOR The pilot would tap once on the right arrow WingX would display the LVK ECA leg in blue since it is not the current leg Then a tap on the green diamond would set the LVK ECA leg as current the identifier background would change to green signifying that it now was the active leg and the navigational information would be calculated according to the newly designated active leg 62 Chapter NACO Chart and SmartTaxi Pages WingX enables the pilot to display NACO charts such as Instrument Approach Procedures LAP Departur
78. esktop 12 The WingX Installation Process 12 RUA MING WINX Sire soca e 15 Missing Compact Framework 16 QUICK SINE ao e E A 16 WingX Upgrades cccccceseeeeeeeeees 16 Database Location ccceeeee ee ees 16 Database DownloadS 17 GPS Settings ea 17 WingX EditiOnS sssssssssssssrrrrrserrrrresern 18 PrO Editon o ea ee 18 Premier EdItIOm mirer saan E 19 Obtaining Your WingX ID 0008 19 Entering your WingX Key 000eee 20 Purchasing WingX Online 0006 20 Purchasing via the Internet 20 Registering via Phone 0068 21 Registering a WingX CD 21 WingX Subscriber LisSt 000ceee 21 Menu Syste M snes aea nE DIE 22 Pages SubMenU ssssssssssssrerrsrerrsren 22 View SUDMENU ccecececeeeseeeeeeenaeas 23 Prefs SubMenu cccececeeeeeeeeeeeneees 23 TOOIS SUDMONW riist iada ea 26 GOPS SUDMENU Sire eae 28 Help SUDMENU sneis nanea 29 Popup MenUS wc 29 Numeric Text BOX S ccccee eee 30 Most Recently Used Airports Navaids Fixed and Intersections 30 Airport Search Menu Option 30 Clear Popup Menu Option 31 DIOE Bah vias cis s tae areas 31 Minimizing and Closing WingX 31 Aircraft P AGC wasiciweiavicreteadodveiiaestiaaeee 33 Adding a new N numbe 0000eees 33 EAD E atona 34 Selecting an N NUMDET cee eee ees 35 Removing an N nNUMbETL
79. essna The tree will then show all the Cessna aircraft in the WingX Aircraft Model Database Using the vertical scroll bar on the right scroll down until you see C172N tap on it e To select a year enter 1979 in the year text box or simply tap n hold in the year text box to get a list of possible years To choose 1979 first tap on 1970 this will show all the years from 1970 to 1979 Then tap on 1979 You have now told WingX that Cessna N4754D is a 1979 Cessna 172N Finally tap on the Add button A dialog box will be displayed saying N4754D added This notification may be turned off see the Prefs menu option and its Notify on add submenu option QD N4754D has been added C172N 1979 If an aircraft with the same N number already exists an error message will be displayed Error ok WingX knows at least the following aircraft model information e The number of seats e The number of fuel tanks and the capacity of each e The number of baggage areas and the maximum allowable weight of each e The moment arms of each station e The normal utility acrobatic and solo CG envelopes e The maximum ramp weight takeoff weight zero fuel weight and landing weight some of these limits pertain only to higher performance aircraft 34 Selecting an N number To select a specific aircraft tap anywhere on that aircraft s row in the table g WingX Et q 1 21 X Wi
80. est Surface Analysis o 12 hr forecast o 24 hr forecast Oo 36 hr forecast o 48 hr forecast e Flight Conditions o CONUS Continental United States e RADAR Tops o CONUS Continental United States e RADAR o Pacific Northwest o Pacific Southwest o Northern Rockies o Southern Rockies Oo Upper Mississippi Valley o Southern Plains oO Central Great Lakes o Lower Mississippi Valley o North West o South East o Hawai o Alaska e RADAR Summary o CONUS Continental United States e Weather Forecasts o CONUS Continental United States 88 AIRMETss and SIGMETs o Icing o Turbulence Convective SIGMETs and Outlooks o 0 2 hr Oo 2hr o 4hr O 6hr Current Convective Watches o CONUS Continental United States Satellite o West CONUS Western Continental United States o East CONUS Eastern Continental United States o Alaska o Hawai Current Icing Potential o 30 000 o 27 000 o 24 000 o 21 000 o 18 000 o 15 000 o 12 000 o 9 000 6 000 3 000 89 Example Screen Shots Here are some example screen shots rL a 2 na wi p Sul a METARs and PIREPs Surface Analysis RADAR Tops The US East Coast showing The weather system that is Most of the activity extends up wide spread MVFR IFR causing the sub VFR above 30 000 along the East Coast and LIFR conditions weather conditions i i J rae iw rs Tok SPS 1e Regional RADAR Weather Forecast Predicated Icing A closer view of the RAD
81. every 56 update the databases to ensure the most accurate information To view the Mon 30 Oct 2006 10 11 00 GMT cutrent status of the databases tap on Help Status If the database name WingX Status amp days and its charts every 28 days therefore chances are that you will need to g ce 23 Version shows Card then that database is located on a storage card Update each Wingy 2 0 1 5 database individually If you download a database that is current WingX will 9 31m d time doing the download but will stop and display a message stating DEpSJ not spen ng E panc Gispay pw SAUNS Model Database Card that the database is current To view the expiration dates of the WingX Date 10 9 2006 databases tap on Help Status Airport Database Card FAA Date 9 28 2006 11 23 2006 af 7 Document Database Card Action Tools Download select required database o Sere z GPS Settings To set up a GPS receiver so that WingX can use the GPS coordinates in the Dynamic Flight Navigator and with SmartTaxi please see Appendix B or refer to our online documentation at http www hiltonsoftware com GPSSetup html Actions GPS COM Port GPS Baud Rate and GPS Status 17 Chapter WingX Registration WingX registration unlocks the tremendous feature set of WingX The Pro Edition and Premier Edition both offer exceptional price points and users can choose the level of functionality that best suits them
82. expired expiration items or if there are any expiration items that are about to expire WingX will warn the user upon the first use of the day The options are o Warn When Expired WingX will warn the user when an expiration item has expired o Warn Within On Week WingX will warn the user when an expiration item is within one week or expiring Tools Submenu For housekeeping tasks use the Tools submenu Tapping on Tools will display a submenu consisting of the following items e Close WingX When updating WineX to a newer version be sure to first close WingX by tapping on Tools Close before beginning the installation process Answer Yes when prompted to ensure that you indeed want to close WingX Your aircraft list and your settings will be saved these will be restored the next time WingX is run e Upgrade When updating WingX to a newer version be sure to first close WingX by tapping on Tools Close before beginning the 26 Close Wingx Upgrade Change CLR Download Database Location Load User Models Test Sound Add Waypoint Airport Search Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help installation process Answer Yes when prompted to ensure that you indeed want to close WingX Your aircraft list and your settings will be saved these will be restored the next time WineX is run Change CLR WingX uses the Compact Framework CF from Microsoft The Compact Framework is occasionally updated
83. g N number searches are a great resource while plane watching at the airport Podcasts With or without an Internet connection WingX plays podcasts enabling you to listen to the latest aviation news commentary and weather while walking Avweb around the EAA AirVenture waiting for a doctor s appointment riding on the AirSafe Lossin Aero News All In One Daily Feed train or anywhere else you feel like listening Hilton Software has teamed up een EEE with various news resources and other podcast creators to bring the latest Gjoci aviation news aviation commentary and aviation weather General Aviation Sport Aviation Aerospace Podcasts are controlled via the Podcast sub page on the Internet page By EE eo tapping on the large rectangular Podcast Source area a popup menu will be Business Aviation shown This lists the podcast sources available Once a podcast source is dest Aoin selected the available podcasts for that podcast source is shown in the list box Play Player Get Get All The podcast creation date the podcast duration the podcast size in bytes and EEE a description of the podcast is shown In addition an X appears in the first column called C for cache if the podcast has already been download and 7 is available without downloading again WingX plays podcasts in the background so that you can continue to perform WingX calculations navigation or any other Pocket PC function
84. grade Check for Upgrades Database Location WingX fully supports external storage cards such as SD Cards CF Cards and other storage cards for the storage of WingX databases Before downloading the latest databases and especially the larger chart database we suggest choosing whether WingX should storage the WingX databases in the Pocket PC s main memory or whether a storage card would be the more appropriate location Due to the size of the chart database the only viable option may be the storage card unless only a single state or only airport diagrams are downloaded Storing the WingX databases on a storage card frees up space in the Pocket PC s main memory If a storage card is selected WingX will give an option to consolidate the WingX databases on the storage card The preferred response is Yes thereby causing WingX to move all the WingX databases to the storage card and remove them from main memory to free up space 16 This consolidation will take a few minutes as WingX copies the databases to the storage card If a chart database is in main memory and needs to be moved this process may take substantially longer Do not stop the process allow it to complete Action Tools Database Location SD Card or other card name as appropriate Database Downloads Once the database location has been selected the next step is to download the PAL i 7 4 2 10 ok most current databases The FAA updates its A FD information
85. h memory as possible for all you other Pocket PC applications Just like the Model Database and the Airport Database the Document Database can be easily and quickly updated with just a few taps The extensive list of FARs include Part 1 43 61 91 119 121 135 141 NTSB 830 1552 and 1562 Parts of the AIM are also included e g Light Gun Signals Multi Page E6B WingX s comprehensive multi page E6B includes sub pages for Conversions Altitudes Wind Calculations Performance Time and Miscellaneous WingX can calculate over 130 conversions Density Alttude Winds Aloft Fuel Consumption and Endurance headwinds and crosswinds Distance Groundspeed Time and even frostbite for pilots flying in cold areas Quickly and accurately determine pressure altitude density altitude IFR climb rates and angles and more Times can be added and subtracted in either HH MM SS or X Y formats e g 1 5 3 30 00 will show 5 00 00 Multi day block time calculations are also available The WingX E6B page has a digit bar at the bottom of the screen and also has popup menus for each text box for fast data entry a real time saver When flying in turbulent conditions and for pilots who wear gloves e g military pilots WingX has Thumb Control enter values by simply using your thumb no need to fumble around for the stylus Pilot Expirations vee see Keeping track of a pilot s expirations can be extremely time Show by Categor
