Description

SimPlates brings you the world’s largest collection ofreal-worldIFR approach (and other) charts for the serious flightsimulationenthusiast to your fingertips! SimPlates is not a flightsimulatorprogram in and of itself, but can be used as a companionon yourandroid tablet or phone-type device concurrently withyourenjoyment of your preferred computerized desktop flightsimulationprogram to help expand the realism and excitement oftheexperience. SimPlates has been called "a must have for theseriousflight simulator enthusiast" and "a great addition to yourflightsim bag" by major flight simulation websites inindependentreviews. ++THE VERSION NOW AVAILABLE HERE IS OF THE NEW'SIMPLATESULTRA' version which is a great leap forward in terms ofplatecoverage to the previous generation of SimPlates. Moreover, wehavenow addressed all of the known issues with the app on everyAndroidplatform that we have encountered. The app looks and worksgreat --we sincerely thank those early purchasers who patientlyworked withus through niggles in early versions and offer a virtualkick inthe behind to the one guy who wrote us a bad review ratherthanallowing us to promptly help him. Thank you all for thegreatfeedback and kind words about SimPlates on simulator forums.We'reglad you're enjoying the massive number of plates (way morethanany other sim product has - including expensive subscriptionbasesservices) and we continue to update the plate database furtherwithmore plates still. !!! AS SOON AS YOU GET THE APP DO ADATABASEUPDATE CHECK FROM THE MAIN MENU TO GET THE LATEST ANDGREATEST !!!+++ The basic way that you use SimPlates is just likepilots fromthose flying small Cessnas to those flying Boeing andAirbusairliners do every day. As you virtually approach an airportonyour computer, bring up its corresponding plates in theSimPlatesapp. Use the plate as a guide in flying the approach tolanding -just like a real world pilot would. SimPlates is usefulfor virtualpilots of many desktop flight simulation programs,including FlightSimulator (all versions including FSX, FS2004, andMS-Flight),X-Plane, and more. While SimPlates are real-worldplates, they areNOT SUITABLE FOR REAL WORLD FLIGHT OPERATIONS andMUST NOT BE USEDFOR REAL WORLD FLIGHT OPERATIONS OF ANY SORT. AsSimPlates isintended for flight simulation entertainment use, theplates arenot kept up to date with real-world aviation changes(worldwidesubscriptions for real-world current data over $2000 peryearelsewhere!). However, for serious flight simulationentertainmentuse, the massive collection of plates representsincredible valueand capability. SimPlates includes over 70,000real-world IFRplates, including approach plates,SIDs/STARs(Departures/Arrivals), Airport Diagrams, Approach typesincludeILS, VOR, VOR/DME, NDB, LLZ, SDF, GPS, TACAN, HelicopterandVisual. With so many plates, SimPlates provides very goodworldwidecoverage. For most countries and major airports of theworld, ifyou are looking for a plates, SimPlates will likely haveit.However, the coverage is not universal - pleaseseehttp://www.dauntless-soft.com/products/simplates/airportlist.aspforthe current list of inclusions. Supplemental features includeanintegrated WORLDWIDE Airport/Facilities directory and aworldwideNAVAID (Navigational Aid) directory. Simplates' friendlyinterfacemakes it easy to find exactly the plate or informationyou arelooking for quickly. As the totality of plates exceeds awhopping100gb, the plates themselves are not included with yourinitialdownload from the AppStore. Rather, they are downloaded ondemandwhen you select them in the app – this generally takes onlya fewmoments per plate, but does require you to be online. Anyplates youhave downloaded into SimPlates remain on your device(unlesscleared) so that you can continue to use them even whileoffline.The SimPlates Team SimPlates.com