iFly GPS Forum

What I'm asking for is this: when I'm planning a route on iFly I'm an IFR pilot (as in, I Follow Roads), or at least I like to stay within gliding distance of roads and other landable areas (airports, fields, etc.) -- what I'd like to see is an option where when turned on, the course lines become quite wide, showing my theoretical gliding range off to each side based on my aircraft's defined gliding ratio and the flight plan's altitude.  I envision just the one course line as it is now, with a solid magenta line (as now) in the middle, but with a very light magenta on each side of it (that varies in width based on altitude and glide ratio).  That way, a person can see how far off to the side of an airport, road, or whatever they can draw their course and still theoretically make it to safety.

Thanks.

Good idea (if you would be able to turn it on and off)!

This would be especially helpful to those of us who fly single-engine over WATER and do not have room for bulky life-preserver equipment, or who do not want to wear an LPU all day.

I routinely avoid flying over water for extended periods of time/distance because of this - I do not ever want to DITCH.

I do fly into Tangier Island Airport multiple times a year (small island destination in the middle of the Cheasapeake Bay, Virginia for mission work and to enjoy crab cakes.  This function would allow me to know which way to turn in the event of engine loss over the wide part of the Bay. 

Just out of curiosity, are you asking for a feature that would be primarily for flight planning?  A wider, subdued magenta line so you could zig and zag your route to keep you within a predictable distance from various types of landing sites?

Or are you asking for something to use in flight, which would likely end up being a distorted circle depending on wind and terrain that would always keep you apprised of what your current predicted gliding distance is?