Any IPAD App designers out there?

[lanebush]

It sure would be nice to have an IPAD app to keep track of glider
times on the flight line. Maybe a clock at the top with the ability
to log launch and landing times for multiple gliders and pilots
simultaneously while showing elapsed time in the air for each flight
etc.... Sure would beat our clip board method. Especially if you
could download and print daily reports. Any one willing to take up
the challenge? I have never designed an app but it looks like it
would be fun and fairly simple.

[tstock]

On Sep 18, 3:15*pm, lanebush > wrote:
> It sure would be nice to have an IPAD app to keep track of glider
> times on the flight line. *Maybe a clock at the top with the ability
> to log launch and landing times for multiple gliders and pilots
> simultaneously while showing elapsed time in the air for each flight
> etc.... *Sure would beat our clip board method. *Especially if you
> could download and print daily reports. *Any one willing to take up
> the challenge? *I have never designed an app but it looks like it
> would be fun and fairly simple.

I could write this... been writing iPhone apps for the past couple of
years. Only problem for me is that my iPad is just too big for the
cockpit. Could I write it as an iPhone app which runs on the iPad :D

[lanebush]

On Sep 18, 11:22*pm, tstock > wrote:
> On Sep 18, 3:15*pm, lanebush > wrote:
>
> > It sure would be nice to have an IPAD app to keep track of glider
> > times on the flight line. *Maybe a clock at the top with the ability
> > to log launch and landing times for multiple gliders and pilots
> > simultaneously while showing elapsed time in the air for each flight
> > etc.... *Sure would beat our clip board method. *Especially if you
> > could download and print daily reports. *Any one willing to take up
> > the challenge? *I have never designed an app but it looks like it
> > would be fun and fairly simple.
>
> I could write this... been writing iPhone apps for the past couple of
> years. *Only problem for me is that my iPad is just too big for the
> cockpit. Could I write it as an iPhone app which runs on the iPad :D

I was thinking it would be an app for the glider ops team to use on
the ground. The purpose would be to keep track of the time aloft of
each glider/pilot combo and at the end of the day download to the club
computer for billing and permanent record purposes. I was thinking
the personnel would have a drop down menu allowing a choice of a
glider, then a drop down menu allowing a choice of a pilot, others for
the tow pilot and tow plane. Then you would click "takeoff" when they
land you would click "landed" and the app would compute an elapsed
time aloft and store the record. There should be a feature where up
to a dozen records could be running simultaneously for multiple
launches. It would be great if you could design such an app. One of
the SSA regional directors called me today and said that the SSA has
been trying to get someone to develop such an app but it has yet to
come to fruition. If you would like to bounce ideas around please
send me a pm and we can talk.

Lane

[Max Kellermann]

lanebush > wrote:
> I was thinking it would be an app for the glider ops team to use on
> the ground. The purpose would be to keep track of the time aloft of
> each glider/pilot combo and at the end of the day download to the club
> computer for billing and permanent record purposes. I was thinking
> the personnel would have a drop down menu allowing a choice of a
> glider, then a drop down menu allowing a choice of a pilot, others for
> the tow pilot and tow plane. Then you would click "takeoff" when they
> land you would click "landed" and the app would compute an elapsed
> time aloft and store the record.

XCSoar will have that based on FLARM: at my airfield, we have built a
FLARM ground station with a PDA running XCSoar; it helps flight
instructors with supervising solo flights. We're planning to add
takeoff/landing detection for nearby traffic.

XCSoar runs on Windows, Windows CE/Mobile, Mac OS X, Linux and
Android, but not iOS (iPad, iPhone).

Max

[jcarlyle]

One of the members of my club wrote just such an application for us,
and it's been working great for the last two years. There's a drop
down list for members, plane, and tow pilot, and when the plane takes
off you simply push a big green button. When it lands you push a big
red button, and the flight time is filled in. The pilot uses a drop
down list after he lands to inform the system of his tow altitude. The
data feeds into our billing system, so there's no more need to
decipher illegible scrawls on paper logs.

