Air Navigation

Quick Start Guide

Table of Contents
Introduction...................................................................................................................................................................1

Design.............................................................................................................................................................................2

Dynamic Map................................................................................................................................................................3

Layers.............................................................................................................................................................................5
Maps and Charts................................................................................................................................................5
Annotations........................................................................................................................................................6

Real-Time Flight Information....................................................................................................................................7

Route Planning.............................................................................................................................................................8
Info Screen.......................................................................................................................................................10
Nearby..............................................................................................................................................................10
Routes...............................................................................................................................................................10
User Points.......................................................................................................................................................12

EHSI / RMI....................................................................................................................................................................12

TAWS............................................................................................................................................................................13

Offline content manager..........................................................................................................................................14

Settings........................................................................................................................................................................16

Introduction
Thank you for participating in the FlyGo Test Group.
This document is meant to guide you through the main features of the
application.

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Design
The app has three windows and inside them there are three main modules.
These are:
 EHSI / RMI
 Dynamic map
 TAWS
On iPad, you can change the arrangement of the modules. Tap the 􀊯 button
to swap them. You can use any module at full screen with the 􀅊 button.

Design on iPad with map module on top, EHSI and TAWS at the bottom
One of the windows is larger than the others and contains additional flight
information. This is the main window and by default it contains the map
module.
Due to space limitations, on iPhone, you can only view one module at a time.

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 All three modules on iPhone

Dynamic Map
This is the single most important screen of the application since it contains the
most information.
By default, the map uses Open Street Maps (OSM) map tiles, and shows:
 Airports

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  Airspaces
 Navaids
 Basic METAR information
 Your own user points
The first 3 buttons at the bottom controls the map. These are:

 Center button 􀐩
It centers the map to your location
 Track up / North up button 􀋗
It switches between track up and north up modes. In north up mode,
the top of the map always points to north. In track up mode, the map
rotates with you, and it will always point to the direction you are
moving to.
 Layer button 􀯳
This button controls the visible layers and annotations.

Layers
The layer button is used for selecting map types or charts. It can also enable or
disable annotations and overlays, such as navaids or airspaces.

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 Map layers menu
Maps and Charts
There are two supported map types, Apple Maps and Open Street Map. Apple
Maps can be only used online, while OSM map tiles can be downloaded and
used offline.
Instead of basic maps, you can use a wide variety of charts as well.
For the US, we provide VFR sectional charts along with low and high altitude
IFR en-route charts for the Contiguous US, Alaska and the Caribbean region.
Terminal approach charts will be introduced in a future release.
For the EU, we have Open Flight Maps VFR charts in 21 countries1 and
Eurocontrol low and high altitude IFR en-route charts.
Annotations
The first switch controls the visibility of user points. These are the points you
define for the app.
We use two methods to present METAR information on the map. The first one
is a small badge that shows the flight category with its color.

METAR badge showing IFR conditions

The second one is the station model which provides a great deal of additional
information such as cloud cover, wind speed and direction, etc. However, this
model's readability may not be sufficient for in-flight purposes, so we
recommend you use this method mainly for flight planning.

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EU sectional charts are available in Belgium, Germany, Finland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Poland, Sweden,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Malta, Austria, Romania, Switzerland,
Slovakia. Additional charts are available in South Africa and Namibia.

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 Station model
Airports can be enabled or disabled by categories. The 'Show private' switch
controls the visibility of private airports for every category.

Airport types
Similarly, navaids can be enabled type by type or altogether.
Airspaces are separated by regions. US airspaces include class and special
airspaces. All other region's airspaces are controlled by the 'Worldwide'
category.
The Legend button will show you all the possible annotations and their
meanings.

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Real-Time Flight Information
Just like with most digital instruments, you have two ribbons on the sides for
speed and altitude.
The speed indicator measures ground speed, derived from GNSS data. By
default, we use knots, but you can always change the units of measurement in
the settings.
The altimeter measures your altitude above mean sea level. This
measurement is derived from GNSS data as well. Future versions may include
the option to use the internal barometer for altitude measurements (which will
only work on iPhones in unpressurized aircraft) as well as altitude zeroing and
QNH settings. Measurements are in feet by default.
At the top and bottom of the map, you will see additional flight information.
These are:
 ETE
Estimated time en-route
 DME
Distance measured from target
 HDG/TRK
Heading (from internal compass) or track (from GNSS sensor)
 HSI
Selected radial
 BRG
Bearing
 ETA
Estimated time of arrival
 DTK
Desired track
Once you set up your map to your preferences, you might want to take a test
flight. Before that, you should learn how to select a destination or plan a route
within the app.

Route Planning
The simplest way to select a destination is long tapping a point on the map.
Once you held down your finger long enough, you will be greeted with an info
card on top and a location marker on the tapped location. If you tap the
marker, it will be selected as your destination.

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 Airport info card
The card contains information on the nearest airport or navaid. It also contains
an RMI needle, METAR info if available, and two buttons. You can get
additional information of the selected item with the Info button or set it as
destination with the Direct To button.
When an airport is set as destination, you can select the runway you wish to
use for landing.
It is also possible to search for airports by using the search bar on top. Just
start typing a name, ICAO or IATA code, country, city, and you will get a list of
airports and navaids to choose from. Use the filter 􀌈 button to narrow down
the search results.

