FlyQ Pilot's Guide

VSR nm from airport

Specify how far from the center of the airport you want to be at the target altitude (above). This allows for standard pattern entry.

Preferences

Allow the iPad (or iPhone) to sleep

Normally you won’t want your iPad/iPhone to sleep while flying but it might sometimes be useful. When the iPad/iPhone is sleeping, ADS-B and GPS connections will usually be severed and it may take some time for them to reconnect. ADS-B data sent while the iPad/iPhone is sleeping is also generally lost so it may take many minutes for a complete weather picture to be restored.

List helipads

Most pilots don’t fly helicopters, yet there are thousands of heliports. FlyQ EFB normally suppresses showing heliports in lists like Airports/Nearby and when double- tapping the map for improved clarity for fixed-wing pilots. Turn this switch on to show heliports.

List private airports

There are more than 10,000 private airports in the US that most pilots are not authorized to fly to. By default, FlyQ EFB removes these from Search Box lists for clarity. However, regardless of this setting, private airports may still be found from the Search Box by entering the exact ident of the airport. That is, entering Roche Harbor in the Search Box will not find any private airports, just a public seaplane base, if the switch is off but entering WA09 will find the private Roche Harbor land airport in either case. Double-tapping the map will also find private airport regardless of this setting since they are generally shown in Sectionals.

Disable map rotation other than North Up and Track Up

FlyQ EFB normally allows you to use two fingers to rotate the 2D map in any direction. Sometimes this makes it difficult to manipulate the map in turbulence so pilots may prevent arbitrary rotation by turning this switch on. When this switch is on, the 2D map is always shown as North Up unless you’re moving and Track Up is selected. This switch has no effect on a 3D map.

Print airport diagrams and procedures full page

The original FAA airport diagrams and approach procedures are approximately half the size of a standard A4 piece of paper, making them fit easily on a kneeboard. FlyQ EFB normally prints and emails these documents at the same half-page size. However, sometimes it’s nice to see the procedures expanded to fit the entire page for better

FlyQ EFB Pilot’s Guide

Version 3.0 (2/8/2018)

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