iFly GPS Forum

Have you actually flown with it, yet? You won't see the behavior you expect if you're just using it in your living room.

When in "Follow Plane" mode, the plane starts out in the middle of the screen when you're not in motion. Once you start moving and the iFly has confidence it knows what direction you're headed, then it will do one of two things depending on whether you're in "north-up" or "track-up" mode:

In "north-up" mode, the plane icon will start to drift to the edge of the screen that marks your 6 o'clock position (so if you're headed SW, the plane icon will drift to the upper-right corner of the screen).

In "track-up" mode, the plane will drift to the bottom-center of the iFly screen, and the map will be re-oriented so that your track is "up".

In both cases, the faster you go, the closer the plane drifts toward the screen edge, to maximize visibility of what lies ahead.

When in flight, if the plane on the screen doesn't seem to be where you expect it to be, check the lower-right corner and see if the "Follow Plane" button is illuminated (and press it if it is). Touching-and-dragging the screen will disable Follow Plane mode (at least temporarily, depending on your settings). If the "Follow Plane" button is not present, then you know you're in "Follow Plane" mode.

You can set Follow Plane mode to automatically resume after some period of time (I have mine set to 1 minute). This setting lives under Menu>Setup>Map Settings>Auto Track Plane. Make sure either "Enabled" or "Enabled when moving" is selected, then set the "Resume time" to your desired delay setting. This way, if you drag the map around to see something, and forget to hit the "Follow Plane" button to go back to "normal", after a short time the iFly will do that for you automatically.