AirMail
Flight Following
Log Book
Lookup VOR
Search Grid
Sim Mode
User Waypoints
Universal Finder
Weight & Balance
IR color Table
NEXRAD Color Table

Airmail is a simple email feature that can be used with Anywhere Wx system that utilize the Globalstar satellite telephone network. Airmail allows pilots to send short email messages from the airplane and receive message to the airplane while enroute. This can be handy when the day ends up being longer than planned and the arrival is delayed. Upon initially invoking the Airmail feature you are prompted to set up Airmail using the username and password that was assigned when you registered for it on the Anywhere Map web site. Without these two keys you can not set up Airmail. Enter the username and password assigned you by the administrator in the two boxes shown on the Airmail Account Info screen. Decide whether you want Airmail checked each time the system connects for weather. If so, check the box that sets this default. Checking messages takes only a couple second longer in connection time over a normal weather data retrieval. The Airmail admin screen lists emails received, sent and shows their status (replied, sending, etc.) You can also choose to read an email on the list, reply to it, delete it, or even delete all messages on the list. Airmail can also be retrieved and sent using an Internet connection different from that used in the aircraft, though it would not be conducive to use as your primary email server.

This feature acts as a poor man’s autopilot, not because it controls the airplane, but because it helps you keep the airplane on a constant heading and/or altitude. Each button is self-explanatory. You can either use current altitude or set an altitude target. You set the current heading and a target heading triangle displays at the top of the screen showing you the allowable heading deviation window. Once the lubber line moves outside the triangle as the aircraft turns, an alarm will sound and an alert box will remind you of the deviation. To shut off Flight Following, simply tap Clear All.

After a flight, log it by double tapping on the timer block in the display. Tap File > Log Book to call up the logbook screen which already knows the aircraft tail number, type, date of flight, and flight duration. Tap Log Flight and allocate the flight time between day and night, and IFR and VFR conditions of flight, then tap Record. This data is now saved to the memory of the PDA and may later be transferred to your desktop computer to be printed and stored.

This function allows you to specifically look up a VOR, NDB, or fix. The checkboxes allow you to include or exclude various identifier types and the Nearby VORs quickly retrieves those close to your current position. To retrieve a VOR or fix otherwise, simply tap in the identifier box and type in the name or identifier of the navaid and tap Find. Your most recently retrieved navaids will remain on the list in the drop down box. To clear the list, simply tap Clear.

The search grid is a handy tool for creating a consistent grid to fly in a search and rescue mission. To set the grid, first establish the location of the starting point using the latitude / longitude entry screen. This is reached by tapping Set Location. See Latitude / Longitude Input screen for details. Leg Length: This is the length of each leg of the search grid. Total Width: This sets the total width of the search area and spans from the first leg to the last leg. Track Spacing: This specifies the distance between legs for the grid. Initial Course: This is the direction of the first leg. Of course, each return leg will have the reciprocal course and each cross leg will be 90* from the search legs. Create: Once the parameters for the grid are set, tap Create to generate the grid. To remove the grid, go to the Flight Plan Screen, tap the File tab, then tap Clear. The grid will be removed from the map.

Sim Mode allows you to “fly” the GPS just as you will in the airplane while in your favorite easy chair. You can set up a heading, speed, altitude, and even a rate of climb or descent. Once the parameters are set, simply tap Start to enter Sim Mode.

You can “fly” the airplane along the map, use the center button’s right and left function to turn the airplane left or right. Al other functions will work as they would in the airplane.

This is an excellent way to learn the map without burning fuel or being distracted from flying the airplane.

When in sim mode, the GS and ALT readout will display in the upper right corner in red letters denoting the Sim Mode is activated (they are black text when the GPS is actually connected).

To disable Sim Mode, simply tap File > Tools > Sim Mode and then tap Disable.

Delete WP Import Purge FPxxx Make New Delete All Edit WP

To delete a waypoint, first select the waypoint in the Select user waypoint screen. Tap the Delete WP button.