86. he 6 hour trend graphical display as defined on http www aviationweather gov VER conditions Marginal VFR conditions IFR conditions Low IFR conditions Weather Textual Reports views There are five views each of which is selectable from a pull down menu The five views are e METAR Displays color coded METARs e TAF Displays TAFs e METAR List Displays a summary of the most important pieces of the METARs e Winds Aloft Displays a color coded table of the winds aloft in an easy to read format e Temperatures Aloft Displays a color coded table of the temperatures aloft in an easy to read format Also displays the freezing level e 6 hr Trend Graphically displays the trend information for Visibility Ceiling Temperature and Dew Point Wind Direction Wind Speed and Pressure METAR View METAR teporting airports that are within the vicinity of the reference airport navaid fix or intersection entered will be displayed The METARs will be color coded according to the reported conditions In addition the distance from the reference airport navaid fix or intersection will be displayed If the Quick Look option is selected see Prefs Weather Quick Look e the times will be converted to local e the altitudes will be decoded and e the remarks section will not be displayed If a route is entered WingX will display METAR reporting airports along the route Premier Edition only 82 a d 304 X a
87. he current leg E S F i fi and blue otherwise In addition to the identifier some text and E ETE SFO graphics that describe the entity is displayed 0 13 12 ID To NM TWR ATIS a a _ PAO 69 1 1 118 6 135 27 Using our example on the right the leg s origin is SJC VOR and it is a SQL 286 6 2 119 0 125 9 low altitude VOR that has DME Its frequency is 114 1 and its Morse 2 0 Sho 325 0 le gt code is mmm a m u The legs destination is the SFO airport which is towered and has a frequency of 120 5 D WingX displays the next leg s information right on a yellow informational bar below the identifiers so that while a pilot is flying the current leg the aircraft navigation systems can be configured for the next leg In our example our final destination was SFO airport but if the route s next leg was from SFO airport to the STS VOR the informational bar would A e SFO to STS VOR 321 57 2nm_ 60 Tap on the identifier to display A FD information for that airport navaid fix intersection or waypoint The GPS Data Section and Flight Data Section display information derived directly from a GPS receiver and positional information related to the GPS information For example using the screen shot above the GPS receiver is showing the aircraft on a track of 292 a groundspeed of 67 knots an approximate MSL altitude of 3 999 course to SFO airport is 295 nautical miles to go is 14 7 and it wo
88. hecked 7 Higher is better but some GPS receivers may only work at 4800 or 9600 111 2 In the Devices tab 1 Tap on New Partnership 2 Tap on the GPS that it finds then tap on Next 3 Enter 0000 as the passkey then tap Next if this does not work refer to the GPS s User Manual 4 Check the Serial Port option tap Finish 3 Inthe COM Ports tab 1 Tap on New Outgoing Port 2 Tap on the GPS and tap Next 3 Select COM7 4 Uncheck Secure Connection 5 Tap on Finish 4 Close the screen and go back to WingX 5 Under the GPS menu select COM8 and 57600 baud 6 Tap on GPS Status to verify that the setup works We have assumed that the GPS COM port is COM7 and that a baud rate of 19200 is appropriate Change these settings to whatever is noted in the GPS s User Manual GPS Manager i Settings en 5 07 ok Settings en 2 5 07 ok f Settings eo 42 5 07 ok GPS Settings GPS Settings Specify the hardware port to which your GPS device is connected For more information see the GPS device manufacturer s documentation GPS hardware port COM GPS Settings Choose the port that programs will use to obtain GPS data Any program that uses GPS will need to communicate with this port Windows Mobile manages access to your GPS device and allows multiple programs to obtain GPS data simultaneously If you clear this check box some programs may not be able to obtain GPS data Manage G
89. ill see the progress dialog box that looks similar to Installing Applications Installing Hilton Software LLC Wir After the installation has completed you will see the following dialog box click OK Please look at the Pocket PC screen If you are asked a Yes No questions about copying newer files across please tap on Yes Application Downloading Complete Your Pocket PC may then give you the option of installing WingX in main memory or on a storage card We strongly recommend installing WingX in main memory Here it is in bold Install WINGX in Main Memory not on a Storage Card During our extensive development and testing we found what we believe to be a serious bug in the Microsoft design of the Pocket PC and how it interacts with storage cards Engineers at Microsoft did not believe us We provided the code Now they believe us This bug can will cause an application that is running on a storage card to crash after the Pocket PC has been turned off and then turned on some time later 14 Running WingX To run WineX tap on Start and then select WingX from the drop down PLT E q 2 04 menu After a few seconds WingX will display the dialog box shown here on DISCLAIMER PLEASE READ the right As per 14 CFR Part 91 3 you as PIC are responsible for the safety of the flight Please use Wing a backup t If you see the dialog box as shown on the right it means that your Pocket PC hyour Ga
90. ing a Pocket PC Phone Edition with a data plan As long as WingX can find an internet connection it does not matter what kind of connection it is WingX will essentially just use what connection it can get By not being specific about its internet connection requirements WingX provides the ultimate flexibility and allows the user to choose the internet connection setup that suits the needs When the weather data is more than 15 minutes old the weather download date will change from green to blue When the data is more than one hour old the weather download date will change to red thereby clearly showing the user that the weather information being used is old and potentially out of date and no longer valid Anytime the weather is more than 15 minutes old WingX will prompt the user the download the latest weather 80 database This prompting should be sufficient but if the weather database is required to be downloaded more frequently the user may select Tools Download Weather Database to download the latest even within the 15 minutes of a previous weather database download No Internet Connection is required to view Textual Weather WingX has a unique capability to allow the user to view textual weather and trends even with no internet connection Once WingX has downloaded the latest weather database the device can be disconnected from the internet connection and the user will have full access to all the functionality on the Weath
91. ings as well as non selected items from the display list o Only displays checked items 96 Example Let s assume that two hours after sunset on May 9 we flew a single engine aircraft around the pattern for an hour making three full stop landings To record this we check the ASEL night item pull down its calendar and select May 9 WingX automatically calculates that the expiration date for that flight would be August 7 and sets the date accordingly In fact since achieving night currency also achieves day currency WingX automatically updated the ASEL day date similarly Also on May 21 we flew a multi engine Duchess on a long cross country landing at several airports WingX calculates an expiration date of August 19 In addition a few months ago on January 4 we got to fly the Citabria a little and achieved tailwheel currency Finally we successfully completed our BFR on May 21 with the calculated expiration to be 24 calendar months out on May 31 We had our medical in early May and we paid up our Renter s Insurance that is now due to expire on May 8 2006 Items marked with an asterisk will automatically increment the input date whereas the items with an asterisk will not Using the dates provided above our Expirations page would look something like the following two left most images To present the data in a more meaningful way chronologically tap on the Show by Expiration button
92. ircraft performance is directly related to the density altitude a pilot must know and understand the effects of density altitude and must calculate the density altitude when arriving and departing a hot and high airport In fact some mountain airports have digital displays in the run up areas that calculate the density altitude and alert pilots when the density altitude is much higher than the airport elevation Since density altitude is so critical for safe operation WingX allows a pilot to quickly and accurately calculate it with just a few taps WingX uses very accurate equations to calculate Density Altitude These equations use the dew point if available Therefore WingX s resultant Density Altitude value probably will be different that what you will obtain from a less sophisticated calculator 72 Example 1 To determine the density altitude in Reno there are several pieces of information required Firstly the airport s altitude is required and Reno s is 4415 Secondly environmental conditions are entered these include Altimeter Setting Temperature and Dew Point Upon entering 4415 for the field elevation 29 87 for the altimeter settings and 25 C for the temperature WingX determines that the Pressure Altitude is 4 462 and the Density Altitude is 6 608 In addition to the above mentioned Pressure Altitude and Density Altitude calculations WingX will automatically propagate the Pressure Altitude and
