[HN Gopher] GNU/Linux Aviation HOWTO (2006) ___________________________________________________________________ GNU/Linux Aviation HOWTO (2006) Author : borcunozkablan Score : 60 points Date : 2023-09-23 19:27 UTC (3 hours ago) (HTM) web link (tldp.org) (TXT) w3m dump (tldp.org) | paulddraper wrote: | I just wanna Foreflight for Android :/ | | Most popular OS, yeah right :( | buildsjets wrote: | Interesting that Boeing has continued to develop it as an iOS | only app even after they bought it in 2019. | btgeekboy wrote: | Not really. It's a very complicated, highly sophisticated | piece of software written for native iOS. And the market is | small. By rewriting it for Android, the only market share | they could expect to get would be what they can steal from | Garmin's Android install base - which the Play store notes as | "100K+" downloads. And we haven't begun to consider the | explosion of the hardware/software testing matrix. | almostnormal wrote: | The ipad operating range ends at 35C. That's ok for | airliners, but in smaller aircraft with bubble or no | canopies where the device can be exposed to sunlight, the | temperature can exceed the limit. | | For those use-cases alternatives to foreflight are probably | good enough. | | For cases where it matters and must be foreflight the price | of the device (even apple taxed) doesn't matter at all | compared to other cost. | [deleted] | KolmogorovComp wrote: | > Most popular OS, yeah right :( | | As other commenters have said, it's probably not the most | popular OS for that particular population. | cpp_frog wrote: | As an occasional general aviation pilot (I found this HOWTO after | trying to find tools to aid in flight plan calculations), I think | it would be great if we took it a step further and make a full- | fledged Linux avionics system, but it seems unlikely [0]. And | Garmin will likely not be replaced in a dozen years. | | [0] https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/36853/do- | safety... | epcoa wrote: | The link you posted doesn't make it seem unlikely inasmuch as | it completely pillories even the notion of using Linux for | avionics on both technical and economic merits, completely | counter to your claim that it would "be great". So why would it | be great? | hlieberman wrote: | Needs a (2006). | dang wrote: | Added. Thanks! | studifi wrote: | Try WindCheck EFB on iOS! | user_7832 wrote: | Does anyone have a recommendation for a simple simulator on | windows? Not looking for anything too fancy. | dharmab wrote: | MSFS is scalable from a small child being able to fly with the | keyboard or an Xbox controller to near-professional grade | airline simulators. | [deleted] | 6581 wrote: | FlightGear. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-09-23 23:00 UTC)