Aircraft Horizon app for iPhone and iPad
4.0 (
4720 ratings )
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Developer:
iAware
0.99 USD
Current version:
3.15, last update: 6 years ago
First release : 09 Jan 2009
App size: 43.12 Mb
This application is a photo-realistic aircraft Artificial Horizon indicator, also known as an Attitude Indicator, for your iPhone. Has a resettable zero and the movement is super smooth and realistic.
NEW VERSION includes these new features:
1. improved Graphics
2. Landscape mode
3. Native iPad app
4. Bug Fixes
5. Supports Latest iOS version
This application is modeled after the instrument found in many general aviation aircraft. It looks just like the real thing because photos of the real thing were used to create the graphics.
Pitch and roll angles are represented both with the analog instrument as well a digital display. The instrument can be zeroed and the pitch reference "wings" can be adjusted, just like the real instrument.
Of course, the iPhone doesnt have the same type of Gyro as an aircraft, so the instrument function is simulated using the iPhones built in accelerometer,
This program has been tested on an iPhone 3g, 3Gs, 4 and iPod touch running firmware version 4.0 on up
Pros and cons of Aircraft Horizon app for iPhone and iPad
Aircraft Horizon app good for
Accelerometer based simulator horizon works well and best of all it can be zeroed. For obvious reasons it wont work in a real aircraft soy to lack of gyros.
Just good clean fun and not to be taken to seriously. Great job!!
This is a great application for classroom demonstrations. If you are thinking of purchasing it as an emergency backup Attitude Indicator in the airplane it will not work for that. I have flown with this in the aircraft and the only indications that are accurate are pitch information as long as the airspeed remains constant. No bank information is presented in coordinated flight as the accelerometer in the Ipodtouch is incapable of detecting that the bank is occurring due to the centripetal force created during the turn. Yawing the aircraft with the ruder produces a bank indication opposite to the direction of yaw. Relying on this application in the aircraft during flight in instrument meteorological conditions could lead to total loss of aircraft control and possible structural failure due to excessive G loading of the aircraft.
the attitude indicator can be a difficult instrument to understand at first ... this helps out a lot.
I would love to see a Banking Indicator developed as well. Possibly by easily converting graphics and the roll angles of the off-road app into the Aviation version. Clustering them all together into a Console style multi app bundle to buy as one a single purchase. That and an Aviation style weather radar is all I can think that would make a perfect compliment to these instruments.
Just what I was looking for. Yea a console with all six instruments would be nice.
Some bad moments
Too bad! Because the aircraft vibration, the horizon is not stable, it remains all the time swings.
Its not OK, that you are not notified before purchase, that this app is completely useless in a real plane.
The graphics are OK but it is just to see a Aircraft Horizon while on the ground, in flight does not work at all.
Screenshots are misleading. Does not display rolling motion that actual instrument displays. Graphics are jagged and pixelated. Looks like a bad Photoshop job. At least it was only 99c.
Im a B777 Captain .. downloaded the app, tried it .. and it didnt work at all ..!
Crashes after start up. Too bad, its one of the better looking ADIs.