I met someone last week who in the course of discussing aviation, mentioned that Laminar Research had come out with an app for iPad. Instantaneous gratification…. It took me all of 5 minutes to download it.
Its a well done app. To bring in a flight model into a small footprint and have it run on a tablet like the iPad is not a small task. Then have it run really well is another thing all together. The app is a leaned down version of the full scale simulator, but even so it retains most of its authenticity in terms of the physics. The model reacts really well on the iPad and is sensitive to movement. The different views are well done and the ability to switch between views is very valuable.
Sound is realistic and instrumentation is adequate.
When there isn’t enough time to start up the full scale simulator, this app absolutely suffices and is not a great addition to the suite. Of course, for flight enthusiasts immersion is never enough and we always seek more!
CPJ
