Augmented Reality is something of a mix of the real world and virtual reality. It blends a real video feed from your iPad or iPhone with computer-generated overlays to show approximate airport positions against the same image you see when you look outside the plane. It's extremely helpfulf for situational awareness and makes it easy to thruthfully say "Yes" when the tower asks if you have an airport in sight. It's especially helpful for smaller airports in hard to see areas, in poor visibility conditions, and at night.
It requires a GPS. All iPhones include a GPS so nothing else to buy but WiFi-only iPads do not so would need an external Bluetooth GPS. Cellular iPads include a GPS that works regardless of whether you have a cellular data plan or not. FlyQ InSight does not officially support ADS-B receivers. However, because of the way the Dual XGPS 170 and 190 work, they will provide a GPS feed to the app. We also unofficialy support the GPS feed (only) from a FreeFlight Systems, Clarity, or Stratux ADS-B (if it includes a GPS, of course) via the X-Plane switch in Settings.
It is definitely for situational awareness only and should NOT be used to land. The accuracy is good, especially when the camera is positioned out the front of the plane and the LOCK button is ON (that is, green), but not intentended as a substitute for approved navigational systems. It's designed to show you approximately where the airports are.
Yup!
FlyQ EFB is a full-blown, top-rated aviation app with all the bells and whistles including VFR and IFR charts, geo-referecned approach plates and airport diagrams, airport info, weather, and flight planning. It has an annual fee of $69 for VFR data or $139 for IFR and VFR data. FlyQ InSight includes augmented reality, airport info, weather, and flight planning but no maps, approach plates, or airport diagrams. It's also 100% free.
Yup. Use either Lockheed (Leidos) or DUATS. Choose your provider by changing your pilot profile in Settings then Pilots.
FlyQ InSight is currently for iOS only. However, FlyQ Pocket works for Android and can be downloaded the Android version via Google Play. FlyQ Pocket is very similar to FlyQ InSight but without the newer Augmented Reality features.
We don't have a lot of Canadian data in the product but, if you fly in the US, there is a workaround. Simply select 'Lockheed Martin' as your weather provider.
Sorry about that. If you send an email to Seattle Avionics Technical Support with the manufacturer, model, and FAA/ICAO TYPE identifier (like a Cessna 172 is TYPE C172), we'll try to add it for the next release.
In the meantime you can select Experimental as the Manufacturer then pick High, Medium, or Low Performance as the Model. Not ideal but it gives ATC what they need.
From the list of flight plans, tap the Edit button at the top of the screen then tap the - button next to the flight plan you wish to delete and confirm by tapping the Delete button.
Alternately, once you open the flight plan (that is, see the NavLog), tap the button that looks like a box with an arrow coming out of it (Apple calls this an Action button). Delete is the first choice but you can also use this to print or email the flight plan.
In addition to Augmented Reality, FlyQ InSight works seamlessly with FlyQ EFB on the iPad and our new FlyQ Online Web-based aviation information / flight planning system. AOPA Go does not share any data outside of AOPA apps and services.
Thanks for being a Seattle Avionics customer; We really appreciate it.
Voyager for Windows includes a feature called WebSynch that takes all your flight plans, aircraft profiles, your pilot profile, etc. and stores them in the cloud. This is what FlyQ InSight uses, not just a normal Voyager subscription. We understand that this can be a little confusing. This WebSynch system allows you to transfer flight plans betwen the iPhone and your PC.
To resolve, just open Voyager for Windows and select WebSynch from the File menu to create the WebSynch account (free, of course). This put all your flight information in the cloud for AOPA FlyQ to see and use.
Then use those credentials in FlyQ InSight (in the Settings tab) and you'll be good to go. Or you can just create a new account.
Nothing significant, no. The most recent release fixed all the bugs we know about. That said, if you think you found a problem, have a question, or have a suggestion, please let us know by sending email to FlyQSupport@seattleavionics.com.
We're sorry but FlyQ InSight is really just for flying within the United States; it has no data for other countries.
E-mail: FlyQSupport@SeattleAvionics.com
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