93. it easier to be used in flight especially in turbulent conditions The chart types are shown along the bottom scroll buttons are shown on the right and the chart names are listed alphabetically Tapping on a chart name will cause that chart to be displayed on the Chart page Download Options WingX s advanced image compression algorithms reduce the file size of the charts These smaller files result in faster downloads and less memory required to store the charts In addition WingX provides two options to tailor the chart download to the pilot s specific requirements These options are the required region and whether or not all the charts or only the airport diagrams are required Regions WingX downloads and stores charts as regions WingX will only store a single region at a time Therefore downloading California and then Nevada for example will cause the Nevada region to erase the California region In this case it would make sense for the Western region to be downloaded The following regions are selectable 67 Region Description AK AL AR AZ CA Any single individual US state AK AL AR AZ CA AZ CA CO ID MT NM NV OR UT WA WY AR IA IL IN KS LA MI MN MO ND NE OK SD TX WI AL CT DE DC FL GA IL IN KY MA MD ME MI MS NC NH NJ NY OH PA RI SC TN VA VT WI WV USA All charts in the US Airport Diagrams Only In addition to allowing the pilot to select the re
94. it was stopped previously be a connection problem or user input A Look at WingX s Feature Set This chapter briefly describes the set of features that WingX provides The chapters that follow delve into more detail of each feature and describe the best way for you to fully utilize everything that WingX for the Pocket PC has to offer i WingX er dios xX N466CD SR22 RMP 52 T O amp LND 352 t Seats 190 ts 190 180 Rear Seats Baggage Usable Fuel Gallons Fuel Full Full pa jea Fuel used ee me eaan G Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Route RHV SNS PRB SBP Peas Saas eee RAV Rei 41 5 148 0 20 21 SNS Sali 76 0 123 0 37 46 PRE Pas 26 1 165 0 12 23 SBP San 143 6 1 10 30 Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Weight and Balance WingX currently stores over 470 aircraft models in an aircraft model database You then simply tell WingX that your aircraft in a Cirrus Design SR22 and WingX will know what the various stations are how much fuel the aircraft can carry etc Using this data a graphical representation of the Weight and Balance calculations is displayed within the selected envelope The Maximum Zero Fuel Weight line is also shown Any of the various envelopes can be shown e g normal utility solo etc WingX will flag out of bounds conditions with red text A Summary Table can also be displayed that matches the W amp B table shown in most POH AFM manuals in Sec
95. k and when it probably might not be a good idea to be flying in the mountains in a single engine aircraft Legality WingX displays six times three are related to the sunrise and three are related to the sunset While the actual sunrise and sunset times are physical events the other four times are associated with particular FARs with which pilots should be familiar In the following paragraphs we ll discuss all six times and how they relate to regulatory requirements Sunrise and Sunset Times One Federal Aviation Regulation FAR regarding sunrise and sunset times is FAR 91 209 Aircraft lights No person may a During the period from sunset to sunrise or in Alaska during the period a prominent unlighted object cannot be seen from a distance of 3 statute miles or the sun is more than 6 degrees below the horizon 1 Operate an aircraft unless it has lighted position lights 2 Park or move an aircraft in or in dangerous proximity to a night flight operations area of an airport unless the aircraft i Is clearly illuminated ii Has lighted position lights or iii is in an area that is marked by obstruction lights partial listing of the FAR Therefore the WingX sunrise and sunset times define the times before which and after which respectively an aircraft may not be moved on the surface without the above mentioned safeguards or flown legally 99 Civil Twilight Times Two impor
96. l experience a Aor an arpene snge engine rating Except as provided in paragraph k of this section a person who applies for a private pilot certificate with an airplane category and single engine class rating must log at least 40 hours of flight time that indudes at least 20 hours of flight training from an authorized instructor and 10 hours of solo flight training in the areas of operation listed in Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Text Size Depending on your requirements and your device type and screen size it may i gt 306 x be preferable to display the documents using a smaller font A smaller font pat i Certification Pilots Fight Inst allows more text to appear on the screen simultaneously thereby providing the 61 109 Aeronautical experience user with more information at any one time and minimizes scrolling WingX 561 109 Aeronautical experience allows the user to select an option called Small font from the Prefs menr Ea option If the option is checked the document will be shown using a smaller we apis for piate pior cenfeste wih sn font To change its setting from checked to unchecked or vice versa simply rant og at eet 40 hours of fight te that tap on Small Font The document text will change immediately Note that raaraa anole reat ino i TE of this part and the since the Small font setting is global to all of WingX text in list boxes such RAdass T5 Fe as on
97. l tanks Most Recently Used Airports Navaids Fixed and Intersections Text boxes that allow for airport navaid or fix identifiers have a popup menu that very conveniently allows the user to select an airport navaid or fix from a most recently used list The most recently used lists consist of the most recently used airports navaids or fixes The Home Airport as selected as via the Prefs main menu option will always appear in the most recently used airport list If airports only not navaids and fixes are allowable for a specific text box e g Sun Page see example on the right then only the most recently used airport list is displayed The list will be sorted alphabetically per the identifier As seen in the example on the right the longer airport names are truncated to ensure that the names fit within the popup menu Truncated airport names end in The popup menu will also provide the option to search for airports Airport Search Menu Option Airport Text boxes include an Airport Search option in its popup menu Airport search allows you to search for airports using the airport name name of the city near to the airport or distance from another airport In the example on the right all public airports were searched to find airports that are close to the city of Fresno California The case of the text is not important Le fresno is the same as FRESNO Tap on the pulldown on the to
98. lly update the E6B fields where appropriate based on GPS data if a GPS is present This allows the E6B to display real time information based on the aircraft s performance 25 e Weather The options are o Celsius WingX can display temperatures in either Fahrenheit ot Celsius O Quick Look Quick Look is a unique display option that modifies METARs so that they are easier to read without displaying the entire English translation which would be quite verbose on the smaller sized screen of a Pocket PC Quick Look will make the following changes to the METAR text Dates and Time will be shown in local times not Zulu Options Home Airport Night Vision Aircraft Weight and Balance Route Chart EGB w Celsius Quick Look Trend Information GPS Help Altitudes are shown in feet and no flight levels e g OVC060 would be shown as OVC6000 The RMK section is not displayed o Trend Information When WingX downloads weather information WIngX downloads the current METARs and TAFs for the entire US as well as the previous 6 hours worth of METARs and TAFs This additional data allows WingX to display graphical trend information If the user wishes to reduce the weather download time and or bandwidth this option can be unchecked This will result in the download time being reduced significantly and graphical trend information will no longer be available e Expiration WingX will warn the user if there are any
99. making process Pilots are put at a disadvantage by the fact that weather text is encoded not easily available for viewing away from their desktop and based primarily on instantaneous and singular observations rich color coded format that makes the weather information easy to read In addition WingX has some views and settings that can really help the pilots get a better understanding of the airports weather conditions as well as those of the surrounding area WingX will also show route weather by showing those METARs TAFs winds loft and temperatures aloft along the route of flight W ingX takes plain old METARs TAFs winds aloft and temperatures aloft and displays the data in a Downloading the Latest Weather WingX obtains its weather information from www aviationweather zov NOAA s National Weather Service Hilton Software s servers process and compress the information so that download times to and memory requirements for the handheld device are reduced This translates into faster access to weather information reduced bandwidth and lower costs when paying for a wireless data plan Pocket PC Phone Edition users How and When to Download Weather Obviously an Internet is required to download the weather information This internet connection can come in many forms including having the Pocket PC cradled an 802 11a b g wireless connection a Bluetooth connection to a cell phone that has wireless data capability and us
100. mation Near limits and exceeding limits notifications A superb feature of the Bar Display is its CG range summary on the right side of the display If the CG approaches the forward or aft limits of the allowable CG range the OK message will change to 5 or 10 depending on how close to the limit the CG actually is In other words if the CG lies within the first or last 5 or 10 of the green bar the message will change from OK to either 5 or 10 If the forward of aft limit is exceeded the message will change to Fwd or Aft respectively and be displayed in red ip Wingx er 45 3 24 X i WingX af 463236 X N466CD SR N4606CD SR RMP 147 83 T O 147 75 LND 147 42 Takeoff OG out of envelope ZPW 140 86_ 148 10 OK ZAW 141 04 142 93 143 43 142 47 148 10 142 98 141 13 148 10 141 31 Front Seats O Front Seats hs Rear Seats 160 _ fz30 rear seats z0 170 Baggage Baggage Usable Fuel Gallons Usable Fuel Gallons Fuel used Taxi Runup Gallons Fuel used Taxi Runup Gallons Fuel 6 a 1 213 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 J lt Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help In the first example above two passengers decided to sit in the rear seats thereby moving the CG further aft than had one of the passengers sat next to the pilot in the front right seat A recalculation shows that the CGs for all phases of flight were within 10 of the allowable ra
