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HILTON SOFTWARE LLC
WingX User Manual
WingX
for the Pocket PC
Version 1.7
HILTON SOFTWARE LLC
WingX User Manual
for Version 1.7
Hilton Software LLC
6205 Balderstone Drive, San Jose, CA 95120
http://www.hiltonsoftware.com
Document Created: 7/5/2005 1:37 PM
Table of Contents
WingX Introduction ..........................3
Aircraft Page ..................................24
A LookatWi
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Adding a new N-number ......................24
Weight and Balance......................... 3
Example .........................................25
Route Planning ................................ 4
Selecting an N-Number .......................26
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Removing an N-number .......................26
Sunrise and Sunset.......................... 4
Aircraft Properties...............................26
E6B Calculations ............................. 5
Sorting the Aircraft Data .....................27
Pilot Expirations .............................. 5
Popup Menu .........................................27
Documents and Forms..................... 5
Weight and Balance Page..............28
A/FD Information.............................. 6
Status Section .....................................29
WingX Installation............................7
Within Limits ..................................29
Downloading WingX via the Internet .... 7
Exceeding Limits ...........................30
The WingX CD........................................ 8
Configuration Section..........................30
NETCFSetup.msi: Microsoft .NET
Data Entry Section ..............................31
Compact Framework ....................... 8
dotnetfx.exe: Microsoft .NET
Popup Menus..................................31
Graphical Section ................................32
Framework....................................... 8
Weight and Balance Popup Menu ..32
The WingX Installation Process ............ 9
Weight and Balance Envelope .......33
Running WingX .................................... 11
Weight and Balance Bar Display ...34
Missing Compact Framework........ 12
Weight and Balance Summary Table ..35
WingX Editions .................................... 13
No Aircraft Selected............................36
Pro Edition ..................................... 13
XL Edition ...................................... 14
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Obtaining Your WingX ID..................... 14
Route Planning Page......................37
Entering your WingX Key .................... 14
Constructing a Route ..........................37
Registering WingX............................... 15
Example: ........................................38
Registering via the Internet .......... 15
Column Selection ................................39
Registering via Phone ................... 15
The Status Bar.....................................39
Registering a Pre-Packaged WingX15
Popup Menu .........................................40
Registering via the King Schools
Most Recently Used Lists..............40
website .......................................... 16
User-Defined Routes ......................41
Beta Team Feedback .......................... 16
Clear Popup Menu Option ..............41
Menu System ....................................... 17
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View Submenu ............................... 17
Screen Layout................................42
Prefs Submenu............................... 19
Control Menu..................................43
Tools Submenu .............................. 19
Help Submenu................................ 20
Page Selection .................................... 21
Popup Menus ....................................... 21
Numeric Text Boxes...................... 21
Airport, Navaid, and Fixes Text
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Airport Search Menu Option .......... 22
Clear Popup Menu Option.............. 22
Digit Bar .............................................. 22
Status Bar............................................ 23
Minimizing and Closing WingX ............ 23
Why discuss this? .......................... 23
Status Bar ......................................44
Sunrise and Sunset Page...............45
Safety...................................................46
Legality ................................................46
Sunrise and Sunset Times .............46
Civil Twilight Times .......................47
One Hour Rule................................48
E6B Page ........................................49
Pilot Expirations ............................58
Propagation ......................................... 49
Auto Increment....................................58
Our Example Scenario ........................ 49
Expiration Dates ..................................59
Conversions......................................... 50
Expiration Item Components...............60
Example ......................................... 51
Changing the Display Order.................60
Density Altitude................................... 51
Example .........................................61
Example ......................................... 51
Document Page..............................62
Airspeeds............................................. 52
Selecting a Document and a Subpart .63
Example ......................................... 52
Example .........................................63
Unknown and Known Winds Aloft....... 53
Calculating Winds Aloft (Unknown
Wind Aloft) ..................................... 53
Text Size ........................................64
About Page.....................................65
Version Numbers .................................65
Example (Unknown Wind) ............. 53
Version ...........................................65
Calculating Heading, Ground Speed,
OS Version .....................................65
and WCA (Known Wind) ................. 54
Headwind and Crosswind Components54
Example ......................................... 54
Distance, Groundspeed, Time............. 55
Example ......................................... 55
Fuel Consumption and Endurance ...... 55
Example ......................................... 56
IFR Climb Rate and Climb Angle ......... 56
Example ......................................... 56
Wind Chill and Frostbite ...................... 57
Example ......................................... 57
Thumb Control..................................... 57
CLR Version ...................................66
WingX Agent Desktop Application 67
Downloading Databases......................68
Copying Files From the Pocket PC......69
User-Defined Aircraft .....................69
WingX Settings ..............................69
WingX System Settings .................69
Glossary .........................................70
Chapter
WingX Introduction
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Microsoft .NET technology for your Pocket PC, Hilton Software designed WingX from the
ground up to create an application that pilots can use while down at the airport and away from their
home-bound desktop PC. WingX truly is a powerhouse application that brings a powerful set of
features to pilots right in the palm of their hand and with them in their flightbag. No longer does it make sense
to plan an entire trip at home on your desktop PC and assume that nothing will change enroute. We are living
in a life full of changes and as pilots, we know that routes and passenger/baggage loads continually change and
are often unpredictable. Whether your routing needs to be changed or a passenger shows up at the last minute
with an extra 40-pound bag, WingX will be ready to provide the correct answers in a matter of seconds.
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This chapter briefly describes the set of features that WingX provides. The chapters that follow delve into
more detail of each feature and describes the best way for you to fully utilize everything that WingX for the
Pocket PC has to offer.
Weight and Balance
WingX currently stores over 370 aircraft models in an aircraft model
database. For example, this allows you to simply tell WingX that your aircraft
in a 1979 Cessna 172N and have WingX know what the various stations are,
how much fuel the aircraft can carry etc. Using this data, a graphical
representation of the Weight and Balance calculations is displayed within the
selected envelope. The Maximum Zero Fuel Weight line is also shown (see
the horizontal blue line in the screen shot). Any of the various envelopes can
be shown; e.g. normal, utility, solo, etc. WingX will flag out of bounds
conditions with red text. A Summary Table can also be displayed that
matches the W&B table shown in most POH/AFM manuals in Section 6.
Route Planning
By using a database that contains the airports, navaids, intersections, and fixes
in the United States, WingX can quickly and accurately perform route
planning. Using winds aloft information, WingX will determine the ground
speed, wind correction angle, magnetic heading, true heading, Estimated
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The digit bar (below the Dynamic Flight Navigator button) allows users to
quickly enter the aircraft speed and wind information.
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Tapping on the origin or destination identifier will display A/FD information
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Sunrise and Sunset
Sunrise and sunset times are critical to flight planning. There are currency
issues as well as aircraft capabilities such as lighting both internal and external.
In addition, the Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs) define three times
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WingX will calculate the sunrise and sunset times for all airports. These times
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flying in turbulent conditions, and for pilots who wear gloves (e.g. military
pilots), WingX has Thumb Control –enter values by simply using your
thumb, no need to fumble around for the stylus.
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Some examples are medical, insurance, sectionals, approach charts, A/FD,
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more if you own a plane. Why risk forgetting your expiration dates and end
up flying illegally when WingX can remember the dates for you?
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dates. For the currency items having known intervals, WingX automatically
calculates the expiration date. For example, if a pilot performs three take-offs
and landings on March 25, 2005, then WingX automatically converts this date
to June 23, 2005; i.e. 90 days in the future.
Documents and Forms
WingX is a not only a superb resource, but it is also a weight saver. Imagine
carrying around the FARs, the AIM, the Pilot/Controller Glossary, AC6165D (endorsements), the NWS contractions, and the FSS phone numbers for
various areas in the US. WingX will keep all this information for you on your
Pocket PC. Each of these documents is accessible extremely quickly while
leaving as much memory as possible for all you other Pocket PC applications.
Just like the Model Database, and the Airport Database, the Document
Database can be easily and quickly updated with a few simple taps.
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A/FD Information
No more thumbing through the A/FD book while bouncing around in the
clouds, no more fumbling through a sectional chart at night while trying to
