Another ForeFlight Issue

[exM20K]

This is just sad.  I’ve been a big ForeFlight fanboy since day one.  Tyson was a solid guy who did some great work for us before ForeFlight got yuge.  But it seems Boeing has the reverse Midas touch: everything they touch turns to poop. Boeing bought ForeFlight in March of 2019, just before their 737 max planes started lawn darting.  I sincerely hope all the original ForeFlight equity holders didn’t get destroyed with an AMT liability.  That can be life changing.

Anyway, I reported an issue with winds aloft as reported in a FF nav log  issue.  Origin to destination nav log looks good.  Example: KDPA to KAAF direct

Notice the winds aloft are interpolated every 100 miles.  That’s great, because you can monitor your time/fuel along the way and have some idea if the forecasts are busted and a fuel stop is likely.

 

now, let’s add two waypoints, which is how I file and what is cleared.  KDPA RBS RRS KAAF.  that’s a long way between those two fixes, and look what happens to the winds aloft calculations:

they are now averaged for the between-the-fix leg, which makes it simply impossible to determine en-route if the winds aloft forecast is good.

There has been an “engineering ticket” open since October.  This is a big deal for me, and the company appears to give zero poops about it.  Perhaps the FAA would.

-dan

[exM20K]

Also, I don’t fly a cirrus but use it in this example to reassure myself how much more awesome the Acclaim is in every way.