fDeck: flight instruments

Contains adsIn-app purchases
4.5
486 reviews
10K+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

fDeck is an aircraft flight deck in your pocket that provides real-world functionality to a suite of full-featured, graphically beautiful flight instruments for your mobile device. It allows you to virtually tune any radio aid from a worldwide aviation database, or create your own 'virtual' radio aids whever you want to practice radio navigation. Use the app as a training aid, or use it as a set of complimentary flight instruments when flying.

In addition to the beautiful flight deck instruments, fDeck also has a built-in aviation moving map that shows your location as well as relevant airspace, airport and navigation data. You can move your location on the map to reposition your virtual aircraft and the flight instruments will reflect this new location. This allows you to use fDeck as a radio navigation trainer - you can see in real-time what the VOR, HSI or NDB will look like at your new location!

The following instruments are currently available in the app:

Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI)
VHF Omnidirectional Range Receiver (VOR)
Automatic Direction Finder (ADF)
Artificial Horizon
Groundspeed Indicator
Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI)
Aircraft Compass, with functioning heading bug
Altimeter - with functioning pressure adjustments
Chronometer - with fuel totaliser
Weather and Wind - live weather/ wind information

If you use the X-Plane flight simulator you can even drive the flight instruments straight from X-Plane itself!

Key features:

🔺 Instruments are proudly graphically accurate with ultra smooth animations
🔺 Grid and Swipe user interface modes
🔺 Go full-screen to focus on a single instrument, or use multiple of the same type
🔺 Tune each instrument slot to a different radio station
🔺 Simulate flight by panning your location on the map - use the app as a radio aids trainer!
🔺 Worldwide aviation database with over 20k airports and radio navaids, updated monthly
🔺 Fully searchable navigation database, filterable by type
🔺 Map view with aviation overlay showing location and tuned radio stations
🔺 Each instrument has an associated video tutorial
🔺 Add your own nav aids - want to practice VOR radial tracking on your house - now you can!
🔺 Supports tablets and phones and both portrait and landscape orientations
🔺 Connect the app with X-Plane using our free connector

This app has taken years of work by the developer, who provides it free for your use. The app does have in-app ads. By joining the fDeck Premium Lounge via an in-app subscription or one-time purchase you can remove all in-app ads, remove the 5 user station limitation, get monthly navigation database updates, display map weather overlays, live virtual weather radar, live TAF & METAR reports and obtain unlimited access to the X-Plane connector.

Devices should be fitted with the following accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer and barometer sensors. The app will function with reduced functionality if not all sensors are present.

If you have any issues, please consider contacting me directly instead of giving a negative rating - most times your issues can be solved or answered. A rating will not get your app to work or a new feature added, but an email might - simply use the integrated "Contact the developer" function on the app settings page.

Any payments or subscriptions will be charged to your Google account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless cancelled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime through your Google account settings. Full details of our Terms of Service can be found at the following URL https://www.sensorworks.co.uk/terms/
Updated on
Mar 10, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
App info and performance
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, App activity and 2 others
Data is encrypted in transit
Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.5
429 reviews
Joseph Croft
October 2, 2022
Great app for flight training, or just flying. I fly an antique airplane with antique instruments. With this app I can pull up a more modern style 6-pack on my tablet for better situational awareness. Very well done. Note - The ads in the free version are super annoying, but the app is very affordable to purchase. Just make the purchase and you won't regret it!
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Sensorworks
October 3, 2022
Thanks for the review Joseph! I put tons of work and my free time into making the app as good as it can be so its lovely to get nice feedback. Re. the annoying ads - it's a difficult balance. If they weren't just a little annoying there would be no incentive to help me fund the app and its development :-)
Kelly Mock
September 18, 2023
Overall good but has some bugs. The chronometer flight time keeps resetting for no reason. Thanks for the help. Reset my review to now show 5 stars. Also recommend to someone who has nothing but praise for it. It's working fine now. Is there any possibility of hearing the Morse IDs when we tune in a particular VOR/NDB? ..............Maybe?
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Sensorworks
September 19, 2023
Thanks for the review update :-) Thats a great idea re. the morse code ident - this should be (fairly) easy to add. I will do this next 👊
Daniel Wintjen
September 9, 2023
This is a great app. I'm not actually flying anymore, but this is a great and nice app to even use in the car. Really love the sectional map overlay and the version 2.9 improvements. What is most amazing is the quick response times from Sensorworks support. Responded quickly to my email(s) and addressed my issues.
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Sensorworks
September 9, 2023
Thank you so much for the lovely review Daniel, really appreciated. If you have any suggestions for improvement then let me know! Regards, Darren.

What's new

Updates to internal packages only. No user facing changes in this update.