locate a VOR frequency. WingX provides this information in a very easy-toread format while providing a tremendous amount of information including
airport and navaid frequencies, Morse codes, location, relative position to the
closest VORs, runway information, and much more.
In the example on the left, the communications information shows the
ASOS phone number, the ATIS frequency and phone number, as well as the
relevant frequencies for the three runways at San Jose International Airport.
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WingX Installation
This chapter describes the WingX installation process. The installation process is
mostly automated and very little user intervention is required.
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ActiveSync running on the desktop. Two ways to obtain WingX are:
1. Download via the Internet
2. On a WingX CD
Downloading WingX via the Internet
WingX is freely available for download on the Internet via
the Hilton Software LLC website.
Enter
http://www.hiltonsoftware.com into your favorite web
browser and click on the Download button. The latest
version of WingX will always be downloadable in this
manner. Since some email servers are configured to
prevent email viruses, making the WingX-install.exe
available would not work reliably on some networks.
Therefore, WingX is will be downloaded as a zip file called
WingX-install.zip. This zip file contains the WingXinstall.exe installation program. To start the download,
click on the WingX-install.zip link. The File Download
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The WingX CD
The WingX CD contains the WingX installation program as well as the WingX Agent utility. The CD also
contains the following two Microsoft packages:
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WingX Agent will be discussed in more detail later in this manual.
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The WingX Installation Process
The WingX installation is mostly automated. To start the WingX installation:
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install the CF as described earlier in this chapter and try again.
Please note, this does not mean that there is a problem with your WingX
installation - there is no need to re-install WingX.
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Chapter
WingX Registration
WingX registration unlocks the tremendous feature set of WingX. The Pro Edition and
XL Edition both offer exceptional price points and users can choose the level of
functionality that best suits them.
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Obtaining Your WingX ID
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Registering WingX
Registration consists of making a payment to Hilton Software and sending your WingX ID to us. A key will be
sent back to you. Since we have different distributions methods, there is more than one way to register WingX
and obtain your key. Please select the one most appropriate to you.
Registering via the Internet
WingX may be registered on the Hilton Software website by transferring funds via PayPal or by using a credit
card. Note that none of you personal financial information (e.g. credit card numbers) is ever sent to Hilton
Software –PayPal handles it all internally.
To register WingX on the Hilton Software website, first select which WingX edition you intend to register and
do the following:
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Enter your WingX ID (both lines) as displayed on the Help|Register page on your Pocket PC.
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Enter how you heard about WingX (optional)
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To register by phone, please call us at: 1-866-42-WINGX. Please have your Visa or Mastercard, your WingX
ID, and your email address available. We will immediately provide you the WingX key, and we shall also email
this WingX key to you so that you have a copy of it in case you require it in the future.
Registering a Pre-Packaged WingX
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Registering via the King Schools website
To obtain your key, please go to http://www.kingschools.com/wingx and follow the link to
register WingX. To complete the registration process, you will need to enter:
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King Schools will immediately email your WingX key to you.
Beta Team Feedback
Whether or not you are a registered user, we strongly encourage you to provide feedback to improve your
WingX experience. Hilton Software spends an extraordinary amount of time ensuring that WingX is intuitive,
that the results are clear, concise, meaningful, and accurate, and that requested features are added in a way that
fits into the integrated model of WingX.
In addition to our QA team, Hilton Software maintains a list of Beta Team users –these are pilots who want to
be running the latest and greatest (and often not yet released) version of WingX. We take all user feedback very
seriously and our WingX product truly is a reflection of the superb bug reports and User Interface
enhancement suggestions that we receive from our users. If you want to be part of the Beta Team, please email
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Chapter
WingX User Interface
WingX has been designed with a very intuitive user-interface. Text boxes can be driven by
tap-n-hold that displays a popup menu of potential values. The tremendous functionality
has been divided into logical pages that are easily selected by tapping on the appropriate tab.
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desktop application. With its much smaller screen size and lack of keyboard, new UI design is critical
to ensure a great user-experience. For pilots, UI design is even more critical since pilots can often be
cramped and be bouncing around in turbulence.
This chapter describes the basic usability issues of WingX and how the WingX UI design is used to maximize
your productivity and efficiency. This chapter does not discuss the UI issues for specific pages, but rather it
acts as a UI primer –we discuss each page in detail in the upcoming chapters.
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View Submenu
To configure various views, use the View submenu. The View submenu provides
fast access to any of the pages, allows configuration per WingX Profile, provides a
simple way to define which columns are shown on both the Aircraft and Route
pages, and also allows the user to quickly find and display A/FD information
about any airport, navaid, or fix in the United States.
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Tapping on View will display a submenu consisting of the following items:
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Pages: Displays a list of each of the pages –one for each of the tabs.
While using the tabs near the bottom of the screen to navigate is quick
and convenient, this option is added as an alternate way to select a page in
case the tab has been scrolled out of view; i.e. instead of tapping on the
left or right arrow several times to find the required page, the View|Pages
may be faster. Some users have found this method of selected easier
when not stylus is available.
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Profiles: Based on the registration key, WingX is enabled for either the
Pro Edition or the XL Edition. The Pro Edition Profile will display all
available features, whereas the XL Edition Profile will only display
features available to XL users. WingX may be switched between the Pro
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the Aircraft page. When a column name is checked, it is selected to be
displayed. In the example on the right, all columns will be displayed. To
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Weight and Balance: Two options:
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drawn individually. If unchecked, each entity will be summarized
into only one line on the W&B envelope view.
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Display presents the W&B information using bars and warns
pilots of CGs that are close to, our out of, their limits.
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Route: Allows the user to add or remove columns in the route leg list on
the Route page. When a column name is checked, it is selected to be
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Notify on add: If checked, notifies the user when an aircraft or route has
been added successfully.
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Confirm on remove: If checked, prompts the user to confirm when removing an aircraft or userdefined route.
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Digit bar: If checked, displays a digit bar at the bottom of the screen to allow numeric input without
having to display the much larger Standard Input Panel.
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Small font: When viewing aircraft, routes, FARs, Help, and other documents, the user has the options
of displaying the text in the normal font size, or a smaller font size.
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Thumb Control: If checked, WingX will display a large-button keypad when the user tries to enter a
value on the E6B page. This is perfect for turbulent conditions and/or for pilots that wear gloves.
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Home Airport: The home airport will always appear in popup lists. To
select your home airport, tap on the airport identifier and name. The next
time you view the list, you will notice that your home airport is checked –
in the example on the right, Reid-HillView has been chosen as our home
airport. If the required home airport does not initially appear in the list,
go to a page requiring an airport identifier (e.g. Sun page) and type in the
identifier - this will automatically add that identifier to the selectable list.
Tools Submenu
For housekeeping tasks, use the Tools submenu. Tapping on Tools will display a
submenu consisting of the following items:
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Close WingX: When updating WingX to a newer version, be sure to first
close WingX by tapping on Tools|Close before beginning the installation
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Download: When a Pocket PC device has a connection to the Internet
via dialup, wireless, ActiveSync etc, the databases can be easily updated by
simply tapping on Tools|Download and then the required database. If
your Pocket PC does not have an Internet connection, the Download
menu item will be disabled and will appear gray. The databases are
downloadable individually. WingX is optimized so that if it detects that
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you already have the current database, it will not download the entire database.
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Reload databases: This option is used in connection with WingX Agent. WingX Agent is a desktop
utility that will download databases fro the Hilton Software website and automatically upload these
databases to your Pocket PC. Once the download/upload process is complete, WingX Agent will
prompt you to reload your database - use this menu option to reload the databases.
Help Submenu
To view online help, WingX status, the WingX ID (for registration purposes), or
version numbers, use the Help submenu. The Help submenu should be used
when you need to access the integrated help to learn of all the features on a page.
Also use the integrated help to learn about the menu system and what each menu
option does.
Tapping on Help will display a submenu consisting of the following items:
