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pocket*StrePla is a program for Pocket PC's that is used during flight.

  • Moving-Map on Pocket PC with all the functionality glider pilot need
  • Representation of digital, zoomable maps (e.g. ICAO-maps, US Sectional Charts etc.)
  • Maps can be used in StrePla4 and pocket*StrePla (DCW-Vector maps are free of charge worldwide)
  • Final glide calculation
  • Automatic 3D wind calculations
  • Optimization in real-time for DMSt and OLC
  • Representation of FAI-areas in real-time during flight
  • Barogram representation
  • Save the flight in "IGC-Format" for OLC-HG/PG or SIS-AT.
  • Recovery-Function: In case of a loss of electricity during flight, the flight data will be recorded and automatically continued with all previously set parameters 
  • Competition tools (AAT support, start line etc.)
  • Elevation model from SRTM (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission) data. Very precise! Very good for "Radar altimeter"

 

Pocket PC's are small and powerful personal computers which run the Windows CE Operating System. Best known representative of this genre is the iPAQ from Compaq/HP but there are a lot of other units available on the market as well. Although the 240x320 Pixel (ca. 58 mm x 78 mm) color display does not allow quite as comfortable working conditions in comparison to an office PC, it is ideal as a Moving Map in tight glider-cockpits. Due to the TFT-technology, the picture gets better the lighter the surrounding is, so you can do without the internal lighting during gliding. It saves electricity. All flight-recorders emit an NMEA-signal from the serial port, which can be inserted into the Pocket PC. 

Pocket PC's come from the mass market and are relatively cheap. If you were to produce this type of hard- and software in the amounts needed for gliding, every Pocket PC would cost thousands of Euros/Dollars. 

These conditions and many of our customer's requests expressing the wish to use StrePla during flight, led the StrePla team to come up with pocket*StrePla.

Development targets

It was and is our highest target to give the glider a tool in his/her cockpit to support him/her in the most important things -  navigation and accessibility of the nearest airport - and not to distract him/her from flying and watching the airspace around him. Furthermore, we wanted to give you the possibility of viewing optimization results for OLC and DMSt during flight. Up until this point, there has not been a device that told the pilot where to fly to make an FAI-triangle, in case he/she wanted to do a "free" flight. Also what was missing so far was an in-flight indication of the flown OLC-kilometers. There will be no more "free" flights ending after 498km or 997km with pocket*StrePla! Last but not least, pocket*StrePla should simply be able to work together with StrePla.

Further development and updates

All customers who buy pocket*StrePla will receive a 1-year Update warranty for the program, meaning that all customers can download all program updates and functions from the internet free of charge. 

 

 

StrePla ist eingetragenes Warenzeichen.
Produktion und Copyright:
8F Computer GmbH
Jakob-Lengfelder-Str. 46
D-61352 Bad Homburg Germany
Tel.: +49 6172 - 942848
Fax: +49 6172 - 942847
Email: Info@AchtFox.de
Web: http://www.AchtFox.de

Geschäftsführer: Wolfgang Joschko
Eingetragen im Handelsgericht Bad Homburg v.d.H. HRB:5922