A screen will pop up asking you Erase user waypoint? Tap Yes, this will bring up the Create/Edit User Waypoint screen with all of the boxes blank. Tap OK, this will bring you to the main map screen. The waypoint has been deleted.

If waypoint cannot be deleted, make sure it is not in use in a flight plan on the screen.

Anywhere Map accepts Garmin WPT (Waypoint) files. They become user waypoints in the map system and may be used as any user waypoints.

Select the desired file from the list on the screen, tap OK and the waypoints will be read into the map system.

A maximum of 1,000 user waypoints is allowed. If you exceed that number, break the data into multiple files.

To delete all of the FPxxx waypoints in the system, simply tap the Purge FPxxx button. These files are created when the user uses the Direct To feature; it is the point at which you are at the time you say Direct To.

Tapping the Make New button on the Select User Waypoint screen will bring up the Create/Edit User Waypoint screen.

To create a waypoint at your current location, simply tap CURRENT LOC. This will place the latitude and longitude in the appropriate boxes on the screen.

To name the waypoint, tap in the Name box, and enter a name in the box.

Tapping the Delete All button will delete ALL of the user waypoints in Anywhere Map. When this button is pushed, a box comes up that says Erase ALL user waypoints?

Tapping Yes on this screen will erase all user waypoints.

Tapping No on this screen will take you back to the Select User Waypoint screen.

The changes will take place when you tap OK on the Select User Waypoint screen and return to the Main Map screen.

By tapping the Edit WP button on the Select User Waypoint screen, you may edit user waypoints in Anywhere Map.

First select the waypoint you want to edit in the Waypoint Name box, tap Edit WP. This will bring up the Create/Edit User Waypoint screen.

You may change any of the information in the text fields, including Name, Comment, Latitude, Longitude, Range and Radial.

Allows simple lookup of aviation items (Airports, VOR, Fixes, User Waypoints) using a standardized screen with a tab at the top for each type.

Gives you options of finding items that are closest to you (NEAR) or the ones most frequently looked up (FAV). The list will pre-populate based on whether FAV or NEAR is selected.

If you need to spell the name because your item is not on the list, the list will also filter by items that match your typed criteria.

For example, if you select the Fix tab, then the list of nearest fixes is displayed. Tap in the entry box, the keyboard pops up, and begin typing the fix name, such as QUAIL.

When you enter Q, the list immediately redisplays to show the nearest fixes that start with Q. Of course, the closest one may be a good distance away, but the fix you’re finding is also probably right there without any more typing.

This is especially handy when ATC clears you to a fix that is hard to understand much less spell, but you can make out the first letter such as BRIDL, AWLEE, or OHEWO (!). Once you see the item on the list you can tap it once to see the distance and bearing from your current position. Then you can jump to it (JUMP), make it a waypoint (WAYPOINT), or display detailed information about it (INFO) as usual.

This section allows you to set up the arms for your aircraft and then lock them so each flight is simply a matter of entering the weights associated with the flight.

First, uncheck the Lock Arm box so arm values can be entered.

Next, using your Pilot’s Operating Handbook plus any supplemental weight information from the aircraft’s Weight & Balance certificate, fill in the Arm items for each applicable part of your airplane. Calculate fuel in pounds (gallons x 6) or check the appropriate radio button.

If your aircraft’s basic empty weight includes a full load of oil, leave the field blank. Some older aircraft refer to Licensed Empty Weight that does not include drainable oil. In this case, it must be added in the Oil Quarts field. Oil weighs 7.5 lbs per gallon, or 17/8 lbs per quart.

After filling in the fields, tap Lock Arm again to preserve the arms.

No enter the weights for each parameter for the flight you are about to take. Tap Calculate to get total Weight, Moment and Center of Gravity arm (CG ARM). Use the CG ARM value on your Center of Gravity envelope chart found in the P.O.H.

NOTE: The weight and balance settings are saved as part of the aircraft profile that is created and saved in Aircraft Settings. So when you set up an aircraft (especially if you will use Anywhere Map in more than one airplane) make sure you set up the weight and balance data for the airplane BEFORE you save the aircraft profile.

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