101. n information includes various pieces of information related to the location including state city latitude longitude elevation and variation In addition the three closest airports VORs and NDB and their relative bearings and other information are displayed An example of the information is Norman Y Mineta San JC J ose Intl 0901Z 28 SEP 2006 0901z 23 NOV 2006 State California CA Latitude 37 21 45 600N Elevation 62 ATIS AWOS PAO TWR 135 275 289A 10 6nm OSI DME 113 90 261 16 9nm PDG Pajar 327 153A 27 6nm 47 Facilities The Facilities information includes the available fuel airframe and powerplant repairs as well as the oxygen availability An example of the information is Norman Y Mineta San SJ C J ose Intl 0901Z 28 SEP 2006 0901z 23 NOV 2006 Fuel Available 100LL Jet A Powerplant Repair Major Bulk Oxygen High Low Runway The Runway page includes the traffic pattern altitude if defined by the FAA longest runway runway dimensions surface condition and edge lights and many more pieces of specific runway information An example of the information is Norman Y Mineta San gt J C J ose Intl 0901Z 28 SEP 2006 0901z 23 NOV 2006 Pattern Altitude See Remarks Longest Runway 12L and 30R 11000 x 150 Dimensions 4599 x 100 Condition Good Dimensions 11000 x 150 Condition Good Dimensions 11000
102. nd For example if the aircraft dead reckoning to an airport then the pilot should use the calculated direction to the airport Alternatively the GPS or LORAN system may display desired course Wind Direction WDir The winds aloft direction as reported by the FSS Weather Report Flight Watch or other weather reporting entity Wind Speed WSpd The winds aloft speed as reported by the FSS Weather Report Flight Watch or other weather reporting entity Area optional Without entering the area in which the flight is occurring the winds aloft can only be assumed to be relative to Magnetic North This is not consistent with Flight Service weather reports since they report the winds aloft relative to True North To have the winds aloft be assumed to be relative to True North enter a nearby airport navaid or fix and WingX will perform the necessary variation adjustment for accurate results Example Ensure that the Known Wind checkbox is checked to use the ut dz 2 00 X known winds aloft i e that the winds are known from a source such as DUATs or Winex s Weather page Using an example scenario the True Known Winds Aloft Crs WDir WSpd Area TAS Airspeed is 155 knots the Course is 10 and the wind is 330 25 For 155 jjo 330 jes purposes an example in these calculations the Area field has been left blank HDG 4 6s 135 WCA 6 M thereby causing the results to be displayed relative to Magnetic
103. nd each time the screen is tapped This settings allows the user to turn this feature on or off o Voice On During taxi operations WingX is designed so that the Pocket PC will provide audible warnings when the aircraft is approaching a runway and when the aircraft is on a runway By feeding this audio into the intercom a pilot can keep his her eyes outside the aircraft and not be focused on the Pocket PC s screen This adds significantly to the safety of taxi operations However if user has the options of turning off this feature Home Airport The home airport will always appear in popup lists To select your home airport tap on the airport identifier and name The next time you view the list you will notice that your home airport is checked in the example on the right Reid HillView has been chosen as our home airport If the required home airport does not initially appear in the list go to a page requiring an airport identifier e g Sun page and type in the identifier this will automatically add that identifier to the selectable list 4H1 Schaumburg E16 South County FLL Fort HWO North Perry JFK John F Kennedy LWE RHY SAN SBP Livermore Muni Reid Hillview San Diego Intl San Luis SEA Seattle Tacoma Night Vision When viewing charts and the Dynamic Flight Navigator during flight night adaptation is very important to the safety of the flight Viewing a t
104. ng Of Aircraft Accidents Or Incidents And Overdue Aircraft And Preservation Of Aircraft Wreckage Mail Cargo And Records AIM Preflight Briefing AIM Flight Plan Form AIM Aircraft Equipment Suffixes AIM PIREP Element Code Chart AIM Light Gun Signals Pilot Controller Glossary AC61 65E Certification Pilots and Flight and Ground Instructors NWS Contractions FSS Phone Numbers 91 Note that Hilton Software regularly adds to this list and since a new Document Database can be uploaded to your WingX with just a few taps you may have some additional documents on your Pocket PC Selecting a Document and a Subpart Displaying any piece of text is a two step process The first step is to select the document in which the text is contained and then to narrow down the selection by selecting one of its subparts Some PDA applications only allow the user to select the document and not its subparts thereby requiring the user to page through the document to find the relevant part WingX makes all the sub parts instantly available for selection and viewing We shall see how simple WingX makes the viewing of any specific FAR Select the appropriate document using the upper selection box and then using the lower selection box select the appropriate subpart of that document to view Example Let s assume we re looking for the required Aeronautical Experience required for the Private Pilot Practical Test To access and display this
105. ngX will use the selected aircraft to remove enter the weight and moment Tal Useful Model make mal and on the Weight and Balance page Robinson N466CD Cirrus Removing an N number Occasionally it will be necessary to remove a specific aircraft Removing an aircraft is as gt ae simple as selecting the aircraft and tapping on the Remove button Tapping on the Remove button will display the following dialog box tap on Yes to remove the N Q ii number This warning will be displayed by default To turn it off so that WingX immediately removes the aircraft without asking see the Prefs menu option and its Confirm on remove submenu option Aircraft Weight and Moment In addition to the model information that WingX will automatically use for ADi et 4133 ok weight and balance calculations empty weight and empty moment are values N739YE C172N that ate specific to each aircraft These numbers are typically stored in the __ 3 aircraft s POH AFM ae Longitudinal Moment To enter an aircrafts empty weight and moment first select the aircraft Then f oms ii tap the Properties button A dialog box that allows you to enter the aircrafts ateral Moment Helicopters empty weight and moment will be displayed Enter the aircrafts empty weight emptymoment ce in pounds and the aircrafts longitudinal empty moment in pound inches do not enter this value divided by 1000 Helicopter pilots must enter
106. nge Concerned with this the pilot asked this passenger to verify that his weight really was only 130 pounds It turned out that she was wearing additional clothing boots and was carrying a camera bag these additions increased her total weight to 170 pounds This newly acquired weight gain moved both the Ramp and Takeoff out of the Normal envelope as shown clearly by the Aft messages as well as the Status Section now displaying Landing CG out of envelope Clearly this is not safe and it would be safer for this passenger to be seated in the right front seat All this took just a few taps and the use of popup menus to calculate 43 Data Entry Section The input section of the Weight and balance page is the Data Entry Section Each seat each fuel tank and each baggage area has a text box for data entry As a weight is entered into any of the text boxes the Summary and Graphical sections are updated dynamically the results you see are always up to date If invalid data is entered for any of the text boxes that text box will turn red and the following message will be displayed in the Status Section Popup Menus Consistent with the rest of the WingX user interface the Data Entry Section can be driven using popup menus To display the popup menu for any specific text box simply tap n hold on the text box A popup menu appropriate to that specific text box will appear The popup menu for a baggage area only contains val
107. nternet Explorer shows three buttons in the top BE EA right corner of its window as do almost all other applications see image to the right The leftmost button minimizes the application hides the window the middle button maximizes the application window occupies the full screen and the rightmost closes the application 31 The convention on the Pocket PC is that the application uses the full screen area Le is essentially always maximized thereby rendering the middle button unnecessary However Microsoft chose to use the X button on the Pocket PC to minimize the application and not have a button to close the application 21200 63 Note WingX adheres to the Microsoft specification and minimizes itself when the X button is tapped 32 Aircraft Page Chapter WingX has a database of atrcraft models that makes Weight and Balance calculations a snap Aircraft information is entered once stored and easily selected on the Aircraft Page with a single tap ingX uses an Aircraft Model database that holds the information of hundreds of aircraft models This information is primarily used to perform Weight and Balance calculations This Weight and Balance functionality is fully described in the following chapter This chapter explains how to build the list of aircraft that you normally fly and how to use this list to find the most appropriate aircraft for your flight This list of aircraft will
108. nversions pressure and density altitude calculations headwinds and crosswinds airspeed calculations and even wind chill 18 e Document Database Parts 1 43 61 91 119 121 135 141 NTSB 830 1552 1562 AC61 65E endorsements Pilot Controller Glossary FSS Phone Numbers and much mote e Expiration Dates Remember your medical tailwheel night IFR BFR and other expiration dates e Sunrise sunset times Don t be late getting home when you re no longer night current Premier Edition If you want all the WingX features with weather images charts podcasts N number searches helicopter weight and balance and more then WingX Premier Edition is for you The Premier Edition contains all the functionality of the Pro Edition but adds e Weather Images View RADAR satellite forecast turbulence icing flight conditions and a whole host of other NOAA images e NACO Charts Includes Instrument Approach Procedures Airport Diagrams Minimums Departure Procedures and ST ARs e Helicopter Weight and Balance WingX 2 0 will calculate and graphically display both longitudinal and lateral CGs and envelopes e Aviation Podcasts Listen daily to Internet podcasts with or without an Internet connection e N number Search Search on any N number Obtaining Your WingX ID Registration always requires you to send us your WingX ID Each WingX ID PAL Et A 215 ok Register WingX is unique to that Pocket PC Therefore resetting
