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jjmkni 2 days ago 2 commentsRead Article on skypocket.cloud

ES version is available. Content is displayed in original English for accuracy.

This is a little app I built for myself, as I travel and fly a lot

It uses your phones GPS, accelerometer and barometer to show you what's going on during your flight, the main metrics shown are:

* Lat/Long + location on a map (also shows your flight path so far)

* Ground speed / Altitude

* Track/VS/Mach

* G load

* Turbulece

* Bank Estimate

This isn't for professional pilots, more for something to do while you fly

You can also take a photo and have the main stats overlaid onto it, as well as included in the EXIF data

No sign up, no ads, no tracking, works entirely in flight mode

Let me know if you find it cool, cheers :)

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Discussion (2 Comments)Read Original on HackerNews

jamesharding2 days ago
Interesting idea!

Most in-flight wifi systems also have an API with many of these stats (to show on the captive portal page), so I wonder if you could source any additional data from these APIs?

jmkni2 days ago
Oh that's a nice idea, will look into it, cheers :)