Tom,
Thanks for your patience. The Adventure Pilot team is back from Sun n' Fun and settling in after the show. SnF was a great show and the crowds loved the new 7.6.5 version release. Below is a brief rundown on the new features. A revised manual is in the works and will be available shortly.
RealView Airports is satellite preview image of over 12,600 Airports. There are several ways to see the RealView. Available on the iFly 720 only.
- Touch and hold the desired Airport and select the RealView Airport Option.
- From any Airport Information Page, touch the Thumbnail of Runways, you should see a "Touch for Realview"
- Go to Vector Mode and Zoom in on any Airport, once you get to the magnified levels beyond Zoom 1, the RealView should appear.
AutoTaxi+ pops the Airport Diagram upon landing and under 30kts, likewise it transitions from Taxi Diagram to Chart Mode upon Take-off and over 30kts. If the airport does not have an official FAA Diagram, then it will use the RealView Airport Image on the iFly 720 only.
- Menu -> Setup -> Map Settings -> AutoTaxi. You can either enable or disable it. Default is disabled.
WAAS Enabling is now on the iFly GPS, both 700 and 720.
- It is defaulted to be on. You can change by going to Menu -> About -> GPS Information and check the "Use WAAS when Available"
Fix Accuracy Meter is an on-screen instrument to show GPS signal and WAAS status. You can also use it to quickly begin and end a simulation.
- Add the instrument by going to Menu -> Setup -> Customize Instruments... Add the Fix Quality instrument. Place the new instrument in the desired location and Save. There is only one size and color for this instrument.
Dynamic Distance Ring is a dynamic tool which tells your relative distance to any object you put the ring on. As you pan off the screen, you will notice the Aqua ring expand until it reaches the center of the screen. There is also a distance box always located at the position icon's 2 o'clock, approximately.
- Touch Menu -> Setup -> Map Settings -> Distance Rings. You can choose from Hidden, Dynamic or Fixed.
Hybrid Compass Rose is a 360 degree compass around your position icon which includes a Nav bug, if a waypoint is active. It also includes a distance reference on the ring located approximately at your position icon's 2 o'clock. (Tip: Just put the blue track line on the orange waypoint ball on the compass rose and you'll get there every time.)
- Touch Menu -> Setup -> Map Settings -> Coarse/Compass. You can choose from the Compass Rose, Course Line or None. (Note: Using this would allow you to remove the Coarse Tape and Ball at the top of the screen.)
Airplane Icons. We've added more options and they are larger too. Fun stuff here.
- Menu -> Setup -> Map Settings -> Aircraft Icon, then just select from the list.
Direct-To Lat/Long. No you can fly to a lat/long without adding a Custom Waypoint.
- Added to the Fly Direct-To page or Find Airports page. You may use Decimal, Deg/Min/Sec or Deg/Min.
Better ADS-B Traffic reporting and symbols. When connected to an ADS-B that supports traffic, we now show all reported traffic on-screen. We've even made the traffic icons larger and they dynamically flash when in alert or critical status. You may also touch and hold the traffic icon and then touch Traffic Information for more details.
Clarity ADS-B and iLevel ADS-B support along with AHRS. This is really just adding compatibility for these new devices. You'll connect them to the iFly 720 using Wi-Fi on the 720. The iLevel supports wired connection so it will work with the iFly 700 too.
ADS-B Weather and Traffic is shown standard, if the receiver supports it. With and the AHRS active, we will pop the FARS system (Flight Attitude Recovery System). If you exceed the defined threshold (example 25 deg of Bank and 40 deg of Pitch) we will pop an audible and on-screen alert with an Artificial Horizon. Once within the thresholds for 5 seconds, the alert and AH are removed.
This is pretty much the feature side of Version 7.6. The rest is mostly just optimization and programese stuff. I hope this helps.