109. oo bright Pocket PC screen during night conditions would reduce the safety factor WingX therefore provides a means of reducing the screen brightness of the pages that are used during flight Aircraft Allows the user to add or remove columns in the aircraft list on the Aircraft page When a column name is checked it is selected to be displayed In the example on the right all columns will be displayed To hide the Year column for example tap on Year the column Year will no longer be displayed when viewing the list of aircraft on the Aircraft page By hiding columns more screen space is available to display other pertinent information about the aircraft 24 Weight and Balance The options are Options o Bar Display A unique and information rich view the Bar Home Airport Display presents the W amp B information using bars and warns SOR pilots of CGs that are close to our out of their limits Aircraft Bar Display o Show Moment Some POHs show the weight and balance Show Moment graphics with reference to moment instead of weight WingX Pah 2 e oat O Show Summary nge has this capability and it is set using this option a o Show Graphics A user may wish to increase the usable screen area for data input By unchecking this option WingX will hide the graphics portion of the Weight and Balance envelope thereby significantly increasing the data entry screen area This option is particularly useful f
110. or users with square screens such as the 240x240 devices The summary information and error messages will continue to be shown o Show Summary CG Range When viewing the Summary Table of the Weight and Balance calculations WingX will display the allowable CG range at the various phases of the flight This is useful information however the user prefer to hide these range as hiding the ranges will may the Summary Table more concise and easier to read Route Allows the user to add or remove columns in the route leg list on the Route page When a column name is checked it is selected to pce P be displayed In the example on the right all columns except ETA will is es be displayed To show the ETA column tap on ETA the column ETA will now be displayed when viewing the list of route legs on the Route page By hiding columns more screen space is available to display other pertinent information about the route legs Pages View Prefs Ti y wind Chart The options are o Show High Alert Areas Some airports have define High Alert Areas which are defined by the FAA as areas where runway incursion may occur or those areas that are confusing o Show Runway Warnings The SmartTaxi warning are clearly very important during taxi operation However WingX does provide the option of disabling the warning system by using this option E6B The option is o Use GPS By selecting this option WingX will automatica
111. ound an airport e E6B Page Used to perform advanced multi page E6B calculations e Wx Page Used to view METARs TAFs Winds and Temperature Aloft and graphical trends e Wx Images Page Used to display RADAR Satellite Flight Conditions and many other weather related images e Documents Page Used to display FARs Advisory Circulars AC61 65E endorsements part of the AIM and many other pieces of information e Expirations Page Used to keep track of pilot expirations e Sunrise Page Used to display textual and graphical sunrise and sunset information e Internet Page Used to download and listen to podcasts as well as to perform N number searches View Submenu The View submenu is used to change the screen orientation between portrait and landscape Some pages are best viewed in landscape whereas some users contra may find other pages better suited to viewing in portrait For example page ite 2 p S gt Hi 8 P B Pea pages Landscape left that display data in a wide format will be better suited to landscape mode Examples are Route Planning and METAR List whereas pages such as Weight and Balance and Documents may be preferred to show in portrait mode Prefs Submenu The Prefs submenu is central to the setting of WingX s preferences These preferences include the displaying of confirmation dialog boxes display Options ae Home Airport settings defining which columns are shown in list boxes d
112. our example the full route would be Name NM TC WCA TH MH ETE ETA Fuel ae ewer TTT TTT SuNDE stNOL eri ee a e e oma os e fimon fef ef ef oa om SAC simen Exec 50 3 ar a oos oars Note the period preceding the Sacramento VOR identifier Due to screen space constraints on handheld devices WingX conveniently displays TC WCA TH and MH all in one column and allows each one to be viewed in sequence by simply tapping on the column header For example MH will initially be displayed in the 54 column To view TC tap on the column header MH Similarly tap on the column header to view WCA TH and then back to MH Tap on the heading column header to cycle through TC WCA TH and MH Column Selection Using the Prefs Route Columns submenu the route list view can be configured to show or hide specific columns For example in the example on the right the Name column has been deselected thereby allowing the Ground Speed column to be visible without scrolling The Name column is generally wider that the other columns and since pilot are generally familiar with the airport navaid identifiers the Name column is a prime candidate for deselection Of course the Name column or any other column can quickly be added back by tapping on Prefs Route Columns from the WingX main menu Performance and Wind Effects An additional feature of the route table is the summarization of performance and any wind effe
113. p line to search by Name City Distance Tap on Search to begin searching WingX searches on partial names so searching for palo finds e Palo Duro e Mc Clellan Palomar e Palo Alto Arpt of Santa Clara 4H1 F16 a qf 436 xX wore Lain Schaumburg South County FLL Fort HWO North Perry JFK John F Kennedy LWE RHW SAN SBP Livermore Muni Reid Hilview San Diego Intl San Luis SEA Seattle Tacoma Day im Week 8m Month 35m Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help wingx Er qf 4 42 ok Airport Search amre MH NM from RHV_ ID Name NM RHV MH R E79 Sierra 5 97 9 FAT Fresno 106 0 FCH Fresno 102 3 30 WingX can also search for airports that lie within a range of distances from an ALC Et E 4 46 ok airport For example if a pilot is looking for an airport that lies just beyond the Airport Sear ch 250nm range for Part 61 requirements WingX will find all applicable airports f and list then in order of distance ee iii MH NM from RHV Public ah Note that WingX also displays the distance from your Home Airport This Em Ee helps ensure that the correct airport is selected and not some airport hundreds as or thousands of miles away Tap on the column header e g NM from N15 kingston RHV to cycle between distance from your home airport and distance from es the last airport used This feature is very useful when en
114. ption when stationary e g on the ground WingX will average the GPS coordinates over time and the resulting coordinate will be a slightly more accurate representation of the position as a result of the averaging algorithm effectively canceling out the noise or slight inaccuracies of the GPS coordinates 59 Chapter Dynamic Flight Navigator Page WingX 5 unique Dynamic Flight Navigator page is a very information rich presentation of the aircrafts current position and heading and provides immediate access to A FD information on the legs start and end points WingX will also calculate the required descent rate to the destination while showing frequencies morse codes the three closest airports or VORs required descent rate and more The page s heads up information rich display significantly increases flight safety as it reduces the time and difficulty in searching for these many pieces of information in sectionals and other resources during a flight especially at night Important information is now on one screen and it is clearly visible at night and very easy to use and read W ingX s GPS enabled Dynamic Flight Navigator page walks a pilot through the route leg by leg Screen Layout The DEN screen is divided into several sections The sections and their uses are as follows e The Identifier Section displays the identifiers of both the origin and 1 destination of a flight leg The back ground is green for t
115. quired chart region there is also an option whereby only the airport diagrams are downloaded This option is ideal for pilots who do not require the instrument charts but would like to make full use of the airport diagrams and WingX s SmartTaxi technology By only downloading the airport diagrams the download time and storage requirement are reduced by 95 i e only 5 of the bandwidth and memory would then be required SmartTaxi There are many reasons why Runway Incursions is on the most wanted list of changes of the NTSB In fact the Runway Incursion problem has been on the list since its inception Bad signage poor visibility poor markings and a high workload all contribute to the dangers and increase the likelihood of a Runway Incursion and or loss of Situational Awareness on the airport surface There have been numerous accidents with significant loss of life as a result of incorrect ground procedures such as taking off from the incorrect runway taking off from a taxiway missing a taxiway during taxi and so on WingX solves this problem in two ways Firstly using our patent pending algorithm WingX shows the aircraft s location on the airport diagram very accurately Secondly when the aircraft gets close to a runway and or on a runway WingX will both visually and audibly warn the crew The audio output is an extremely important component because it means that the crew does not even have to pay attention to the Pocket PC s
116. rmation below entering http WWW hiltonsoftware com in your favorite wed look suspicious or you do not fully trust the source do not open or thig file web browsers URL and select to download the WingX EERIE Installation Program File name Wings install zip File type Winzip File The File Download dialog box will appear Click on From download hiltonsoftware com Open click on Save if you think you may need the installation program again later The installation process will begin Would you like to open the file or save it to your computer Always ask before opening this type of file The WingX CD The WineX CD contains the WingX installation program Simply inserting the CD should start the WingX installation process If the installation process does not start then you will need to manually run the WingX install program This can be achieved by double clicking on My Computer then double clicking on the appropriate CD drive and finally by double clicking on WingX install exe The installation process will begin 11 Microsoft _NET Compact Framework for your Pocket PC WingX is written using Microsoft s new C language The advantages of writing WingX in C are numerous e C applications such as WineX run inside a Virtual Machine or VM The VM runs each C application within its own application environment thereby protecting all other applications running on the same Pocket PC For the user this
