VOR Tracker - IFR Nav Trainer app for iPhone and iPad
4.2 (
9232 ratings )
Reference
Education
Developer:
Logikwerk GmbH
19.99 USD
Current version:
2.9.6, last update: 1 year ago
First release : 11 Feb 2014
App size: 30.36 Mb
VOR Tracker is a small but powerful training tool for pilots. It is the only one of its kind for the iPhone & iPad, providing the real aircraft feel the other apps are missing!
VOR Tracker is a real IFR simulation, so you will find no multiple choice questions or yet more methods which might or might not work for you.
You can actually practice IFR procedures in real time, using either a fixed card CDI, RMI, HSI, or EHSI, which provides additional information like wind, track, and groundspeed.
Practice holding patterns, DME arcs, radial interceptions, and 2 needle tracking in real time. It is practice what it is all about! There is no need for explaining again and again what you already know from flight school. It is about applying your knowledge when the flight instruments start moving!
Wherever you are, IFR training is only two taps away!
Chose between a VOR and NDB and get used to the different characteristics. The NDB comes with atmospheric disturbances and an adjustable dip error to match the instrument you are used to.
Don’t waste your time trying to imagine what you would do in the aircraft – just do it!
VOR Tracker is designed for:
- Student pilots who have the theoretical knowledge for flying IFR procedures, and want to save money by preparing for their pilot training.
- Pilots who want to refresh their IFR navigation skills for an upcoming check ride.
- Pilots going for an assessment. Holding patterns and radial interceptions are commonly used during sim assessments and can really spoil the day. Being prepared will make the difference!
- People who have the knowledge of flying IFR procedures and want to give it a try.
VOR Tracker is NOT:
- a game.
- a flight simulator, it focuses on navigation at a constant speed and altitude.
- a flight training course teaching you how to fly IFR procedures.
Still interested? Read on to find out how VOR Tracker will boost your skills in no time!
- Choose between a fixed card CDI, RMI, HSI, or EHSI.
- Use the instruments like you would do in the real aircraft.
- Use the map mode to verify your progress.
- Lost? Use the help function to display the holding pattern entries in the map mode.
- Things are going a bit too fast? Use the freeze mode to orientate.
- Getting bored in straight flight? Use the fast mode.
- You want to start over or change the aircraft’s position or heading? Just drag & drop, or twist the aircraft symbol.
- Practice a particular holding pattern or radial interception exercise over and over again from new, random starting positions using the reposition button.
- Start with no wind and increase the difficulty later on by adding wind.
- To add more realism, the wind can be selected to be gusty and/or variable in direction.
- Getting settled? Why not increase the aircraft’s speed in the settings menu?
- Customize your own missions and adjust the wind the way you want.
- Use the hidden wind function to add a realistic challenge.
- Analyze your progress in the map mode. Rewind and start over. The previous track lines will still be displayed for you to see the difference.
Prepare yourself without wasting expensive flight time – use VOR Tracker to brush up your IFR skills!
VOR Tracker is the most efficient trainer for holding patterns and radial interceptions available on the App Store.
Supporting you during your IFR training, it will pay for itself in no time. Take that as a promise!
Pros and cons of VOR Tracker - IFR Nav Trainer app for iPhone and iPad
VOR Tracker - IFR Nav Trainer app good for
Very nice app with lots of useful functions. Works as advertised - I highly recommend it for initial IFR training and as preparation for simulator assessments!
Go on the développement this is what ifr pilots are looking for.
Thanks a lot! Very easy to use. As a pilot on the Airbus I find it usefull not to forget the basics especially before a sim check where raw data flying is required. Definitely recommand it for IR student!
This is the best navaid available in the app store. The developer has great customer service via e-mail and is actively improving the app (DME ARC should be available in a future update).
It focuses solely in the IFR flight with simple controls and great layout. Very user friendly and easy to use.
Great for any pilot, from the beginner to the experienced pilot. It is great to practice flying raw data and to keep your skills sharp in a easy to use app.
Exactly according to the description, VOR-Tracker is the ideal training tool for the basic IFR skills of flying and calculating a holding pattern, its entry and intercepting radials.
Being an airline pilot for several years, I use it to keep my skills up. Modern commercial aircraft are capable of managing those tasks automatically. But to my opinion a pilot should always be able to solve these tasks.
A few minutes with this App now and then, will keep your skills up to date.
I find the app very helpful and fun to use. Lots if nice functions. Definitely recommendable!
Some bad moments
i have just bought an app but i doesnt work. Give my money back or fix it immediately!!
Crack open a book and learn about VORs, intercepts, and holding patterns, first. If you dont know the academics then you will be lost even with a working VOR. This app will cement the concepts! Perfect for the IFR student pilot and the seasoned IFR pilot. Better than any stupid mind numbing game you might being playing, now. You could be honing your pilot skills with this app instead. Might be one of the better aviation app I have purchased.
This app does exactly what the developer says it does. It is simple and efficient to use and fulfills its purpose. It works well as a tool to practice and review VOR holdings and tracking, can be useful when a PC is not around.
One addition that would be useful is for the app to let the user know when the task was completed successfully.
Exactly what I was looking for to help me for my training and prepare for check flights. I finally got my head around holding patterns and radial interceptions. Definitely recommendable!
I took a chance on this app about a month ago. When I had a question, the developer was interested and helpful.
Ive kept half my head in the clouds ever since I had to stop mid IFR training in 2002. Along with a light but regular simulation habit to feed the aviation monkey, Ive tried and bought several "visualizer" IFR apps to keep my lateral navigation skills going should I get a chance to resume training. Ive gotten more out of VOR Tracker in a month than all the others combined.
I bought VOR Tracker as a hold refresher tool. By that measure, it paid for itself the day I bought it.
I started without wind and spent plenty of time in freeze mode to wrap my head around each situation and any time I wanted to stay ahead or needed to get ahead of the plane. I gradually flew longer and froze less. As I became able to fly perpetually without pausing, it felt natural to start incorporating fast mode in targeted brief spurts whenever I could. Fast mode appears to be about 3x regular clock speed. Before long, I began using fast mode longer and regular mode less so. Then, I started flying at faster airspeeds. Now I can fly at max (230kts) in fast mode.
In the first few days, I knocked a decade of rust. In a couple weeks of what is now minutes every day, the mental holding tasks come easier and faster to me than they ever had back when I was receiving dual IFR training. This is the result of being able to practice in real time while condensing time spent in the app with freeze and fast mode.
Its effective because the most demanding cognitive tasks occur during a fraction of the time it takes to practice holding in the real world.
At 90kts and compared to about 9.5min at regular speed, it took just over 3 min to enter and complete one circuit of a hold in fast mode. Thats less time than it takes to play a game of solitaire.
VOR Tracker may not describe itself as a traditional "flight sim."
True, its not fully controllable. User input is limited to a count up timer and the ability choose level flight or to toggle a realistic rate of roll into or out of a standard rate turn. I would argue it is a simulator.
The limitation and allowance of user controls are DELIBERATE and come FROM THE MIND OF A TALENTED AND PASSIONATE CFII.
The isolation of thought, turn, and time on a pocket sized platform that can start up in seconds ended up being ideal for me.
Now on to DME arcs, 2 needle practice, NDBs, and the slick EHSI that became available in the most recent release!