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How to update databases...: Displays help on how to update the WingX databases.
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How to register WingX...: Displays help on the registration process.
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How to provide feedback...: User feedback drives future WingX development. Feedback to Hilton
Software is critical. Every user is strongly encouraged to contact us and let us know what you like and
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copyright warning, the About page also displays version numbers. For more information, please see
Help|Help For Page on the About page.
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Page Selection
The major features of WingX are logically divided in pages. For example, there is the Weight and Balance page,
the Route Planning page, the Documents page and so on. There are two ways to select a page.
1. Tapping on the appropriate tab at the bottom of the screen will immediately take you to that page. If
the tab for which you are looking does not appear, use the left and right arrows to the right of the tabs
(towards the bottom-right of the screen) to scroll the appropriate tab into view.
2. From the WingX menu, tap on View|Pages and then select the required page.
Popup Menus
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Numeric Text Boxes
WingX has numerous numeric text boxes. One example is the Year text box
on the Add Aircraft page. Other examples are the speed and wind text boxes
on the Route page, and all the text boxes on the E6B page.
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Text boxes that allow for airport, navaid, or fix identifiers have a popup menu
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airport list. If airports only (not navaids and fixes) are allowable for a specific
text box (e.g. Sun Page –see example on the right), then only the most
recently used airport list is displayed.
The list will be sorted alphabetically per the identifier. As seen in the example
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airport name or the name of the city near to the airport. In the example on
the right, all public airports were searched to find all such airports that are
close to Fresno (California). The case of the text is not important; i.e.
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Clear simply clears all the text from the text box.
Digit Bar
To simplify numeric input, WingX can display a Digit Bar near the bottom of
the screen to make numeric data entry faster. The Digit Bar also prevents the
need to display the Standard Input Panel that includes the entire QWERTY
keyboard. The Digit Bar is intelligent and, in addition to the digits, will display a period when entering numbers
and a colon when entering times. The display will change automatically –no user intervention is required.
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Status Bar
The Status Bar appears in the lowest part of the screen and displays quick
summary type of information. For example, when entering Pilot Expirations,
the Status Bar will show the current date. When on the Route Planning page,
the Status Bar will show certain statistics about the route being flown –please refer to the Route Planning
chapter for more specific information.
Minimizing and Closing WingX
Minimizing an application will keep the application loaded and its status preserved, but the application screen
will be hidden so that the user can use the screen space. Closing an application terminates the application,
perhaps saving some state, and removes its window from the screen. The application must be restarted to use
it again.
On the Windows desktop, for example, Internet Explorer shows three buttons in the topright corner of its window (as do almost all other applications) –see image to the right. The
leftmost button minimizes the application (hides the window), the middle button maximizes
the application window (occupies the full screen), and the rightmost closes the application.
The convention on the Pocket PC is that the application uses the full screen area; i.e. is
essentially always maximized thereby rendering the middle button unnecessary. However,
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Why discuss this?
The main purpose of this discussion relates to the process of upgrading WingX. Hilton Software regularly
updates WingX to ensure that bug fixes are available as soon as practical, and also to regularly add new features.
WingX (or any other application) cannot be upgraded while it is running, and you must first close WingX
before upgrading –please refer to Tools Submenu section discussed earlier in this chapter. A warning message
is displayed during every WingX installation to this effect –see chapter titl
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Chapter
Aircraft Page
WingX has a database of aircraft models that make Weight and Balance calculations a
snap. Aircraft are entered once, stored, and quickly selected on the Aircraft Page with a
single tap.
W
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This information is primarily used to perform Weight and Balance calculations. This Weight and
Balance functionality is fully described in the following chapter. This chapter explains how to build
the list of aircraft that you normally fly and how to use this list to find the most appropriate aircraft
for your flight. This list of aircraft will be used when you perform Weight and Balance calculations.
The first step in performing Weight and Balance calculations is to enter the N-number and associate that Nnumber with an aircraft model. Since each N-n
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Adding a new N-number
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manufacturer. To expand a node of the tree (e.g. Cessna), tap on the .
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Year: The year is usually informational, but in some cases, it allows WingX to differentiate between two
aircraft models from different years.
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Example
Once the node has been expanded and its sub-nodes shown, select one of
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1979. Then tap on 1979.
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WingX knows (at least) the following aircraft model information:
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limits pertain only to higher-performance aircraft.
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Selecting an N-Number
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Note: WingX will use the selected aircraft on its Weight and Balance page.
Removing an N-number
Occasionally it will be necessary to remove a specific aircraft. Removing an aircraft is as
simple as selecting the aircraft and tapping on the Remove button. Tapping on the
Remove button will display the following dialog box –tap on Yes to remove the Nnumber. This warning will be displayed by default. To turn it off so that WingX
immediately removes the aircraft without asking, see the Prefs menu option and its
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Aircraft Properties
In addition to the model information that WingX will automatically use for
weight and balance calculations, empty weight and empty moment are values
that are specific to each aircraft. These numbers are typically stored in the
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Flight Safety
This information is specific to each aircraft (N-number). Always
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Note: The Empty Moment value must be entered in pound-inches and not in
thousands of pound-inches. For example, it would be correct to enter 123456 and
not 123.456. WingX will warn you if it believes that you have entered the Empty
Moment using the incorrect units.
Enter the empty weight and the empty moment in pounds and pound-inches
respectively. As the Empty Weight and Empty Moment values are entered, the
Empty Weight CG is calculated and displayed. When both the Empty Weight and
Empty Moment have been entered, the pilot should verify that the CG that WingX has calculated and displayed
is correct.
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Ramp weight listed, WingX will use Maximum Takeoff Weight minus the Empty Weight instead.
Sorting the Aircraft Data
WingX allows the aircraft data to be sorted according to the N-number, the
useful load, or the make or model. It is particularly useful to sort by the
Useful Load when weight is an issue for a flight. To sort the aircraft list by a
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Popup Menu
The aircraft list view also provides a popup menu that will provide options to
Add, Remove, and enter its Properties; i.e. empty weight and empty moment.
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option, the only other way to change the model or year of an aircraft would be
to delete it, and re-add it. That is both time-consuming and cumbersome –
the Modify menu option was added to speed up this process.
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Chapter
Weight and Balance Page
Weight and Balance calculations are a critical go/no-go part of the pre-flight preparation.
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unique graphical display allow fast and accurate weight and balance computations. WingX
graphically displays the weight distribution and notifies the pilot if limits are exceeded.
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knowing aircraft model arms, fuel capacities, maximum weights, and other information, WingX
does not require the pilot to enter the W&B profile. Moreover, WingX will warn the pilot if known
limits are exceeded. WingX really excels with its weight and balance calculations and this chapter
will explain the superb functionality, flexibility, and easy-of-u
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Enter or select a weight for each passenger
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Enter or select a fuel quantity for each tank on the ramp, taxi/runup fuel used, and for the fuel
burned in flight
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Enter or select a baggage weight
Using the values you enter, WingX will accurately calculate the weight and CGs for each phase of flight. In
addition, WingX will also ensure that you do not exceed the maximum gross weight limits, the maximum zero
fuel limit (if one exists), or any baggage limits.
Flight Safety
As PIC, it is your responsibility to ensure that the results displayed by
WingX is correct and that your aircraft will remain within its Weight
and Balance envelope as well as any limitations throughout the
entire duration of the flight. In addition, always use the most
current information contained in the Weight and
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The W&B page consists of four primary sections; namely:
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Status Section
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Configuration Section
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Graphical Section
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Data Entry Section
Status Section
The top-most line on the page is the Status Section and is shown in green to indicate a valid W&B condition
and in red to indicate a warning condition. The Status Section summarizes and displays the Weight and Balance
conditions for the ramp, takeoff, and landing phases of the flight. The numbers are always shown in pounds
for weights and inches for CGs. The three phases of flight are:

RMP - Ramp
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T/O - Takeoff
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LND - Landing
Within Limits
WingX will show the following attributes for each phase of flight:

Total Weight - This is the total weight of the aircraft for that phase of flight.

Below Gross - This is the number of pounds that the aircraft is below the maximum allowable
weight for that phase of flight.
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CG - This is the CG of the aircraft for that phase of flight.
When WingX has determined that no limit has been exceeded, the appropriate values for the Ramp, Takeoff,
and Landing phases of the flight will be displayed on a green background. The green background is used to
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Exceeding Limits
If a warning condition occurs, the Weight and Balance Status Section will be displayed on a red background.
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weight and balance determination. The offending text box will also have a red background.
There are various types of warnings that may occur. Some examples are:
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Exceeding Maximum Zero Fuel Weight, Ramp weight, Takeoff weight, and/or Landing weight
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Exceeding baggage limits
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Out of CG
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Input bad
All are self-explanatory; "Input bad" occurs when an inappropriate value is entered and is marked by the text
box changing to a red background. Below are some examples:
Configuration Section
The second line of information is called the Configuration Section as it contains three pieces of information
related to the Weight and Balance display configuration. For screen shots, please see the ones in the Status
Section. The pieces of information are:
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Total Weight, Below Gross, or CG: The text message indicates whether the Status Section is
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of the Weight and Balance page. This text never changes and its only task is to serve as a reminder that
tap-n-hold is the way to change configuration settings.
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Normal, Utility, Acrobatic, or Solo: This configuration message informs the user as to which
envelope is being displayed in the Graphical Section and ultimately, to what envelope the aircraft
loading is being constrained. To change the envelope, use the popup menu –see its description later in
the chapter.
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Data Entry Section
The input section of the Weight and balance page is the Data Entry Section. Each seat, each fuel tank, and
each baggage area has a text box for data entry. As a weight is entered into any of the text boxes, the Summary
and Graphical sections are updated dynamically –the results you see are always up-to-date. If invalid data is
entered for any of the text boxes, that text box will turn red, and the following message will be displayed in the
Status Section:
Popup Menus
Consistent with the rest of the WingX user interface, the Data Entry Section
can be driven using popup menus. To display the popup menu for any
specific text box, simply tap-n-hold on the text box. A popup menu
appropriate to that specific text box will appear.
For example, the popup menu for a baggage area will only contain values at or
below the maximum allowable weight for that baggage area. Similarly, if fuel
is being entered in gallons, then the popup menu will only show possible
gallon amounts at or below the capacity for that fuel tank. Moreover,
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aircraft weight and balance.
An example would the Piper Archer II. This aircraft model has tabs in the fuel tanks giving the pilot the option
of reducing the fuel load to a known quantity. Fil
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Graphical Section
The Graphical Section is really central in performing a Weight and Balance determination. This section has
three primary functions:
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Display the Weight and Balance Popup Menu