117. s Close Wing before installing C do not accept the terms in the license agreement E Cancel lt Back Finish Cancel Note If you are upgrading WingX to a newer version you must ensure that WingX is not running on your Pocket PC We suggest that you close WingX by tapping on the Tools Close option on WingX s menu In addition just to be sure we recommend that on your Pocket PC you do the following e Tap on Start top left corner e Tap on the Settings menu item e Tap on the System tab e Tap on the Memory icon e Tap on the Running Programs tab e If WingX appears in the list tap on it then tap on the Stop button If your Pocket PC was not cradled during the WingX installation your desktop will store the WingX installation information and automatically install WingX on the Pocket PC the next time it is cradled If your Pocket PC is not cradled during the WingX installation process the following dialog box will appear Pending Application Install On the next mobile device connection the installed applications will be downloaded to the device 13 When the Pocket PC is cradled and the installation proceeds you will be asked a question about the WingX destination directory We suggest answering Yes to the following question Installing Applications Install Hilton Software LLC Wings using the default application install directory During the installation copying of files you w
118. s available for the selected airport The charts are logically sepatated into the Airport Diagram Departure Procedures Instrument Approach Procedutes Minimums and Standard Terminal Route lists A FD Information Display the A FD information for the currently selected airport Find Nearest If the Pocket PC is GPS enabled selecting this option will display the nearest airport that has an Airport Diagram and WingX will automatically show its Airport Diagram Auto Nearest Selecting this option will cause WingX to always display the closest airport with an Airport Diagram and automatically show its Airport Diagram By using this option the pilot is assured that whenever the aircraft lands that airport s Airport Diagram will be displayed assuming that the airport has a NACO Airport Diagram 66 Runway Identifiers Displaying the runway identifiers is an important aspect of viewing an airport may be zoomed out If the runway identifiers prove to be distracting they can be turned off via the Chart menu Flight Safety Please refer to the Smart Taxi Flight Safety warning Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Chart Selection Once an airport s ID is selected a specific chart for that airport may be chosen To select a chart either tap on the chart name on the screen or use the popup menu in the bottom right of the screen and select Charts The Chart Selection dialog will be displayed It uses big buttons to make
119. s pilots we know that weather winds aloft routes and passenger baggage loads continually change and are often unpredictable Whether your routing needs to be changed or a passenger shows up at the last minute with an extra 40 pound bag WingX will be ready to provide the correct answers in a matter of seconds W ingX is a Pocket PC application designed by pilots for pilots By using the latest Microsoft NET WingX 2 0 provides fast access to NACO charts including Airport Diagrams Instrument Approach Procedures Departure Procedures and Takeoff Minimums These charts may be shown in Night Vision mode which will show the charts in a way that does not affect a pilot s night adaptability WingX will show the aircraft on the airport diagram and WingX even goes one step further in that it will visually and audibly warn pilots of a potential runway incursion As more and more devices become Internet capable WingX continues to expand its Internet functionality WingX 2 0 has an Automated Software Update feature no more installs update WingX anywhere you have an Internet connection We have also added podcasts that you can listen to with or without an Internet connection WingX also adds an N number search so that pilots at an airport can find out specifics about any aircraft they see All WingX databases can be downloaded via an Internet connection no PC required and WingX now has a download resumption feature whereby a download can be resumed if
120. sa eo ee ae 104 OS Vel Si OU ccaccs erste ncatasyeesenecusats 104 CER VESTON aane NEN 105 WingX Agent Desktop Application106 Troubleshooting WingX Connectivity 107 Using a Wireless Connection 107 Screen Layout sssssssssssssssserrrrrernnas 108 Account Information 108 Database Download and Install 108 Backup Restore sssssssssessrresrrress 108 Database Location 109 WingX ID and Key ccceeeeee eee 109 Memory StatuS sssseesssssrrrrsn 109 Power Status errai 109 Physical Information 109 GIOS SAMY reena teat tas 110 Bluetooth GPS Setup 008 111 Windows Mobile 5 0 GPS Setup WHASTPUG TIONS ars ann A eiaeees 111 GPS Manaderaixt otic Cees 112 Bluetooth Settings cccccceeeeee sees 113 Chapter WingX Introduction WingX is a Pocket PC powerhouse this chapter will introduce you to some of WingX s features and briefly explain how these features can solve many of your everyday flying challenges technology Hilton Software designed WingX from the ground up to create an application that pilots can use for pre flight in flight and post flight activities WingX truly is a powerhouse application that brings a powerful set of features to pilots right in the palm of their hand and with them in their flightbag No longer does it make sense to plan an entire trip at home on your desktop PC and assume that nothing will change enroute We are living in a life full of changes and a
121. so use the digit 0 Also the letter B may be confused with the number 8 please ensure the correct value is entered Once the key is entered correctly you will either see a Pro Edition or Premier Edition dialog box This means that the registration has been successful and that all or some depending on the Edition features of WingX are available to you Dashes and optional Letters are automatically forced to uppercase Purchasing WingX Online Purchasing WineX consists of making a payment to Hilton Software and sending your WingX ID to us A key will be sent back to you Since we have different distributions methods there is more than one way to register WingX and obtain your key Please select the one most appropriate to you Purchasing via the Internet WingX may be purchased on the Hilton Software website by transferring funds via PayPal or by using a credit catd Note that none of you personal financial information e g credit card numbers is ever sent to Hilton Software PayPal or the credit card company handles it all internally To purchase WingX on the Hilton Software website first select which WingX edition you intend to register and do the following e Enter your WingX ID both lines as displayed on the Help Register page on your Pocket PC e Enter how you heard about WingX optional e Click on the Add to Cart button Your shopping cart will be displayed Click on Sec
122. specific text tap on the upper selection box to locate the appropriate FAR part Since we know our request has to do with the certificates of pilots we select Part 61 Certification Pilots Flight Instructors And Ground Instructors Once Part 61 has been selected the lower selection box is populated with Part 61 s subparts Note that the lower selection box also contains headers Using the scroll bar on the right of the lower selection box scroll down to 61 109 Aeronautical experience that is listed under Subpart E Private Pilots Part 61 109 will then be displayed in the display window a qf 3 00 xX Definitions And eS I Fart 43 Maintenance Preventive Main Part 61 Certification Pilots Aight Inst Part 91 General Operating And Flight Part 119 Certification Air Carriers And Part 121 Operating Requirements Dol Part 135 Operating Requirements Co Part 141 Pilot Schook a qf 3 05 Part 61 Certification Pilots Flight Inst Subpart E Private Pilots 61 102 Applicability 61 103 Eligibility requirements Genera 61 105 hoe knowledge sah eae das riid fet log at least 40 hours of flight time that includes at least 20 hours of flight training from an authorized instructor and 10 hours of solo flight training in areas z operation fisted in 92 Er qf 3 05 X Part 61 Certification Pilots Flight Inst 61 109 Aeronautical experience 61 109 Aeronautica
123. splayed in the space below Here is an example using the aircraft in which our CEO took his PSEL checkride a i331 x a disso X ra o fran vate TETEE J p Standard Normal Utility Manufacturer _ CESSNA Model 172 No of Seats No Of Engines MFR Year 1978 Manufacturer LYCOMING Type of Aircraft 729 wing single Model 0 320 SERIES engine Type of Engine Reciprocating Serial Number 17270906 Type Registrant Individual Podcasts N number Search Podcasts N number Search Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help 103 Chapter Status Page The Status page displays pertinent version numbers the database location and the currency of each database When submitting a new feature request or a possible bug please include each of the version numbers shown below This will expedite the handling of the request feature request is submitted to us By knowing what version of WingX you are running as well as the Operating System and Compact Framework versions we will be better equipped to reproduce your environment and expedite the request We encourage you to include these numbers in emails you send to us at support hiltonsoftware com T he Status page displays version numbers and this information is very valuable to us when a bug or Version Numbers WingX s Status Page displays various version numbers that will potentially help PALL t AE 3 14 bk Hilton Software d
124. st of airports close to MFV Same METARs but scrolled to the right Note how WingX displays the identifiers both on the left side and on the right side 84 Winds Aloft View WingX displays winds aloft information of nearby winds aloft reporting stations The format is very similar to the familiar DUATS columnar format except that the display is a lot cleaner and easier to read Wind components with wind speeds greater than 99 knots are reported as 230 150 instead of the DUATS encoded 730 50 for example If a route is entered WingX will display winds aloft reporting airports along the route Temperatures Aloft View WingX displays temperatures aloft information of nearby temperatures aloft reporting stations The format is very similar to the familiar DUATS columnar format except that the display is a lot cleaner and easier to read Negative temperatures ate shown as negative numbers WingX will automatically calculate the freezing level and display it in the first column If a route is entered WingX will display temperatures aloft reporting airports along the route 6 Hr Trend View Trend information is very difficult for a pilot to visualize from textual METAR reports More often than not only the latest METAR is shown via DUATs or given verbally by a briefer Even if hourly METARs could be obtained piecing together the full METAR reports together with amendments for six parameters is essentially an impossible task In ad
