fDeck: flight instruments 4+

a flight deck for your pocket

Darren Yeates

Designed for iPad

    • 4.8 • 117 Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

fDeck is an aircraft flight deck in your pocket that provides real-world functionality to a suite of full-featured, graphically beautiful flight instruments for your mobile device.

It allows you to virtually tune any radio aid from a worldwide aviation database, or create your own 'virtual' radio aids whever you want to practice radio navigation. Use the app as a training aid, or use it as a set of complimentary flight instruments when flying.

In addition to the beautiful flight deck instruments, fDeck also has a built-in aviation moving map that shows your location as well as relevant airspace, airports, navigation data and real-time weather and ADS-B based traffic information.. You can move your location on the map to reposition your virtual aircraft and the flight instruments will reflect this new location. This allows you to use fDeck as a radio navigation trainer - you can see in real-time what the VOR, HSI or NDB will look like at your new location!

The following instruments are currently available in the app:

• Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI)
• VHF Omnidirectional Range Receiver (VOR)
• Automatic Direction Finder (ADF)
• Artificial Horizon
• Groundspeed Indicator
• Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI)
• Aircraft Compass, with functioning heading bug
• Altimeter - with functioning barometric pressure adjustments
• Chronometer with fuel totaliser
• Flight Planner
• Weather and Wind - display live weather and wind information including live TAF & METAR reports

If you use the X-Plane flight simulator you can even drive the flight instruments straight from X-Plane!

Key features:

• Instruments are proudly graphically accurate with ultra smooth animations
• Live weather and ADS-B based traffic data with a built-in Traffic Avoidance (TCAS) system
• Go full-screen to focus on a single instrument, or use multiple of the same type
• Tune each instrument slot to a different radio station
• Simulate flight by panning your location on the map - use the app as a radio aids trainer!
• Worldwide aviation database containing over 20k airports and radio navigation aids, updated monthly
• Fully searchable navigation database, filterable by type
• Map view with aviation overlays showing location and tuned radio stations
• Each instrument has an associated video tutorial
• Add your own navaids - want to practice VOR radial tracking on your house - now you can!
• Supports tablets and phones and both portrait and landscape orientations

This app has taken years of work by the developer, who provides it free for your use. The app does have in-app ads. 

By becoming an fDeck Premium member via an in-app subscription or one-time purchase you can remove all in-app ads, remove the 5 user station limitation, access monthly navigation database updates, display map weather overlays, live virtual weather radar, live TAF & METAR reports, live ADS-B Traffic and TCAS system and finally - obtain unlimited access to the X-Plane connector.

If you have any issues, please consider contacting me directly instead of giving a negative rating - most times your issues can be solved or answered. A rating will not get your app to work or a new feature added, but an email might - simply use the integrated "Contact the developer" function on the app settings page.

Any payments or subscriptions will be charged to your account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless cancelled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime through your account settings. Full details of our Terms of Service can be found at the following URL https://www.sensorworks.co.uk/terms/

What’s New

Version 2.14.11

Bug fix: corrected navigation database monthly updates not previously working

Ratings and Reviews

4.8 out of 5
117 Ratings

117 Ratings

PRD-Devon ,

Updated review: Weather instruments

I'm updating my review to highlight the reworked weather instrument. The addition of the radar, TAFS & METARS, is a fantastic enhancement, especially with the very intuitive selection buttons. I use this when paramotoring, which is extremely weather dependent and this is a very welcome update.

Now, seeing as there is one button available, have you thought about adding local NOTAMS 😊 🙏.

Developer Response ,

Thank you so much for the review. As always just reach out to me if there is anything I can do to make it better for you.

Romatanka ,

Good on a properly mounted IPhone

Used it in car initially and seemed OK. Then mounted iPhone in C42 microlight and was impressed by most. Altimeter both on GPS and barometer compared accurately to on board altimeter. The standard and VOR compass was very good and the ability to set user VOR is good. VSI not so good as it showed me climbing at 1500ft pm when actual 700ft pm. Artificial Horizon worked reasonably well but as VFR aircraft that wouldn’t be put to the test. Local weather and wind is nice feature as guide but pressure was alway 1mb less. Was used on iPhone 12. A nice addition would be to have CAA overlay in UK. I paid £10 to remove ads on iPad but ads never appeared on iPhone. Worth £10 for developers effort

Developer Response ,

Hello and thank you so much for the review. Its great to hear from users in the field and I would really appreciate it if you wanted to send any more detailed feedback to apps@sensorworks.co.uk for me to make the app better. Your subscription covers you across all devices - as many as you want - you don't need separate subscriptions for phone and tablet - so you didn't see ads on your phone as you had already subscribed via your tablet. Great to hear from you - please reach out if I can help or answer any more questions in any way! Darren.

emoore1 ,

Truly excellent

Beautiful app, clearly with a great deal of care and attention in its development. Great for simming but I’m also using it in real life as a heading bug tool on an aircraft that doesn’t have one fitted. £30 seems a reasonable price for a lifetime unlock and the dev is very responsive to feature suggestions.

Developer Response ,

Thank you for taking the time to review, it is very much appreciated! Please keep the ideas to make the app even better coming! Cheers, Darren.

App Privacy

The developer, Darren Yeates, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Used to Track You

The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:

  • Usage Data

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

  • Usage Data
  • Diagnostics

Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More

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