Issues with usability for parashooter drop flights

[tue-kyndal]

I was just trained to be a parashooter drop flight pilot.

I was obviously using Enroute.

I had some issues I what to share, primarily because of lacing information and the fact that Enroute for some strange reason stops calculating details when you are close to the destination.

When doing a drop, you fly downwind from the drop point then climb precisely into the wind towards the point, which you must reach an a pre-set altitude.

You must calculate everything on the fly, using your current and ascend info (E.g 500'/min), time and distance to the point.

Procedure. Before reaching the point you call out 3 min to drop to wake everybody up...ifs its 3 km 10.000' drop its a long ascend! Then 2 min to drop inc. a call to ATC for clearance. 1 min to drop..where everyone gets on their toes. At zero..you throttle back, stabilize overhead and open the door. Then you continue into the wind a precis number of miles...and the drop master looks out and confirms location and correct upwind distance etc. Then everybody jumps ;O)

For this you need at all times, even crossing overhead.

1: Distance to point 2: Time to point in minuses 3: The vector, and proper auto zoom to zero the map and zoom so you can see your precise point and location etc.

Its absolutely vital that the calculations does not stop when you are in the vicinity of the drop point. And just state "near distinction"...who needs that info, its on purpose ;O)

The app must never stop giving you the info you need and the "near distinction" should be remove or optional in settings.

I managed with the 5min internals on the vector and manual zoom, but it would must be super nice if the app actually did what I ask it when I set up a direct to point with rubber band calculations, and some intelligent auto-zoom when inbound a specific point.

NB: It was absolutely super fun ;O) https://www.facebook.com/share/p/a52JJFyETWfq3png/