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Crosswinds

2/4/2020 5:14 PM

Ramiro Trevino

Joined: 2/4/2020

Posts: 2

Crosswinds

New user, and learning to use iFly GPS. Do I need to toggle something to get crosswind info to show up?

2/4/2020 10:30 PM

Mike D.

Joined: 1/15/2010

Posts: 1213

Re: Crosswinds

iFly, AFAIK, doesn't supply crossiwnd. It will display forecast winds aloft. I think that will be found in the "Map Mode" button. In order to compute cross wind, iFly would have to know your actual heading, and airspeed, from the aircraft instruments, not from GPS.

2/5/2020 3:19 AM

Jeff Scorse

Joined: 3/6/2019

Posts: 63

Re: Crosswinds

However, runway cross and head wind components are available for airports with METAR data. Just click near the airport, bring up the Quickview menu and then click on the little runways button. See attached screenshot.

2/5/2020 6:32 AM

Cobra

Joined: 4/20/2011

Posts: 2602

Re: Crosswinds

Ramiro,

What version are you running? (Menu > About > Version and Contact)

The Quickview box that you provided a screenshot of doesn't look like what I'm used to seeing. It should look like this (first image is Quickview when you first tap on the airport; second image is when you tap on the runway in the first image):

As far as I know, there are no options associated with these views...that's just how they look. Your screenshot looks like a (very) old version of the software...?