Announcing WingX for the Pocket PC

Thomas Borchert wrote:

Hilton,

wow, you guys sure are quick! Ok, here are some thoughts:

- Price: Much more attractive now. As you have hinted at (and I
understand you can't say it outright, but I can), some other offerings
look much more cobbled together by hobbyists. Hmm, we should all
complain some more and see what you do to the price then ;-)

- User waypoints: A big thing for me. Let's say I want to cut a close
corner around some airspace next to my home drome. I need to plan with
a waypoint I'll put right there.

Since we are in the design phase of user waypoints for WingX, I'd like to
solicit information on how you would like to create a waypoint. We're
looking at lat-long, bearing and distance from a fix, etc. How would you
like to define your 'close corner'?


And two more questions:

- Is there a way to factor wind into the flight planning feature?

No, but there will be within a few days. If you want, I can notify you via
email once the feature has been added, QAed, and shipped.


- How do I get the Socata TB-10 Tobago POH data to you? I could e-mail
you our POH as a PDF, but it would be in German.

Please email the POH (or the URL). No-one here speaks German, but we'll see
what we can do using the POH and other sources.

BTW: I mis-spoke earlier and the current database *does* currently contain
NDBs.

Thank you for your very constructive posts.

Hilton
Hilton Software LLC
http://www.hiltonsoftware.com

Sorry to be boring here but I thought that I should
point this out. As well as being a glider pilot I am
also a scientist. There is already windows software out
there which is extremely popular in the structural
chemistry/physics community called WinGX. An unfortunate coincidence.
Just type WinGX into google and you'll get:-http://www.chem.gla.ac.uk/~louis/software/wingx/all the bestDave At 16:42 21 August 2003, Cecil E. Chapman wrote:Just my two cents (and 'no' I am not an employee or
affiliate ofHiltonSoftware )...I've been checking out the program and have been more
than pleased with its'intelligent and thoughtful layout. The design of the
program's displayinterface is well-reasoned and most intuitive. One
would be hard-pressed tofind a similar program that provides more features
with out-of-the-boxfunctionality right from the point where you press
the 'on' button on yourhandheld device (PocketPC).I'm running it on a Dell Axim with a 300Mhz Intel x-scale
processor withPocketPC 2003 and most pleased!-- -- Good Flights!Cecil E. Chapman, Jr.PP-ASEL'We who fly do so for the love of flying.We are alive in the air with this miraclethat lies in our hands and beneath our feet'- Cecil Day Lewis-My personal adventures as a student pilotand after my PPL: www.bayareapilot.com'Hilton Software LLC' wrote in s.earthlink.net... Hi everyone, Hilton Software has spent over a year developing WingX.
Earlier thisweek, we announced general availability of the product. 'WingX is a Microsoft Pocket PC application designed
by pilots for pilots. WingX was designed from the ground up using the latest
.NET technologyfrom Microsoft to create an application that pilots could
use while down at the airport and away from their desktop PC at home.' Weight and Balance, Route Planning, Sunrise and Sunset
information, E6B calculations, and the new Expiration page are included.
FAA and Model Databases can be downloaded wireless or by connecting
your Pocket PC toyour PC. Graphical Weight and Balance calculations are easy
with pre-definedaircraft models. WingX knows about Piper Warriors, Cessna
172s, Sundowners, Schweizers, and more. Route Planning uses the current
FAA database for airports and VORs. Go to http://www.hiltonsoftware.com and download WingX.
We're hoping you will like it and register with Hilton Software. Thank you, Hilton Hilton Software LLC http://www.hiltonsoftware.com