FlightPanel
$2.21
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About FlightPanel
FlightPanel recreates functional airplane cockpit gauges using the phone's built-in GPS, accelerometer, magnetic compass, clock, and battery info.
It's a fun way to show off your phone, especially if you're an aviation enthusiast, but it is not FAA rated nor meant to replace actual avionics. Phone sensors work on completely different principles!
FlightPanel is only as accurate as your phone's sensors. Many of the gauges in FlightPanel require a clear GPS signal to work properly. Slow or noisy GPS updates, magnetic compass calibration issues, etc. are problems or limitations with your PHONE'S HARDWARE, not the APP.
The app works on almost all devices, but there are MANY different hardware devices and some work better than others.
Please do not use comments / ratings to report bugs. We cannot contact or help you that way. Send us an email and we'll do our best to help you.
If you are unsatisfied, you can get an instant automatic refund from the Android Market within 15 minutes. Or you can send us an email telling us why and we'll give you a refund.
Easy technical support email built into the app... just select Menu->Help->Get Help by Email
The INOP tags are a new feature which shows gauges that are not (yet) functioning because there is missing or uncalibrated hardware (in the case of the magnetic compass or artificial horizon), or because the GPS is turned off, or has not sent any position data for an extended period of time.
The INOP tags should automatically disappear after calibration or once data arrives from the GPS and the gauges start updating real data. These INOP tags can be hidden via preferences.
http://www.octopusmotor.com/flightpanel
It's a fun way to show off your phone, especially if you're an aviation enthusiast, but it is not FAA rated nor meant to replace actual avionics. Phone sensors work on completely different principles!
FlightPanel is only as accurate as your phone's sensors. Many of the gauges in FlightPanel require a clear GPS signal to work properly. Slow or noisy GPS updates, magnetic compass calibration issues, etc. are problems or limitations with your PHONE'S HARDWARE, not the APP.
The app works on almost all devices, but there are MANY different hardware devices and some work better than others.
Please do not use comments / ratings to report bugs. We cannot contact or help you that way. Send us an email and we'll do our best to help you.
If you are unsatisfied, you can get an instant automatic refund from the Android Market within 15 minutes. Or you can send us an email telling us why and we'll give you a refund.
Easy technical support email built into the app... just select Menu->Help->Get Help by Email
The INOP tags are a new feature which shows gauges that are not (yet) functioning because there is missing or uncalibrated hardware (in the case of the magnetic compass or artificial horizon), or because the GPS is turned off, or has not sent any position data for an extended period of time.
The INOP tags should automatically disappear after calibration or once data arrives from the GPS and the gauges start updating real data. These INOP tags can be hidden via preferences.
http://www.octopusmotor.com/flightpanel
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
Support for more screen sizes with scaling
Bearing indicator fixed
Fixed FC on GPS warning messages
Previous Versions:
fixes for Droid and Evo 4G
Crash on calibration message fixed
10x altitude multiplier added
Zero altitude and offset added
Move to SD Card enabled
Lag/responsiveness improvements
GPS signal warning
Non-working gauges marked INOP
Orientation lock added
Altimeter fixes
Auto flat/upright orientation logic added
Ooodles of minor bug fixes
Support for more screen sizes with scaling
Bearing indicator fixed
Fixed FC on GPS warning messages
Previous Versions:
fixes for Droid and Evo 4G
Crash on calibration message fixed
10x altitude multiplier added
Zero altitude and offset added
Move to SD Card enabled
Lag/responsiveness improvements
GPS signal warning
Non-working gauges marked INOP
Orientation lock added
Altimeter fixes
Auto flat/upright orientation logic added
Ooodles of minor bug fixes
Price update Price changed from $2.23 to $2.21.
Price update Price changed from $1.99 to $2.23.
More downloads FlightPanel reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
More downloads FlightPanel reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
What are users saying about FlightPanel
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Nifty app, looks cool, Worth $2 but the attitude indicator uses the accelerometer and would KILL you if you depended on it. (Still fun)
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Fun little app to play with in the car. But the magnetic compass needs to be reset a lot. Likely an issue with the phone instead of this app.
