Apr 3, 2013 ... the pilot simply flies though after engine failure to arrive at the best runway at a
speed, heading, and altitude appropriate for a normal power-off ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 3, 2013 Media contact: Judith A. Rice (773) 456-7851
The Ultimate Synthetic Vision Co-Pilot by Laminar Research, Creators of World-Renowned Flight Simulator X-Plane! April 3, 2013, Columbia, South Carolina. Xavion is the ultimate Synthetic Vision copilot. The new app, written by Austin Meyer (founder of Laminar Research and author of the worlds' leading flight simulator X-Plane), is quickly becoming recognized as the ultimate iPad-based cockpit EFIS. Xavion provides any pilot in any airplane with synthetic vision. Xavion is an App that runs on your iPhone-4, iPhone-5, iPadMini, or iPad to display a synthetic image of the world while flying, with overlays for speed, heading, and altitude, thus allowing a pilot to continue to fly his airplane safely in night or instrument conditions after complete electrical or instrument failure in the cockpit. As well, Xavion constantly runs a flight simulator in the background, planning power-off glides to every runway at every airport within gliding distance for the entire flight, and constantly showing the pilot the best power-off glide available at that moment. This power-off glide is displayed as a series of hoops in 3-D that the pilot simply flies though after engine failure to arrive at the best runway at a speed, heading, and altitude appropriate for a normal power-off landing. The system can be engaged at any location, and at any speed, heading, and altitude. As well, Xavion has a very intuitive user interface to easily enter multi-fix flight plans, with altitude specified for each fix, and then displays that flight plan as 3-D hoops that the pilot can simply fly through to arrive at any destination. With these technologies, Xavion provides the most user-friendly navigation imaginable, a backup for all primary flight instruments to continue flight safely after complete instrument failure, and planned guidance for a safe glide to the best runway to glide to after complete engine failure. Put simply: If your engine or your instruments fail, you can now FOLLOW YOUR IPHONE SAFELY TO THE GROUND. See Xavion in action here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KE00OMiKVQ See Xavion at the AppStore here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/xavion/id574203838?mt=8 As well, a low-cost version of Xavion that is driven by X-Plane is available here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/xavion-for-x-plane/id626050090?mt=8 This low-cost version of Xavion lets real and sim pilots practice with Xavion on the ground, as it is driven by X-Plane running on a Mac, Windows, or Linux computer. The flight simulator X-Plane, which drives the lowcost version of Xavion, is available here: http://www.X-Plane.com
### Laminar Research is creator of the X-Plane franchise of flight simulators, including X-Plane 10. X-Plane 10 is the world’s most comprehensive and powerful flight simulator for personal computers, offering the most realistic flight model available. X-Plane is not a game, but a flight simulator that can be used to predict the flying qualities of fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft with incredible accuracy. X-Plane predicts the performance and handling of almost any aircraft. X-Plane is a great tool for pilots of all experience levels to get currency in a simulator that flies like the real airplane, for engineers to predict how a new airplane will fly, and for aviation enthusiasts to explore the world of aircraft flight dynamics. For more information about X-Plane, visit www.x-plane.com and www.Xavion.com.