Display the Weight and Balance Envelope

Display the Weight and Balance Bar Display
Weight and Balance Popup Menu
The Weight and Balance popup menu provides numerous options and
configuration options.
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Following the Summary Selection is a list of possible envelopes for the selected aircraft. In our example above,
the Beechcraft Duchess only has the Normal Envelope. If, for example, we had selected a Cessna 172N, the
popup menu would have included both the Normal Envelope and the Utility Envelope. Again, note that since
the Normal Envelope is selected, it has a check mark next to it. This is also shown in the Configuration Section
(shown in yellow). When the envelope is changed, the graphical envelope will change to reflect the new
envelope and all calculations and warnings will be in accordance with the newly selected envelope.
Display Mode
WingX has two ways of displaying Weight and Balance information, both of which are described in much more
detail later in this chapter:
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Show Summary Table
Selecting this option will display a complete summary of the Weight and Balance information in a form very
similar to what is seen in most aircraft manuals. The Summary Table is described in greater detail later in this
chapter.
Weight and Balance Envelope
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accessible from the View|Weight and Balance|Detailed submenu. If this submenu option is checked, each
row of seats and baggage area has their own line. If unchecked, all seat rows and all baggage rows are
summarized into a single green or brown line respectively. This reduces the detail of the snake, but it also
unclutters the display somewhat. In the example below, note that the two seat rows have been combined into a
single line. Clearly, this feature will be most useful on aircraft that have numerous rows of seats, multiple
baggage areas, and/or several fuel tanks.
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Weight and Balance Bar Display
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It is important to note that the Status and Configuration section function
exactly the same as when the envelope is displayed. The Bar Display merely
displays a different view of the Weight and Balance information. In this
example, the Status and Configuration Sections show that 136 pounds, 192
pounds, and 432 pounds below the maximum allowable Ramp, Takeoff, and
Landings weights. Also, we are using the Normal envelope for our
calculations.
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is graphically denoted by a black diamond. The green bar shows the allowable CG range at the Maximum
ZFW. The CG values for the Ramp, Takeoff, and Landing lines should be interpreted similarly. Notice how
the green bar shortens as the weight increases; i.e. on the Ramp and Takeoff lines. This is consistent with the
CG range shortening as the weight increases –see the screen shots showing the normal envelope and notice
how, as the weight increases, the forward CG moves aft, yet the aft CG does not change. Also note that the
CG values shown on the Ramp, Takeoff, and Landing lines; namely 115.41, 115, 38, and 115.26 respectively are
the same numbers shown earlier when we were viewing the normal envelope. The rightmost column displays
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same CG values will be displayed and the same warnings will be displayed as with the Weight and Balance
Envelope display. The Bar Display is a different and unique way of showing the same information.
Near limits, and exceeding limits notifications
A superb feature of the Bar Display is its CG-range summary on the right side of the display. If the CG
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In the first example above, the 200-pound passenger moved from the right-front seat to the right-rear seat. A
recalculation showed that the CGs for all phases of flight were within just 5% of the allowable range.
Concerned with this, the pilot asked this passenger to verify that his weight really was 200 pounds. It turned
out that he had recently put on 15 pounds. This newly acquired weight gain moved the Maximum ZFW and
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and moments. The Summary Table will list each station of the passengers,
baggage, and fuel. Passenger stations are shown in green, baggage stations are
shown in light red, and fuel stations are shown in blue. Note that this is
consistent with the color scheme used on the W&B envelope display.
The fuel calculations will be broken down into the zero fuel, ramp, takeoff,
and landing phases. In addition, for each CG that is calculated, WingX will
display the allowable range of CGs for that weight.
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No Aircraft Selected
If no aircraft is selected on the Aircraft page, and the user changes the view to the Weight and Balance page, the
following warning message is displayed:
To resolve the issue, change the view back to the Aircraft page and select an aircraft by tapping on its Nnumber or anywhere else on that line. Then return to the Weight and Balance page. The Weight and Balance
page always uses the selected aircraft, therefore the information and envelope of the selected aircraft will be
displayed.
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WingX has an extensive database of aircraft models. A partial list of supported aircraft manufacturers is: Aero
Planes, American, Bellanca, Beechcraft, Bellanca, Cessna, Cirrus, Diamond, Funk, Global Amphibians,
Grumman, Letecke Zavody, Liberty, Maule, Mooney, Navion, OMF, Piper, Pitts, Robinson, Schempp-Hirth,
Schweizer, Sikorsky, Socata, Taylorcraft, Vans, Vickers-Slingsby, and Zenair. WingX has over 370 aircraft
models in its database and we are continually adding more.
If there is an aircraft model that you would like added, please email us at [email protected] and tell
us the make, model, year, and even the N-number if possible. We will do our best to obtain all the appropriate
information to add that specific model. If we cannot locate all the required weight and balance and fuel
information, we will contact you asking that you provide us with this data either via email or fax.
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Chapter
Route Planning Page
WingX has a downloadable database that contains airports, navigational aids, and fixes.
WingX will do your Route Planning and even walk you through the route as you fly it
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wind vector, the route will be displayed by listing each leg of the flight. The information for each
leg consists of Magnetic Heading (MH), Distance (NM), Estimated Time Enroute (ETE), Wind Correction
Angle (WCA) and more. The status bar will display the Part 61/141-required cross-country distances.
Constructing a Route
A route consists of multiple identifiers. Each identifier can represent an airport, a VOR (or similar), an NDB, a
fix, an intersection, and VFR waypoints.
Identifier Name
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SJC
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There are three important rules when entering a route:
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box, and the numbers 330 and 15 are entered into the wind text boxes.
Note the distances displayed in the status bar just above the main menu.
These are distances that are used in determining Part 61, Part 91, and Part 141
cross-country compliance.
At this point, WingX has the information it needs to completely calculate the route information. Using our
example, the full route would be:
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Note the period preceding the Sacramento VOR identifier. Due to screen space constraints on handheld
devices, WingX conveniently displays TC, WCA, TH, and MH all in one column and allows each one to be
viewed in sequence by simply tapping on the column header. For example, MH will initially be displayed in the
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Column Selection
Using the View|Route|Columns submenu, the route list view can be configured to show or hide specific
columns. For example, you may wish to hide the Name column since it requires a large column width to be
useful. This would allow you to then show the ETA column.
Route Page with Name column
Route Page with ETA column
The Status Bar
The Status Bar displays very useful information and will cycle through the following pieces of information:
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Great Circle Route: The distance difference between the defined route and the great circle route.
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Federal Aviation Regulation Distances: Distance information related to the 14 CFR Part 61 and
Part 141 pilot certification processes.
o Total: Total distance of the route.
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the flight will be faster or slower with the given wind.
The user-defined route is 0.6 NM
longer than the great circle route.
Total distance is 72.7 NM, longest
airport-to-airport leg is 51.5 NM,
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The Average Ground Speed is
109 knots. The wind increases the
flight time by 4 minutes.
Popup Menu
To both simplify and speed up route entry, WingX provides a popup menu for the route text
box that is extremely useful when entering routes. To display the popup menu, tap-n-hold
on the route text box. As can be seen from the screen shot on the right, the popup menu is
divided into four sections:
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Most Recently Used Lists: Airports, Navaids, Fixes
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Most Recently Used Lists
WingX remembers the airports, navaids, and fixes most recently used and
provides quick access to them via the route popup menu. Three separate lists
are provided within the popup (see popup image above); one for airports, one
for navaids, and one for fixes and intersections. Tap on Airports, Navaids, or
Fixes to display the appropriate list. Then tap on the required identifier to
insert that identifier into the route text box.
Longer names may have to be truncated slightly to ensure that the names fit
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The Save Route page.
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Clear Popup Menu Option
Clear simply clears all the text from the text box.
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Flight Safety
The Dynamic Flight Navigator does not use GPS input to determine your
position. The position shown is derived purely from a time estimate
and WingX mathematically determines your position not according
to any GPS, but rather by simply showing where WingX assumes
you will be if you follow the route appropriately.
Do not use the Dyanmic Flight Navigator as a tool to determine your position!
Screen Layout
The DFN screen is divided into three logical sections denoted by the thick
purple lines on the screen shot on the right (note that these purple lines do not
appear on the Pocket PC –they are for illustration only):
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The Identifier Section displays the identifiers of both the origin and
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airport, navigational aid, or fix.
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
The Flight Data Section displays pertinent navigation information regarding the leg from its origin to
its destination. This information includes the Magnetic Heading (MH), Distance in nautical miles
(NM), Estimated Time Enroute (ETE), and Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA). The distance and ETE
will count down towards zero. When the ETE reaches zero, WingX sequences to the next leg
automatically. The new data for that leg will be displayed in the appropriate sections.
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Control Menu
The Control Menu allows control over both what is shown on the
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PRB. This button is useful if you arrive at your checkpoint a little earlier than planned.
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Show Previous: Tapping on this button will show the previous leg in the route. Note that the active
leg will continue to countdown to its destination even though you will be viewing a different leg.
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Show Active: Tapping on this button will show the active leg.
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Show Next: Tapping on this button will show the next leg in the route. Note that the active leg will
continue to countdown to its destination even though you will be viewing a different leg.
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Show Last: Tapping on this button will show the last leg in the route. Note that the active leg will
continue to countdown to its destination even though you will be viewing a different leg. Viewing the
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the active leg will continue to countdown to its destination even though you will be viewing a different
page. You may change the route (add or remove waypoints), change
the airspeed, and/or change the wind speed/direction. However, if the
Dynamic Flight Navigator is running, you must ensure that the active
leg still exists in the route, otherwise WingX will display the following
message and the Dynamic Flight Navigator will stop running.
If the Dynamic Flight Navigator is running when you
modify the route, ensure that the active leg
still exists in the route
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Status Bar
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Chapter
Sunrise and Sunset Page
An often-overlooked piece of preflight information is the sunrise or sunset time. These times
are not only important from a legality point of view, but are also important for safety
reasons. For example, if you are flying a J3 Cub, or any other aircraft that has a nonfunctional electrical and lighting system, you must land by sunset. As for safety, flight risk is
increased at night –let WingX tell you when the sun will set, when twilight will occur, and
when it effectively becomes night that is so dark that you need to maintain currency just to
take passengers on-board with you.
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occurs which is important for the logging of night flying. The third listed time is
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All three of these times are explained in greater detail in this chapter. A partial
quote of each of the relevant FAR is included for quick reference.
We believe the FARs quoted are current at the time of writing this manual.
Please ensure that you always refer to the most current FARs to ensure compliance.
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Safety
Darkness increases the risk when flying. For example, emergency landing areas are not as easy to find,
instruments may be more difficult to read, objects that have fallen on the floor will be more difficult to find,
and mountains may be impossible to see on a moonless night. The risks and dangers associated with flying at
night are very well documented in many books and videos on the subject. Use WingX to determine the sunset
time, when it is starting to get dark, and when it probably might not be a good idea to be flying in the
mountains in a single-engine aircraft.
Legality
WingX displays six times –three are related to the sunrise and three are related to the sunset. While the actual
sunrise and sunset times are physical events, the other four times are associated with particular FARs with
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Sunrise and Sunset Times
One Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) regarding sunrise and sunset times is:
FAR 91.209 - Aircraft lights
No person may:
(a) During the period from sunset to sunrise (or, in Alaska, during the period a prominent
unlighted object cannot be seen from a distance of 3 statute miles or the sun is more
than 6 degrees below the horizon) —
(1) Operate an aircraft unless it has lighted position lights;
(2) Park or move an aircraft in, or in dangerous proximity to, a night flight operations area
of an airport unless the aircraft—
(i) Is clearly illuminated;
(ii) Has lighted position lights; or
(iii) is in an area that is marked by obstruction lights;
* partial listing of the FAR
Therefore the WingX sunrise and sunset times define the times before which and after which, respectively, an
aircraft may not be moved on the surface (without the above-mentioned safeguards), or flown legally.
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Civil Twilight Times
Two Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) regarding civil twilight times are:
FAR 1.1 - Definitions and Abbreviations
Night means the time between the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of
morning civil twilight, as published in the American Air Almanac, converted to local time.
FAR 61.51 - Pilot logbooks
(a) Training time and aeronautical experience. Each person must document and record
the following time in a manner acceptable to the Administrator:
(1) Training and aeronautical experience used to meet the requirements for a certificate,
rating, or flight review of this part.
(2) The aeronautical experience required for meeting the recent flight experience
requirements of this part.
(b) Logbook entries. For the purposes of meeting the requirements of paragraph (a) of
this section, each person must enter the following information for each flight or lesson
logged:
(1) General
[deleted for brevity]
(2) Type of pilot experience or training—
[deleted for brevity]
(3) Conditions of flight—
(i) Day or night.
(ii) Actual instrument.
(iii) Simulated instrument conditions in flight, a flight simulator, or a flight training device.
* partial listing of the FAR
Therefore the WingX twilight times define the times before which and after which, respectively, a pilot may log
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FAR 61.57 - Recent flight experience: Pilot in command.
(b) Night takeoff and landing experience. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this
section, no person may act as pilot in command of an aircraft carrying passengers during
the period beginning 1 hour after sunset and ending 1 hour before sunrise, unless within
the preceding 90 days that person has made at least three takeoffs and three landings to
a full stop during the period beginning 1 hour after sunset and ending 1 hour before
sunrise, and—
(i) That person acted as sole manipulator of the flight controls; and
(ii) The required takeoffs and landings were performed in an aircraft of the same
category, class, and type (if a type rating is required).
* partial listing of the FAR
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Chapter
E6B Page
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This chapter describes the many conversions, density altitude, winds aloft, fuel consumption
and endurance, headwind/crosswind, distance-groundspeed-time, and wind chill calculations.
W
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pre-flight and during flight. Fast calcula
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Propagation
To aid with data entry in turbulence, to speed up data entry, and to reduce the possibility of errors when
entering numbers, WingX automatically propagates results down the E6B page when appropriate. For
example, when a temperature is calculated, the equivalent value in Celsius is propagated to the Density Altitude
calculations.
Our Example Scenario
Our examples will assume the following scenario:

Indicated Temperature is 90˚
F
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We are in the vicinity of Reno International and intend to use runway 25
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Pressure Altitude at Reno is 4415 feet
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Conversions
Often a pilot will need to make a temperature, distance, weight, volume, or pressure conversion. WingX offers
well over 100 different conversions using simple pull-down and popup menus. WingX provides the following
conversions:
Conversion Types
Units
Temperature
Celsius
Fahrenheit
Kelvin
Distance
Nautical Miles (NM)
Statute Miles (SM)
Inches
Feet
Yards
Millimeters (MM)
Centimeters (CM)
Meters
Kilometers (KM)
Weight
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Gallons (UK)
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Mercury (millimeters)
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Density Altitude
Every pilot knows that Density Altitude is a critical factor related to aircraft performance. This is especially true
operating at hot or high airports. The density altitude of a hot and high airport could be thousands of feet
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must know and understand the effects of density altitude and must calculate the density altitude when arriving
and departing a hot and high airport. In fact, some mountain airports have digital displays in the run-up areas
that calculate the density altitude and alert pilots when the density altitude is much higher than the airport
elevation.
Since density altitude is so critical for safe operation, WingX allows a pilot to quickly and accurately calculate it
with just a few taps.
Example
To determine the density altitude in Reno with an ambient temperature of
90˚
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To calculate density altitude using Fahrenheit:

Select the conversion type to be Temperature.
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Select Fahrenheit on the left text box and Celsius on the right text box.
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There are three possible ways for data to be entered on the E6B page. The data for the
last airport will be used, a user can use the popup menus, or the values can be
entered using the Software Input Panel, keyboard or other input device.
Airspeeds
WingX will convert Calibrated Airspeed (CAS) into True Airspeed (TAS), and its Mach number. Since air
friction will heat up the air temperature probe somewhat, WingX will remove this friction-related error and on
the same line of the E6B, WingX will display the actual outside ambient air temperature. This value will be
lower that the temperature you see on the temperature gauge and have entered on the density altitude line. In
addition, WingX will display a lowered density altitude related to this newly calculated outside ambient air
temperature.
Example
In our example scenario, our Calibrated Airspeed (CAS) is 140, so that is
entered into the CAS field. Using the propagated temperature of 32.2˚
C,
WingX calculates that the True Airspeed (TAS) is 155 knots, and its Mach
number is 0.23. Since the aircraft is a high-performance aircraft at a hot and
high airport, the density altitude is critical. WingX calculates the actual outside
temperature to be 29C̊(
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probe) and the density altitude at the airport to be 6990 feet. Note the more
than 400-foot difference by using the actual outside air temperature versus
what was read on the air temperature gauge.
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Unknown and Known Winds Aloft
WingX provides the advanced capability of calculating winds aloft and desired headings if the winds aloft are
known. Using known variations for airports, navaids, and fixes adds to the accuracy of the results.
Calculating Winds Aloft (Unknown Wind Aloft)
WingX allows a pilot to calculate the winds aloft by entering:

True Airspeed (TAS): The TAS can either be entered directly or calculated by WingX if the pilot
enters their Calibrated Airspeed and Temperature (see Airspeeds above). WingX propagates the TAS
value down into the TAS text box for winds aloft thereby freeing the pilot of entering the TAS.

Track over the ground: The known track that the aircraft is making over the ground. For example, if
the aircraft is following a VOR radial outbound, then the pilot can use that track. Alternatively, a GPS
or LORAN system may display track.

Heading: The aircraft heading that is usually read directly off the Heading Indicator. Note that to
obtain an accurate aircraft heading, the compass heading should be noted, then the appropriate
deviation should be applied as noted by the compass card.

Groundspeed: The known groundspeed. This value can be read from the Distance Measuring
Equipment (DME) or from a LORAN or GPS readout.