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 Search screen
Selecting the info card will center and zoom the map around the selected
object and allow you the same actions as previously. Namely, you can get
more info, or set it as destination.

Airport card with additional information

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For airports, three lines of additional information might also be shown here.
These are:
 The largest runway
 Partial METAR if available
 Partial TAF if available
Tapping the > button will jump to the adherent info page of the airport.
Info Screen
The info screen has 5 sections.
 Basic information
This screen contains the airport name, ICAO and IATA ID, category and
other basic, but important information
 Weather
Here you can check the latest METAR and TAF in both raw and
decoded format.
 Map
This section gives you a zoomed in view around the airport and its
navaids, using the currently active map or chart.
 Runways
All runways are listed here with size, direction, surface, lighting and
slope information. You can select any runway as destination by
tapping the button.
 Frequencies
All known frequencies are listed here
 Navaids
List of navaids belonging to the airport.
Nearby
A third way to select your destination is using the Nearby button. This will
show you all the airports close to you while also providing the previously
shown RMI and distance information. This could be the most useful screen in
case you need to quickly find an airport to land on.
Routes
The app comes with a route planner as well. Use the Route button and tap the
plus icon to create a new route. Simply select a departure and destination
point and add any number of waypoints in between. You can select your
waypoint with the search field or by tapping the point on the map. Once it’s
ready, save the route, select it and tap Fly.

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 Route planning
If a route is selected, you will see a scrollable horizontal list of its waypoints at
the top. The highlighted item is your next waypoint. It automatically jumps to
the next point as soon as you fly over the current one. You can also scroll or
tap the list to manually select the next waypoint.

Waypoint list
If you have started the route near your departure point, then the first active
waypoint will be the one following your departure point. If you were far away
from your departure point when starting the route, then it is going to be the
first active point.

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User Points
In case you need customizable points, you can add your own User points.
These are available under the Points button. Creating one takes no more than
tapping on the map or copying the location’s coordinates. Once it is named
and saved, it is going to appear in every previously mentioned search option,
including routes, nearby, etc.

Defining user point manually

EHSI / RMI
It is not necessary to rely entirely on the map. If you wish to fly more precisely,
you might want to look at the EHSI / RMI module.
With no point or route selected, it functions as a digital compass. However, as
soon as you add a destination or start a route, it will become a fully functional
EHSI.

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 EHSI module
With routes, the HSI course is always automatically set to the radial between
your position and the next active point. You can override it with the course
selector 􀁶 button to set any desired radial. Using the center button will
automatically select the current radial you are flying on.
The HSI scale can show up to 10° deviation, so each dot represents 5°
alteration from the selected radial.
In the settings, it is possible to change the HSI to distance measuring mode.
This way, each dot will represent 2.5NM deviation from the closest point of
the selected radial.
The RMI is integrated to the EHSI module in the form of an orange triangle. If
you prefer the classic RMI instrument, just switch between EHSI and RMI by
pressing the HSI / RMI buttons.

TAWS
Safety is extremely important and for those who often fly around mountainous
terrain, this additional instrument could provide great help.

TAWS module
This module contains a topographic map and a dynamic color overlay, that
consists of 3 states:

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  Translucent
These parts are more than 650 ft below the aircraft altitude
 Yellow
These parts are between 650 - 165 ft below the aircraft altitude
 Red
These parts are less than 165 ft below the aircraft altitude
These three states represent three different risk levels: low, intermediate, and
high.
The module has three zoom levels and two circles that help you quickly see
the distances on the map.
Since the GNSS sensor can sometimes be imprecise and the terrain database
could contain errors, we recommend taking a great deal of additional caution
when flying around mountainous regions.

Offline content manager

Cellular data is unavailable in most flight scenarios. Because of this, we
recommend you not to rely on your data plan in-flight. The app comes with an
offline content manager where you can download maps, charts, and
topographic data for any region.
Tap the 􀍢 button and select the Offline content option.
Here, you can select a country or state and download all the available layers
for that specific region.
If storage is an issue, you can decide which layers you need for your flight and
only download the ones necessary to complete it.

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 Download screen
On the main screen of Offline Contents, you will see the Downloaded button.
This shows all the downloaded regions. Here you can open them and see
which layers are already on your device. If a region is no longer needed, you
can delete its layers altogether or one by one.

Downloaded regions
Both the download and delete processes will stop if the app goes to the
background, therefore, you have to manually restart these operations.
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We recommend you not to download and delete regions at the same time,
since in this beta version there might be some clashes between the two
operations, especially for neighboring regions.

Settings
If you wish to further customize the app, head to the settings menu. Currently,
we have Navigation and METAR settings available.
Both contains unit settings with presets for imperial and metric units.
The most important navigation setting to mention is the NAV angle. The app
supports both magnetic and true north mode. By default, it is set to magnetic,
as this is more often used. Changing it to true will change the ° symbol to °T,
so it is harder to mistakenly use the wrong settings. Changing it to true mode
will also relentlessly convert almost everything to true for the sake of
consistency. This is important to note, because it converts values that are
traditionally always given in magnetic values, such as VOR radials.

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