iFMS
http://www.ifms-fs.com

I’d like to introduce you all to an app I have developed over the last few years, iFMS.
iFMS provides you with a nearly fully functional "Boeing style" Flight Management System and HSI display on iPhone, iPad or iPod.

I originally developed this app years ago to run on Windows PDA devices and later converted it to run on my iPhone/iPad to fly with in real life using the device internal GPS.
I never expected your everyday private pilot who mainly flies day VFR to be interested in using my app as the workings of a typical Boeing style FMS are a bit complex and there are more suitable apps out there for this purpose, I was mostly targeting flying schools/academies and/or pilots training to become commercial/airline pilots to use this app as a training tool.

In the end I never commercialized the app in this form as I have become very concerned about the legal aspects in case someone would get him-/herself in trouble, or worse have an accident, when flying/training/navigating whilst using my software. I am not a “big company” with lawyers behind be to protect me against such liability. Also, it is also much more expensive to obtain navdata which can be legally used for real world aviation.
Hence I have decided the only person who has ever flown and will ever fly in real life using my app will be me.

I have always been a bit disappointed that the years of work I put into this app would go to waste so I started thinking about adapting my app for use in the flight simulator community, I used to be a fanatic simmer myself but to be honest I fly more in real life than on the computer these days (I am also currently building an aircraft which is taking up a lot of my time).
Still I have developed add-ons for MS FS(X) in the past so I knew this could be easily done, all I had to do was change the primary data source from the device internal GPS to FSX.
I have accomplished this by connecting to FSX over the network (the iPhone/iPod/iPad must be able to connect to the FSX computer over the LAN!) using a SimConnect DLL.
If there is enough interest I will write a DLL to be able to connect to XPlane as well (I have put the source code of the FSX connection tool online so keen developers can beat me to it ;-))

Even though my app resembles a “Boeing style” FMS, the aircraft you fly with is configurable and you will be able to create your own aircraft files, I have put 2 example aircraft files online to demonstrate how this is done (a 757-200 and a Piper Warrior :-) which I use to fly with in real life).

Anyway, I have finalized the app and I am in process of finalizing the website, I hope to be able to get it available for on the iTunes store ASAP.
The app won’t be free but won’t be very expensive either, I will be looking to get some feedback on what you all think a suitable price would be for this app.

Also I have written the app using a library called “Marmalade” which also allows me to deploy the app to Android and other devices as well,
If I find some enthusiasts who want to test an Android version of the app (as I don’t own any android devices myself), I could potentially make an Android version of the app available soon.

Anyway, If you want to have a little sneak peak, check the website and leave me some feedback if you want, be sure not to miss the snapshots in the “Gallery” section:
http://www.ifms-fs.com

Michael De Feyter
iFMS

The helo and American airlines photos were taken in FSX using REX. The level of detail can be only attributed by REX because with REX uninstalled the textures look blurry and distort when you look at the aircraft at different angles. The windows cannot open REX screen is what I always get trying to open the REX interface to configure it in FSX.

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Ant's Airplanes fourth payware airplane has been released and should be available from the fspiloshop in a day or two.

The T-28D has a big 9 cylinder 1,425 horsepower radial engine which can push the plane along at up to 260 kts or climb at over 4,000fpm with full military power.

Here's some nice screenshots, more are available on my website (see the link in my signature). You can even download the demo version from my website so you can try before you buy.









You can watch some videos on youtube if you like.
Here is the product promo video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rzfz436a7Q

And here is an earlier video I did showing the custom engine startup routine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obiJ9PUdIpk

I've changed the startup routine since to be even more real, now you need to repeatedly pump the primer while in the video it shows you only need to push it once.