Area (optional): Without entering the area in which the flight is occurring, the winds aloft can only be
reported relative to Magnetic North. This is not consistent with Flight Service weather reports since
they report the winds aloft relative to True North. To convert to True North, enter a nearby airport,
navaid, or fix and WingX will calculate the winds aloft more appropriately relative to True North.
If a valid area airport, navaid, or fix is not entered, the winds aloft are reported
relative to Magnetic North –the output will have the [M] suffix.
If a valid area airport, navaid, or fix is entered, the winds aloft are reported
relative to True North –the output will have the [T] suffix.
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Calculating Heading, Ground Speed, and WCA (Known Wind)
By using known winds aloft, WingX allows a pilot to accurately calculate the required heading and the resulting
groundspeed and Wind Correct Angle (WCA). The following pieces of data must be entered:

True Airspeed (TAS): The TAS can either be entered directly or calculated by WingX if the pilot
enters their Calibrated Airspeed and Temperature (see Airspeeds above). WingX propagates the TAS
value down into the TAS text box for winds aloft thereby freeing the pilot of entering the TAS.

Course (Crs): The course that the aircraft is required to make over the ground. For example, if the
aircraft dead reckoning to an airport, then the pilot should use the calculated direction to the airport.
Alternatively, the GPS or LORAN system may display desired course.

Wind Direction (WDir): The winds aloft direction as reported by the FSS Weather Report, Flight
Watch, or other weather reporting entity.

Wind Speed (WSpd): The winds aloft speed as reported by the FSS Weather Report, Flight Watch, or
other weather reporting entity.

Area (optional): Without entering the area in which the flight is occurring, the winds aloft can only be
assumed to be relative to Magnetic North. This is not consistent with Flight Service weather reports
since they report the winds aloft relative to True North. To have the winds aloft be assumed to be
relative to True North, enter a nearby airport, navaid, or fix and WingX will perform the necessary
variation adjustment for accurate results.
Headwind and Crosswind Components
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the headwind and crosswind as 16 knots and 9 knots respectively. We do
encourage pilots to use the actual runway heading and not to simply add a zero
to the runway number for the most accurate results.
Note: A negative headwind implies a tailwind. A negative crosswind is a crosswind from the left.
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Distance, Groundspeed, Time
Distance, groundspeed, and time calculations are fundamental to cross-country flying. Three such examples
are:
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know how fast (or slowly) to fly to arrive at that fix at a certain time.
By entering any two of the three values, WingX will calculate the third.
Example
The distance of 324 NM to our destination is entered into the Distance text
box, and the groundspeed is 150. The time to cover this 324 NM at 150 knots
is calculated to be 2 hours, 9 minutes, and 36 seconds or just 02:09:36.
To see what this time is using a decimal format, simply tap on the text box.
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Fuel calculations are an important part of flight planning. As such, fuel consumption and fuel endurance
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the total fuel required.
Endurance: By entering the Fuel consumption Per Hour (FPH) and the usable fuel on board, WingX will
calculate the endurance in HH:MM:SS.
By entering any two of the three values, WingX will calculate the third.
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that pounds may also be used as the fuel units. We use gallons in this example.
To determine endurance for a specified fuel load, enter the number of gallons
(or pounds) and the Fuel Per Hour (FPH) value and WingX will calculate the
endurance in HH:MM:SS.
IFR Climb Rate and Climb Angle
IFR climb rates and climb angles are critical for safe flight in non-visual conditions. IFR departure procedures
are designed and published with specific criteria and these are printed right on the departure procedure.
However, the requirements are provided in terms of climb rate per NM, but this is not easily measurable in the
aircraft and neither is it easily determinable during pre-flight preparations. By entering the required climb
gradient as published on the departure procedure, as well as the calculated ground speed, WingX will accurately
calculate the required climb rate in feet per minute (FPM) and the climb angle in degrees. Using this valuable
information, pilots can carefully monitor the climb performance during the climb to ensure that the minimum
climb gradient is being achieved thereby significantly increasing the safety of the flight.
Example
If the climb procedure specified 300 ft/nm as the required climb gradient and
we were capable of a ground speed of 150 knots, then the required climb rate
is calculated to be 750 ft/minute with a climb angle of 2.83˚
.
Note: WingX will calculate the groundspeed if the track, wind speed and wind
direction are entered.
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Wind Chill and Frostbite
While not specifically aviation-related, calculating wind chill and frostbite values can be extremely valuable in
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Thumb Control
Thumb Control allows a pilot to continue to use WingX while in flight in
turbulence or while wearing gloves - perfect for General Aviation and Military
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Control is enabled. Once enabled, anytime an editable text box on the E6B
page is selected (i.e. you tap on the text box), a dialog box with large buttons
will appear allowing values to be entered while in turbulence or while flying
with gloves.
The Thumb Control dialog box is show on the right. Its prominent heading
shows the data to be entered. In the example on the right, the user is
requested to enter a temperature in Fahrenheit. The entered value appears,
and is updated as buttons are pressed, below the heading. At this point in the
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The Thumb Control Dialog consists of digits as well as a +/- button, decimal
point button, and a backspace button. The digit buttons simply add a digit to
the number shown. The decimal point button is enabled only if the number
does not already contain a decimal point. The backspace button is only
enabled when there are digits to delete.
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Chapter
Pilot Expirations
WingX provides a unique feature called Pilot Expirations to allow pilots to store their
many expiration dates in one convenient and portable place. Keep your expiration dates
sorted in chronological order right on your Pocket PC, right in your flight bag.
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ingX maintains a list of commonly-used expiration dates allowing a pilot to quickly check their
currency for any particular aspect of flying including single-engine land, multi-engine land, BFR,
IFR etc. In addition, there are several other categories that are also very useful such as navigation
medicals, insurance, and aircraft expirations. The complete list of WingX supported expirations is
given below.
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soften difficult, or at least time consuming, to calculate 90day expirations, and sometimes it is difficult to remember if the expiration is 90 days, 6 months, 1 year, or 12
calendar months out. WingX will automatically adjust certain dates according to the appropriate FAR; for
example, if you were to select November 26, 2004 as the date you did your 3 take-offs and landings in a tailwheel aircraft, WingX would automatically use February 24, 2005 as the expiration date; i.e. WingX
automatically added 90 days to November 26, 2004.
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Expiration Dates
The extensive list of expiration dates is shown below as well as a reference to the relevant FAR:
Currency
ASEL (day)
90 days
14 CFR FAR 61.57
ASEL (night)
90 days
14 CFR FAR 61.57
AMEL (day)
90 days
14 CFR FAR 61.57
AMEL (night)
90 days
14 CFR FAR 61.57
Tailwheel
90 days
14 CFR FAR 61.57
Biennial Flight Review (BFR)
24 calendar months 14 CFR FAR 61.56
Instrument Flight Rules (IFR)
6 calendar months
CFI Renewal
24 calendar months 14 CFR FAR 61.197
14 CFR FAR 61.57
Navigation
Approach Charts
N/A
N/A
Sectional
N/A
N/A
Terminal Area Chart (TAC)
N/A
N/A
Wide Area Chart (WAC)
N/A
N/A
Airport/Facility Directory (A/FD)
N/A
N/A
Medical
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6 calendar months
2nd Class
12 calendar months 14 CFR FAR 61.23
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14 CFR FAR 61.23
3 Class
36 calendar months 14 CFR FAR 61.23
3rd Class (over 40 years)
24 calendar months 14 CFR FAR 61.23
Insurance
N/A
N/A
Owners Insurance
N/A
N/A
Renters Insurance
N/A
N/A
Aircraft
Annual
12 calendar months 14 CFR FAR 91.409
VOR (IFR)
30 days
Altimeter/Static
24 calendar months 14 CFR FAR 91.411
Transponder
24 calendar months 14 CFR FAR 91.413
14 CFR FAR 91.171
Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) 24 calendar months 14 CFR FAR 91.207
GPS Database
N/A
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Expiration Item Components
Each expiration item is contained on a single line and consists of several components:
Component
Description
Checkbox
Check this checkbox to enable the expiration item and to have the item appear
when Sort by Expiration is selected.
Text
A self-explanatory description of the expiration item.
Asterisk
If an asterisk appears after the text (e.g. "Tailwheel*"), WingX will autoincrement the selected date.
Date
If an asterisk appears in the text, the date should be selected as the date when
currency was achieved. If no asterisk appears in the text, the actual expiration
date should be selected.
Days To Go
This number is the number of days, weeks, or months to go before the item
expires. For example, "4", "4w" and "4m" mean four days, four weeks, or
four months until expiration respectively. A negative number means that the
currency for that item has elapsed.
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The expiration items can be shown in one of two ways by tapping the "Show by Category" or "Sort by
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o Sorts the expiration items according to their expiration date. This will remove the headings as
well as non-selected items from the display list.
o Only displays checked items.
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calculates an expiration date of August 19th. In addition, a few months ago on January 4th, we got to fly the
Citabria a little and achieved tailwheel currency. Finally, we successfully completed our BFR on May 21st with
the calculated expiration to be 24 calendar months out on May 31st. We had our medical in early May and we
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Chapter
Document Page
WingX uses its own proprietary algorithms to store a tremendous amount text and to make
it quickly accessible. The FARs, the AIM, CFI endorsements, FSS phone numbers, and
many other documents are quickly displayed with just a few taps.
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ingX includes the most GA-pertinent Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) parts, as well as sections
of the Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM). For Certificated Flight Instructors (CFI), there is
Advisory Circular 61-65D that contains endorsements for pilot training. The Pilot/Controller
Glossary, NWS Contractions, FSS Phone Numbers and more are quickly accessible on this page.
The documents available on WingX include:
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FAR Part 1 -- Definitions And Abbreviations
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FAR Part 43 -- Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance, Rebuilding, And Alteration