125. t 2 27am Using this information WingX calculates the flight and block times as 2 25 00 or 2 417 and 2 31 00 2 517 respectively Conv Alt Wind Perf Time a z 3 4 5 e 7 aj9 oj lt Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Miscellaneous Sub page Wind Chill and Frostbite While not specifically aviation related calculating wind chill and frostbite values can be extremely valuable in cold climates Wind chill is defined as The temperature of windless air that would have the same effect on exposed human skin as a given combination of wind speed and air temperature and is therefore a function of wind speed and temperature Frostbite is defined as Injury or destruction of skin and underlying tissue most often that of the nose ears fingers or toes resulting from prolonged exposure to freezing or subfreezing temperatures and is a function of wind chill and exposure time Four Examples Let s assume that a cold front has moved through the area and that the METAR on the Weather page area shows an ambient temperature of 28 C Using one of the following wind speeds 0 10 20 and 35 knots the severity of the exposure is shown in different colors as seen below ir 46237 X ees Wind Chill Wimd Chill n E bee 78 ar i240 X Wind Chill WSpd 35 Wind Chill Thumb Control Thumb Control allows a pilot to continue to use WingX while in flight in turbulence or while wearing gloves perfect for General
126. t and Balance Bar Display WingX s Bar Display is a very unique view of the Weight and Balance of the aircraft As described above tap n hold on the Graphical Section to display the popup menu then select Bar Display The familiar graphical envelope view will be replaced by an information rich CG centric view It is important to note that the Status and Configuration section function exactly the same as when the envelope is displayed The Bar Display merely displays a different view of the Weight and Balance information In this example the Status and Configuration Sections show that 136 pounds 192 pounds and 432 pounds below the maximum allowable Ramp Takeoff and Landings weights Also we are using the Normal envelope for our calculations Four phase of flight lines are displayed these are e The Zero Fuel CG if applicable e The Ramp CG e The Takeoff CG e The Landing CG i WingX at d sas X N466CD SR22_ RMP 3351 T O 3315 LND 3171 Tag 138 0 14 4 143 8 Front Seats 220 Rear Seats fizo Baggage Usable Fuel Gallons Fuel Fuel used Taxi Runup Gallons Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help i Wingx er 45 3 20 X N466CD SR22 RMP 3351 T OQ 3315 LND 3171 Tap D r menu ZFW 140 41 Ramp 143 18 148 10 OK T O 1142 72 ind 141 22 Front Seats 220 Rear Seats fizo Baggage Usable Fuel Gallons Fuel Fuel used Taxi Runup Gallons Fule _
127. t there is a problem with your WingX filename are correct and all available Quick Start In this section we ll discuss some of the WingX settings that should be considered as a first step after installation and before using WingX for daily activities After installing WingX and entering or downloading your WineX key via the internet see Chapter 3 the following steps are suggested to ensure that the latest WingX software is running on your Pocket PC that the database storage location is appropriate and that the databases are the most current and appropriate WingX Upgrades Hilton Software continually upgrades the WineX software to ensure that known bugs are address as quickly as possible and that you have the latest and greatest WingX features For example since making WingX 2 0 available in September 2006 Hilton Software has added aviation podcasts and N number search features A change log can be viewed on our Download page http www hiltonsoftware com Download html Thanks to WingX s new Automatic Software Upgrade System upgrading WingX is easy Ensure that the Pocket PC has an Internet connection and then tap on Tools Upgrade Once the Upgrade dialog box is displayed tap on Check for Upgrades When the list is displayed select the most recent WingX upgrade by tapping on the row entry A confirmation screen will be displayed after which the upgrade will automatically be downloaded installed and run Action Tools Up
128. tant Federal Aviation Regulations FAR regarding civil twilight times are FAR 1 1 Definitions and Abbreviations Night means the time between the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of morning civil twilight as published in the American Air Almanac converted to local time FAR 61 51 Pilot logbooks a Training time and aeronautical experience Each person must document and record the following time in a manner acceptable to the Administrator 1 Training and aeronautical experience used to meet the requirements for a certificate rating or flight review of this part 2 The aeronautical experience required for meeting the recent flight experience requirements of this part b Logbook entries For the purposes of meeting the requirements of paragraph a of this section each person must enter the following information for each flight or lesson logged 1 General deleted for brevity 2 Type of pilot experience or training deleted for brevity 3 Conditions of flight i Day or night ii Actual instrument iii Simulated instrument conditions in flight a flight simulator or a flight training device partial listing of the FAR Therefore the WingX twilight times define the times before which and after which respectively a pilot may log night time for the purposes of satisfying Part 61 Part 91 and other night flying requirements One Hour Rule One Federal
129. tering a route on the Alturas SMO Santa Route Page since the distance from the last airport in your current route will be i359 setev displayed To select an airport tap on its line and tap on OR e a i Clear Popup Menu Option Clear simply clears all the text from the text box Digit Bar To simplify numeric input WingX can display a Digit Bar near the bottom of the screen to make numeric data entry faster The Digit Bar also prevents the need to display the Standard Input Panel that includes the entire QWERTY keyboard The Digit Bar is intelligent and in addition to the digits will display a period when entering numbers and a colon when entering times The display will change automatically no user intervention is required ee e e AAEDHCHONNAN To make the Digit Bar appear tap on Prefs Options Digit Bar To make the Digit Bar disappear repeat the process When the Digit Bar is selected to appear a check mark will appear on the Digit Bar menu item in the Prefs Options submenu Minimizing and Closing WingX Minimizing an application will keep the application loaded and its status preserved but the application screen will be hidden so that the user can use the screen space Closing an application terminates the application perhaps saving some state and removes its window from the screen The application must be restarted to use it again On the Windows desktop for example I
130. tfx exe Microsoft NET Framework for your Desktop Hilton Software provides a desktop utility called WingX Agent that helps download the latest databases and provides a dashboard of the Pocket PC s memory usage and other vital information The Microsoft NET Framework must first be installed on the desktop if you intend running WingX Agent To download the latest NET Framework you can go directly to the Microsoft web site at http www microsoft com downloads or you can go to our FAQ page and it will provide a link to the Microsoft NET Framework The WingX Installation Process The WingX installation is mostly automated To start the Wine X installation e Ifyou have a WingX CD Insert the WingX CD into the CD drive After a few seconds the WingX installation process should start If the Wing installation does not occur double click on My Computer on your desktop then double click on the WingX icon that is representing your CD drive to start the WineX installation process 12 e If you downloaded WingX via the Internet Double click on the WingX install exe file This will start the WingX installation process Once the WingX installation begins you will see the Pocket PC installation screen Click on Next gt The second screen is the License Agreement If you agree with the terms select the I accept the terms in the license agreement option and click on Finish Wing X will then be installed onto your
131. the Aircraft Page will also appear smaller 1 3 hours of cross country flight training in a i H 2 Except as provided in 61 110 of this part 3 hours of night fight training in a single engine airplane thet includes Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help 93 Chapter Pilot Expirations WingX provides a unique feature called Pilot Expirations to allow pilots to store their many expiration dates in one convenient and portable place Keep your expiration dates sorted in chronological order right on your Pocket PC right in your flight bag cutrency for any particular aspect of flying including single engine land multi engine land BFR IFR etc In addition there are several other categories that are also very useful such as navigation medicals insurance and aircraft expirations The complete list of WingX supported expirations is given below W ingX maintains a list of commonly used expiration dates allowing a pilot to quickly check their Auto Increment A key feature of WingX s expiration page is that it is often difficult or at least PLO en 45 3 25 X time consuming to calculate 90 day expirations and sometimes it is difficult to remember if the expiration is 90 days 6 months 1 year or 12 calendar months Taiwheel 20m out WingX will automatically adjust certain dates according to the appropriate Owners Ins 10 FAR for example if you were to select November 26 2004 as the date you did PANA AU your 3 t
