grejen

I've been keeping that one in the back of my head for a while. Would be a great app if it works really well. I have two thoughts on how to generate the instructions: 1. Use real, recorded ATC instructions which have been transcribed. 2. Randomize standard phraseology and use text-to-speech The main disadvantage of the 1st option is you need to transcribe the instructions and check the transcriptions. This is a huge ongoing resource problem. The main disadvantage of the 2nd option is that it's...well.. not realistic. Text-to-speech is typically way clearer than a real radio transmission. If there is value in simple repetitive readbacks then option 2 is the way to go. If the value rests with the ability to understand real ATC over real radio then option 1 is necessary. Thoughs?

Published another app (free/no ads.) This one is a reenvision of the 'Whiz wheel' wind vector calculator. My hope is that it's actually quicker and easier to use and learn. Plus it includes a practice game page where you can practice estimating the WCA in your head. There are a couple of methods for doing this: http://www.luizmonteiro.com/Article_Estimating_Wind_Correction_Angle_01.aspx and https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/rec.aviation.student/BLgeSZRy_Mk/78cS4W_ADFEJ After reading those methods I created the game page to practice the mental arithmetic. My concept is that the best and most credible backup for any device be it a tablet, E6B, calculator, GPS or even a full glass cockpit, is the pilot's own head. My hope is to build this app into a tool to actually teach the methods above rather than just provide a way to practice them.

Very nice blog / podcast site from an ATP. http://atccommunication.com Seems he's working on an aircraft radio simulator.

Like this: http://www.aviatorwebsite.com/education/communications/phonetic-practice.php ah.. no you mean record a practice readback so you can listen to yourself. hmmm....doable for sure. Ideally an app - like my phonetic alphabet app - could listen to your readback do the voice recognition and pick out the keywords to compare to an expected response, and then provide usable feedback (ie a 'score') about the performance. I know the flight sims are starting to include real time live ATC, traffic, and weather but I doubt any of them can listen to a pilots radio calls and make any 'sense' of them.

Btw - what does CTA / CTZ stand for. I'm guessing (and googling) that it's similar to the ATC (Air Traffic Control) or Control Zone airspace (Bravo/Charlie) here in North America.

Great idea! Interesting problem too. It'd have to read out random but sensical instructions and check the read back with some ability to 'judge' for missing/erroneous content. Saying "...one six right..." instead of "...one six left..." would be a definite fail but skipping the word 'cleared' might be less so. It'd have to have some AI built in...

Very similar. I'm hoping to build more of these types of apps. Just released this one today for learning/practicing the ICAO phonetic alphabet https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=appinventor.ai_grejen711.ICAOPhonetic

Along with recently earning my Canadian Rec Pilot Permit I've also been learning how to create Android apps. Since my high school math skills were 30+ years old I built an app to practice doing the diversion / ground speed check math. Here is the trial version of Diversion math practice

Picking up the low wing with rudder is something i learned from flying models and carried with me to full scale. Models behave a bit differently. I've since been taught 'stuff the nose down' if it's stalling, regardless of any banking happening. Stop or avoid the damn stall and you don't have to be recovering from a spin or incipient spin. Of course correcting unintended rolling in slow flight requires more and more rudder and the ailerons become less and less effective. If you're dropping a wing in slow flight on short final, your solution is a go around, not 'pickup the wing'. I think Dafydd's point is that it should never be necessary to use the rudder to pick up a dropping wing. Control yaw! Don't Stall! Well.... I'm a pretty new pilot (<50hrs) so it's great to learn from reading all this.

Any other Canucks around here? Just earned the Recreational Pilot Permit in December.