FAR Part 61 -- Certification: Pilots, Flight Instructors, And Ground Instructors
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FAR Part 91 -- General Operating And Flight Rules
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FAR Part 119 -- Certification: Air Carriers And Commercial Operators
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FAR Part 141 -- Pilot Schools
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FAR Part 830 -- Notification And Reporting Of Aircraft Accidents Or Incidents And Overdue
Aircraft, And Preservation Of Aircraft Wreckage, Mail, Cargo, And Records
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AIM Preflight Briefing
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AIM Flight Plan Form
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AIM Aircraft Equipment Suffixes
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AIM PIREP Element Code Chart
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AIM Light Gun Signals
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Pilot/Controller Glossary
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AC61-65D -- Certification: Pilots and Flight and Ground Instructors

NWS Contractions
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FSS Phone Numbers
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Note that Hilton Software regularly adds to this list and since a new Document Database can be uploaded to
your WingX with just a few taps, you may have some additional documents on your Pocket PC
Selecting a Document and a Subpart
Displaying any piece of text is a two-step process. The first step is to select the document in which the text is
contained, and then to narrow down the selection by selecting one of its subparts. Some PDA applications
only allow the user to select the document (and not its subparts) thereby requiring the user to page through the
document to find the relevant part. WingX makes all the sub-parts instantly available for selection and viewing.
We shall see how simple WingX makes the viewing of any specific FAR.
Select the appropriate document using the upper selection box and then using the lower
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Text Size
Depending on your requirements, and your device type and screen size, it may
be preferable to display the documents using a smaller font. A smaller font
allows more text to appear on the screen simultaneously thereby providing the
user with more information at any one time and minimizes scrolling. WingX
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About Page
The About page displays product and company information as well as pertinent version
numbers. When submitting a new feature request or a possible bug, please include each of
the version numbers shown below. This will expedite the handling of the request.
T
he About page displays version numbers and this information is very valuable to us when you submit
bugs or feature requests. By knowing what version of WingX you are running, as well as the Operating
System and Compact Framework versions, we will be better equipped to reproduce your environment
and expedite the request. We encourage you to include these numbers in emails you send to us at
[email protected].
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This number is the WingX version. We suggest that you upgrade to the latest
WingX version when a newer version is published on our website. Please refer
to our download page:
http://www.hiltonsoftware.com/Download.html
OS Version
This number is the Pocket PC Operating System version. Therefore, the Pocket PC 2002, Mobile 2003, and
Mobile 2003 Second Edition will all have different version numbers. WingX is tested on all of these systems.
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CLR Version
This version number is the Microsoft Compact Framework version, also known as the Common Language
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The following Compact Framework version numbers are known at the time this WingX version was released:
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CF 1.0 SP1
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CF 1.0 SP2 Recall
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CF 1.0 SP2 Beta
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CF 1.0 SP3 Beta
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CF 1.0 SP3
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WingX should work with any of these Compact Framework versions, but it is definitely worth noting the OS
Version when submitting a bug report.
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WingX Agent Desktop Application
WingX Agent Desktop Application is a .NET desktop application that simplifies the
downloading of database files as well as providing housekeeping functionality.
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ingX Agent can be considered a bridge between the WingX Pocket PC and the Internet. The
WingX application itself does not store aircraft model information, airport information, or
document text. Rather, this information is stored in multiple databases resident on the Pocket PC
and these databases can be quickly and easily downloaded off the web. Users with Pocket PCs that
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Downloading Databases
Downloading databases is an extremely important element of keeping WingX up-to-date. For example, as
necessary, Hilton Software adds aircraft models to the Model Database. To obtain this new database, the
Model Database will need to be downloaded via the Internet and copied to your Pocket PC. The good news is
that WingX Agent is designed to do just that for you.
Download and install WingX Agent from:
http://www.hiltonsoftware.com/Download.html
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status would look something like the example on the right.
Once the new database has been installed onto your Pocket PC, you will see the following dialog box. If you
do not follow the instructions, the new database will not be correctly installed on your Pocket PC
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Appendix
Glossary
AC
Advisory Circular
PAlt
Pressure Altitude
A/FD
Airport and Facilities Directory
MH
Magnetic Heading
AIM
Aeronautical Information Manual
MRU
Most Recently Used
ASEL
Airplane Single Engine Land
NDB
Non-Directional Beacon
AMEL Airplane Multi-Engine Land
NM
Nautical Miles
BFR
Biennial Flight Review
OAT
Outside Air Temperature
CAS
Calibrated Airspeed
RMP
Ramp
CFI
Certificated Flight Instructor
SIP
Software Input Panel
CFR
Code Of Federal Regulations
TAC
Terminal Area Chart
DAlt
Density Altitude
TAS
True Airspeed
DFN
Dynamic Flight Naviga
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TC
True Course
ELT
Emergency Locator Transmitter
T/O
Takeoff
ETA
Estimated Time of Arrival
TH
True Heading
ETE
Estimated Time Enroute
VOR
Very High Frequency Omni Range
FAR
Federal Aviation Regulations
WAC
World Aeronautical Chart
GPS
Global Positioning System
WCA
Wind Correction Angle
GS
Ground Speed
WDir
Wind Direction
Hdg
Heading
WSpd
Wind Speed
HW
Headwind
XW
Crosswind
ICAO
International Civil Aviation Organization
IFR
Instrument Flight Rules
KTS
Knots
LND
Landing
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6205 Balderstone Drive, San Jose, CA 95120
http://www.hiltonsoftware.com
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