The only thing that doesn't meet your request is that this application
runs under Windows. I've alerted the author to this thread, and he may
chime in.

-John

[[email protected]]

> I could write this... been writing iPhone apps for the past couple of
> years. *Only problem for me is that my iPad is just too big for the
> cockpit. Could I write it as an iPhone app which runs on the iPad :D

You could run an iPhone app on the ipad. Just push the 2x button

[lanebush]

On Sep 19, 8:09*am, jcarlyle > wrote:
> One of the members of my club wrote just such an application for us,
> and it's been working great for the last two years. There's a drop
> down list for members, plane, and tow pilot, and when the plane takes
> off you simply push a big green button. When it lands you push a big
> red button, and the flight time is filled in. The pilot uses a drop
> down list after he lands to inform the system of his tow altitude. The
> data feeds into our billing system, so there's no more need to
> decipher illegible scrawls on paper logs.
>
> The only thing that doesn't meet your request is that this application
> runs under Windows. I've alerted the author to this thread, and he may
> chime in.
>
> -John

Windows based would work for us. Any chance we can get a copy of the
program?

Lane
Rose City Soaring Association, LLC

[David Jansen]

On Sep 19, 5:15*am, lanebush > wrote:
> It sure would be nice to have an IPAD app to keep track of glider
> times on the flight line. *Maybe a clock at the top with the ability
> to log launch and landing times for multiple gliders and pilots
> simultaneously while showing elapsed time in the air for each flight
> etc.... *Sure would beat our clip board method. *Especially if you
> could download and print daily reports. *Any one willing to take up
> the challenge? *I have never designed an app but it looks like it
> would be fun and fairly simple.

Try this

http://dittolog.com/

[Sean Fidler]

I run a software development firm which specializes in simulation, development, integration and full lifecycle maintenance of mobile and tablet bases apps. We have nearly 100 clients ranging from Fandango to very small start ups and high school projects (most are larger corporations, etc). Would not be "free" but could work with you. Im a fellow glider pilot if course.
Sean Fidler
VP, Global Business Development, RIIS
248.977.7911

[Sean Fidler]

XC soar is amazing Max and team! Kudos!

[Mike Schumann]

On 9/19/2011 1:57 AM, lanebush wrote:
> On Sep 18, 11:22 pm, > wrote:
>> On Sep 18, 3:15 pm, > wrote:
>>
>>> It sure would be nice to have an IPAD app to keep track of glider
>>> times on the flight line. Maybe a clock at the top with the ability
>>> to log launch and landing times for multiple gliders and pilots
>>> simultaneously while showing elapsed time in the air for each flight
>>> etc.... Sure would beat our clip board method. Especially if you
>>> could download and print daily reports. Any one willing to take up
>>> the challenge? I have never designed an app but it looks like it
>>> would be fun and fairly simple.
>>
>> I could write this... been writing iPhone apps for the past couple of
>> years. Only problem for me is that my iPad is just too big for the
>> cockpit. Could I write it as an iPhone app which runs on the iPad :D
>
> I was thinking it would be an app for the glider ops team to use on
> the ground. The purpose would be to keep track of the time aloft of
> each glider/pilot combo and at the end of the day download to the club
> computer for billing and permanent record purposes. I was thinking
> the personnel would have a drop down menu allowing a choice of a
> glider, then a drop down menu allowing a choice of a pilot, others for
> the tow pilot and tow plane. Then you would click "takeoff" when they
> land you would click "landed" and the app would compute an elapsed
> time aloft and store the record. There should be a feature where up
> to a dozen records could be running simultaneously for multiple
> launches. It would be great if you could design such an app. One of
> the SSA regional directors called me today and said that the SSA has
> been trying to get someone to develop such an app but it has yet to
> come to fruition. If you would like to bounce ideas around please
> send me a pm and we can talk.
>
> Lane
It would be really awesome for the app to interface with Quickbooks
using the QBooks SDK.

--
Mike Schumann