FlyQ Pilot's Guide

to a party and seeing lots of people you don’t know then putting on a pair of special glasses that magically adds the name and age of every person in your field of view. Or, in the case of FlyQ EFB, putting the name, distance, and other information about every airport shown in the video feed provided by your iPad or iPhone as you point it outside the cabin. This is materially different than HUD displays that fighter pilots use because those HUDs display speed, altitude, and heading information not directly related to the objects in the view while the data in FlyQ is tied directly to those objects. You’ll find the AR view especially useful when flying at night, in bad weather, or when visiting unfamiliar airports. It’s the difference between “knowing” where an airport should be based on the overhead view provided by a 2D map versus having a friend with Superman’s vision point out where the airports actually are no matter how bad the conditions are. The AR view is not meant to be used continually during flight but generally before landing. It’s especially helpful on the iPad in split-screen view where you’re looking at a 2D map and the AR view at the same time. Alternately, many people use AR on their iPhone rather than iPad as an iPhone is generally not otherwise used for flying while an iPad is often used for primary navigation, making it inconvenient to wave around the cabin. Point the rear camera of your iPad or iPhone towards airports and FlyQ draws markers where the airports would be if you could see them. The marker sticks are color coded like the airport icons in FlyQ EFB: Blue = controlled airport, Magenta = uncontrolled. The markers also show the runway configuration from a north-up perspective and the distance to each airport. You can select which types of airports are shown with the Layers button explained below. Nearby airports are shown with a "stick" that points to the airport's location. Further away airports do not have a stick so as not to create visual clutter. Distant airports begin to fade-out the further away they are. Tap an airport marker to see more info about the airport (runways, frequencies, weather, etc.). See something interesting? Click the Shutter (black dot icon) in the lower center of the screen to snap a photo. You'll get two photos per click; one with all the markers you see on the screen and one "clean" image with no markers. These images are in the Photos app on your device. Using AR

Accuracy and Calibration

Creating augmented reality using strictly off-the-shelf hardware has a few limitations so it's very important that you read this document before using AR in-flight. The portion about how the FRONT button works (below) is especially important.

FlyQ EFB Pilot’s Guide

Version 3.0 (2/8/2018)

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