132. the San Jose Intl Airport 53 There are three important rules when entering a route 1 Separate identifiers with a space 2 Prepend navaids with a period 3 Use the ICAO or shortened identifier e g KSJC is the same as SJC Example Let s work through an example from San Jose International Airport SJC to Sacramento Executive Airport SAC via the SUNOL intersection Livermore Airport LVK the SAC VOR and finally to SAC Airport The route would be entered as SJC SUNOL LVK SAC SAC ef PED TER Route SJC SUNOL LYE SAC SAC Display TAS WDir Spd FPH eee E fio wane m ma ere era roel SIC Norma 15 6 O 0 08 31 0 08 31 f SUNOL SUNOL 5 3 337 0 02 59 0 11 31 Assuming our airspeed was 120 knots the wind at our altitude was LvK Liverm 46 8 355 0 25 44 0 37 15 5 1 7 330 at 15 knots and our average fuel burn was 12 gallons per hour Sap ee ee al ee GPH Using popup menus the number 120 was entered in the Speed text box the numbers 330 and 15 were entered in the wind direction and wind speed text boxes respectively and 12 was entered in the Fuel Per Hour FPH text box To alternate between Longer than Great Circle Total Route Distance Maximum Airport to Airport and Maximum Airport from Origin distances tap on the yellow summary section below the table At this point WingX has the information it needs to completely calculate the route information Using
133. ther images can be scaled also stylus free A FD Information No more thumbing through the A FD book while bouncing around in the clouds no more fumbling through a sectional chart at night while trying to locate a VOR frequency WingX provides this information in a very easy to read format while providing a tremendous amount of information including airport and navaid frequencies Morse codes location relative position to the closest VORs runway information and much more In the example on the left the communications information shows the ASOS phone number the ATIS frequency and phone number as well as the relevant frequencies for the three runways at San Jose International Airport Pocket PC Phone Edition devices will automatically dial the AWOS or ATIS when its underlined phone number is tapped gr 11 20 ar 45 4 39 X GUA c idg e Pe 121 308 48271 6 173 TERAUMAL Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help NACO Charts Imagine having the entire set of all US Airport Diagrams Departure Procedures Instrument Approach Procedures Minimums and STARs in the palm of your hand Now imagine being able to select a chart with just three taps of your thumb instead of paging through pages and pages in your approach binder at night WingX has a Night Vision mode which will invert the colors to preserve your night vision i e the large areas of white change to black and the black text changes to white If you d prefer
134. tion 6 The graph can be removed from the screen to provide more space on height limited devices such as those with 240x240 screen or in landscape mode Conversely the user can view the graphical display in full screen mode to make viewing the actual data points easier Route Planning WingX will quickly and accurately perform route planning Using current or manually entered winds aloft information WineX will determine the ground speed wind correction angle magnetic heading true heading Estimated Time Enroute ETE Estimate Time of Arrival ETA fuel consumption and more Columns shown in the table are user conficurable WingX s well thought out user interface displays this information concisely and intuitively Points along a route may include airports navaids fixes intersections user defined waypoints and an arbitrary point in space defined by bearing and distance from an airport navaid fix or intersection Routes may be saved reverse and renamed Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Weather Images WingX will download and display a multitude of weather images such as the Latest Surface Analysis Flight Conditions RADAR Tops RADAR Summary Regional RADAR AIRMETs and SIGMETs Satellite Current Icing Potential and many more Simply use your thumb to drag the image around the screen no need to find the stylus and tap on a small scroll bar The interface is superb and extremely slick In addition the wea
135. ues at or below the maximum allowable weight for that baggage area Similarly if fuel is being entered in gallons then the popup menu only shows possible gallon amounts at or below the capacity for that fuel tank Moreover WingX s fuel popup menus will also show meaningful capacities such as Full or Tabs In the example on the right the popup menu for the Duchess fuel tank provides values in 10 gallon increments but also has 30G 40G and Full since these are markings on the fuel tab Using these popup menus greatly reduces the time required to enter and calculate aircraft weight and balance i WingX qn 3 35 N 4T BE 6 RMP 114 53 T O 114 53 LND 114 53 Tap old for menu Front Seats 200 200 liso rear Seats J70 Baggage Usable Fuel Gallons An example would the Piper Archer II This aircraft model has tabs in the fuel tanks giving the pilot the option of reducing the fuel load to a known quantity Filling the fuel tanks to the tabs is usually done if full fuel tanks are not required or are not desired for weight and or performance reasons In this case WingX will also show the Full and Tabs options in the fuel popup menus Helicopter Weight and Balance WingX 2 0 will display two envelopes for aircraft such as helicopters that have a lateral envelope defined The warnings messages will include both envelopes i e if the weight and balance calculations
136. uld take 13 12 to get there at the current ground speed SmartTaxi calibrates the displayed MSL altitude upon departure but if a pilot were to note a discrepancy between what was being displayed on the DEN and the altimeter tapping on the Altitude box would allow the pilot to enter the current MSL altitude By entering nothing on the altitude entry screen returns the display to GPS Altitude Tap on Altitude to alternate between raw GPS altitude and calibrated MSL Altitude Altitude GPS Altitude MSL 4 500 Tap on NM to alternate between distance to go NM and crosstrack XTK NM KIK The Closest Airport VOR Perron is an extremely ae powerful aid in helping a pilot s positional awareness RWV 10 7 2 119 8 125 2 WingX determines in real time the three closest SIC 330 8 6 124 0 126 95 airports VORs to the aitcraft s position and presents _E16 107 16 2 1227 pertinent information this is an important safety factor as it gum sionificantly increases a pilots time for see and avoid Ue ee Hone ae ys peo SJC 327 9 5 114 1 mmm m m instead of being heads down in a sectional or flight guide SI 283 21 5 113 9 The DFN displays the following information SFO 300 33 3 115 8 o Airports The bearing to distance to tower frequency and ATIS frequency o VORSs The bearing to distance to VOR frequency and VOR morse code Tap on the Closest Airport VOR Section to alt
137. ure Checkout to complete the registration process Your key will be emailed to you within 24 hours but usually sooner 20 Registering via Phone To register by phone please call us at 1 866 42 WINGX Please have your credit card available your Wing X ID and your email address available We will immediately provide you the WingX key and we shall also email this WingX key to you so that you have a copy of it in case you require it in the future Registering a WingX CD WingX is also sold in airport shops and Internet stores With the purchase of the WingX CD you will also receive a Purchase Coupon this coupon can be found on the inside of the CD case You may either register WingX using our Register page http www hiltonsoftware com cd or you may call us at 1 866 42 WINGX We will require the following information e Your name e Your email address e Your Purchase Coupon number found on the CD e Your WingX ID WingX Subscriber List Whether or not you ate a registered user we strongly encourage you to provide feedback to improve your WingX experience Hilton Software spends an extraordinary amount of time ensuring that WingX is intuitive that the results are clear concise meaningful and accurate and that requested features are added in a way that fits into the integrated model of WinexX In addition to our QA team Hilton Software maintains a list of users who wish to be notified of the latest Hilton Softw
138. use Maximum Takeoff Weight minus the Empty Weight instead Sorting the Aircraft Data WingX allows the aircraft data to be sorted according to the N number the useful load or the make or model It is particularly useful to sort by the Useful Load when weight is an issue for a flight To sort the aircraft list by a specific attribute tap on that attribute s column header For example to sort the aircraft list by Useful Load tap on Useful Another example would be to group the Cessna 172 or Piper Archer aircraft together To do this tap on Model The screen shot shows the aircraft sorted by useful load Popup Menu The aircraft list view also provides a popup menu that will provide options to Add Remove and enter its Properties i e empty weight and empty moment There is one additional menu item that is particularly useful The Modify option allows the pilot to change an attribute of an aircraft Without this option the only other way to change the model or year of an aircraft would be to delete it and re add it That is both time consuming and cumbersome the Modify menu option was added to speed up this process Tapping on Modify will cause a dialog box similar to Add Aircraft dialog box shown earlier However the N number will be grayed out everything else works the same as the Add dialox box 36 Pig M 1 37 X Robinson C172N Cessna C1I17F2N Cessna Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help
139. y consuming Some examples are medical insurance sectionals approach charts A FD IFR currency ASEL day is Ins ASEL night tailwheel and so on There are a few mote if App Charts you own a plane Why risk forgetting your expiration dates Tailwheel 2 and end up flying illegally when WingX can remember the ASEL night dates for you 9 28 06 WingX s has a unique feature that simplifies the entering of ASEL day 10 31 the expiration dates For the currency items having known ies 2 intervals WingX automatically calculates the expiration date AEL For example if a pilot performs three take offs and landings BFR on March 25 2005 then WingX automatically converts this date to June 23 2005 i e 90 days in the future WingX 2 0 will remind you of upcoming expirations and notify you that your databases will need to be updated within Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help the next few days Sunrise and Sunset ee 42534 K Sunrise and sunset times are critical to flight planning There 3 3 are currency issues as well as aircraft capabilities such as I RH j 6 Fi Ii ee RHV 9 5 06 L lighting both internal and external In addition the Federal Reid Hilview Of Santa Clara County Aviation Regulations FARs define three times related to 4nm SE of San Jose night that are relevant These three times define when a sunrise sunset 6 4Zam 7 29pm pilot requires external lights to be illuminated when a pilot

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