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Absolute crap! Force closed every single time. As an app, it works fine when not installed!
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I like it! The accelometer in mph works like when you're in a car. Heading indicator fun also. But expensive app.
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this would be great if it fit the screen on the galaxy tab. The gages lineup and it looks good overall but I really wish it used the whole screen
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Played with it today. Looked dark in cockpit. Brighter version? Hsi version?
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Is falling behind the tech curve. Was great on my 320x240 pixel G1, but today's phones with their quad-HD screens and barometric sensor deserve updated graphics and an altimeter that can estimate altitude based on Baro sensor and land-based barometer readings nearest the GPS coordinates.
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Great App
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Top App! Thanks for this
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Great app, but as is common enough with most Android apps, you don't make clear whether checked prefs are in the affirmative or negative.
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Working nicely now with evo 4g. Thanks for quick fix.
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Definitely well done. Fun at first, but once the novelty wears off...pretty pointless.
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Pretty good layout of the "sacred six" of a typical panel. (of course, the instruments are NOT the correct 6) With good GPS, they function very well.
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Love it ... would like to see stay resident and flat/up lock and some other auto calibrated as I look like a deranged zen master doing figure of 8!
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Fun app, doesn't do so well in my jet....works ok in the Cirrus...could use more skins, kind of boring with only 2 to choose from
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Nice fun app! Speedometer sometimes doesnt work even when gps on.On droid.
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Pretty cool to show off your phones sensors, useless in an aircraft tho. In a coordinated turn all forces are acting in the same direction as level
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Once I realized how to zero the attitude indicator, it worked great in a window mount. Not very practical, but neat/fun for sure.
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Very nice! Adds - Turn indicator would be nice. Compass on incredible HTC keeps complaining about calibration.
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the alttitude never worked. Couldnt get the airspeed to work either
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Altimeter doesn't appear to function correctly (tracks height difference from point of starting app rather than from ground)
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Just got Market ver 1.668, and wanted this paid app for a long time. Nice, and worth the $ just to look at it. Pretty accurate too.
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Disappointed. First app I purchased. Wont again. Resets on bumps in highway. ZP Dashboard is free and instant. Keeping installed hoping updates help
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Fun to play with but not very useful as actual instruments. Artificial horizon is absolutely useless as its accelerometer based rather than gyro
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Working great since last update. :) Like having a choice of skins.
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Novelty or not...I was going to learn to program for android specifically for something like this...would like to display 1-2 gauges fullscreen
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Should get this thing certified as an emergency backup system for airliners. Could you imagine seeing a droid on a window mount on an airplane window?
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As a pilot and programming enthusiast, I find this app to be very cool. Nice use of the built in sensors and GPS!
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I like this app, but I have a larger device (Dell Streak 5"), if you could make the panel display without pixelating that'd give it 5 stars.
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Could be nice, but ugly and pixellated on galaxy note... Going for refund...
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Tested it today in a jet. Speed gauge jumps around even when set to higher speeds. AI failed. There are much better free apparently. I expect a refund.
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In order to make this a useful ap. There needs to be a way to reverse the display so we can use it as a hud. Also a high contrast cyan skin couldn't hurt
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Excellent app just a pity the the image is so poor. Should be marked phone only insufficient resolution for 10.1 tablet.
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...please enable support for qHD devices :)
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If you love planes u will love this app.
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Cool but would be better with higher resolution for phones newer than the T-Mobile G1.
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Love it ! Totally useless app but it is just great.
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Pretty good. Would prefer fear artefacts in the images. Maybe a way to make one sensor full screen or to resize them too?
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Great looking app. Bought to encourage development. Pls center display on longer screens. GPS off warning still keeps appearing on orientation change.
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Uning Samsung S6 Edge. I cannot bring up the menu. It used to work on earlier phones I've had.