Really need an all-in-one EFB app that can do it all!

[vgbaron 3,714]

Actually using Navigraph charts with simlink accomplished most of that - 

• flight planner
• moving map
• pdf viewer
• navigraph charts

 

[Los 416]

12 minutes ago, vgbaron said:

Actually using Navigraph charts with simlink accomplished most of that - 

• flight planner
• moving map
• pdf viewer
• navigraph charts

 

I bet though, because @capt420 has this before, he’s does not like “old looking” GUIs...

[vgbaron 3,714]

34 minutes ago, Cmcollazo71 said:

I bet though, because @capt420 has this before, he’s does not like “old looking” GUIs...

😁 can't please everyone!

 

[captain420 3,099]

1 hour ago, vgbaron said:

Actually using Navigraph charts with simlink accomplished most of that - 

• flight planner
• moving map
• pdf viewer
• navigraph charts

 

Navigraph Charts has a PDF viewer? When I wrote flight planner, I meant one more along the lines of PFPX, SimBrief, LNM. Not something basic. Can Navigraph Charts be pinned to always stay on top of other windows?

Edited December 24, 2020 by captain420

[vgbaron 3,714]

8 minutes ago, captain420 said:

Navigraph Charts has a PDF viewer? When I wrote flight planner, I meant one more along the lines of PFPX, SimBrief, LNM. Not something basic. Can Navigraph Charts be pinned to always stay on top of other windows?

ok sorry I thought you meant for viewing charts - it does not have an external PDF viewer. I wouldn't call the planner basic, you can add SIDs and STARs and approaches. I use it on a second monitor but the only way to pin it on top is with a script program like autokey, etc.

 

[Mike S KPDX 598]

you said...

Built in web browser Pilot2ATC No

PDF Viewer Pilot2ATC Yes

Navigraph Charts Pilot2ATC Yes

Flight Planner Pilot2ATC Yes

Moving Map Pilot2ATC Yes

And you own this program, you should be good to go

[wim123 765]

some pl want toooo much, thats all.

[vgbaron 3,714]

2 hours ago, wim123 said:

some pl want toooo much, thats all.

AH - it's Christmas - everyone has a wish list - this is his.  🙂 

[mtr75 653]

14 hours ago, captain420 said:

I was hoping that things would change with MSFS, but the amount of apps I have to run alongside the sim is starting to gradually increase over time as more 3rd party add-ons come out.

Here's a list of some of the apps that I run alongside with MSFS:

1. Pilot2ATC
2. SimToolKitPro
3. Little Navmap
4. Web Browser
5. Discord
6. The Skypark
7. Aivlasoft EFB

That's 7 apps! Now if more addons come out such as ActiveSky for MSFS, that will be even more apps I have to launch.

What I have been dreaming all along is for a single app that can include most of these functions. I would love to have an EFB that can be used as a full functioning Flight Planner (PFPX, SimBrief, LNM), PDF Viewer to view my charts and documents, Built-in web browser so that I can have Discord, YouTube, AVSIM forum and whatever else I feel like surfing during my flight. I would love to have the clean and modern UI of The Skypark for this. I really hope some talented devs can ever come up with such an elegant solution. I would pay to have something like this. The app would need to have a slick UI and have the option to pin the window on top. Like The Skypark does. I wish the developers at //42 can add more "apps" to their home screen to cover some of those missing features, so that we don't have to have 1 app for every feature that we need. An all-in-one but elegant and streamlined solution would make the flying experience that much better.

The Ultimate EFB would need to include the following features:

1. Built in web browser
2. PDF Viewer
3. Navigraph Charts
4. Flight Planner
5. Moving Map

Perhaps the EFB can be modular, meaning that devs or other 3rd party devs can create or add to the existing feature set by creating "apps" that live inside the EFB. Kind of like an iPhone, where you have many different apps that do different things. A dev can release features to the EFB by creating an app that lives on the EFB.

It’s called ForeFlight. 

[Silicus 889]

FlyByWire is working on an EFB for the A320NX. I don't know what it will include, but if it is anything like the Zibo EFB it should be grant.