CoPilot - Aviation Flight Planning App Reviews

Just some brief pros, cons, and wishes coming from an active CFI and Lear 35 charter pilot that uses this program for both activities. Pros: -very accurate fuel planning w/in 200lbs -the trip/flight planning theory works well -comprehensive user-entered aircraft profiles -aircraft profiles easily copied -simple and intuitive program navigation -very stable program -downloadable waypoint database -quick and easy W&B -Plan page makes filing super easy Cons: -no % MAC support -I would like to see more E6B functions -Manual wx input Wishes -PC companion -Downloadable for FP route -Flight Plan Filing -Downloadable A/C profiles

Great application, took a while to figure out and set-up, works great ! Live weather addition would be great with flight planning, keep us posted. keep up great job, best of luck

I cant believe I wasted my money on this. after using the pilot mycast on verizon this is this is painful. maybe I havent explored all of the options but on mycast it shows real weather ifr/vfr conditions, corrects for crosswind, shows fuel burnt. it doesnt do weight and balance but thats easy. what a waste

After 6 years of CoPilot on the Palm, theres a learning curve because the user interface is nothing like the Palm. But functionally, even better! Only one downside and thats the documentation. Perhaps more detailed descriptions of all the functionality available on the website?

I was a heavy user of the Palm version of this app - I was very happy to see it introduced for the iPhone. The app is invaluable for trip planning and is very accurate with respect to time and fuel burn, as well as weight and balance. I mentioned to the developer that I missed the ability to store the waypoint database since I often wanted to perform a trip application in situations where network access was not available to retrieve waypoints. He was very responsive and added this capability in a recent release. Every pilot with an iPhone or iPod touch needs this.

I bought this App thinking it would have features like the Palm version, my only reason to spend $20 was to have waypoint info such as airport data, runway info, frequencies and more just like the Palm version loaded on the device but it is not available on the iPhone version. I would appreciate an update...

Ive been using Copilot on the Palm for 4 years. I dont tell my private pilot students about Copilot until after they get their ticket because if they use it before then they would never learn to do cross country planning, weight and balance, compute crosswinds, or use an A/FD! This program does all that tedious planning stuff that us flight instructors tortured you with! I now use it to help check my students work. I really cant find another moblie flight planning program that does everything Copilot does! They may have a couple of features like E6B stuff, but then theyll be missing something else Copilot has, like W&B. My two complaints about the iPhone/Touch version is that you cant download premade aircraft profiles like you could on the Palm and the lack of frequencies runway info. Granted even the Palm aircraft profiles needed to be edited to at least your empty weight, c.g./moment, N number, and sometimes more, but even then they were a good starting point. As for the airpor/navaid info, you should confirm the freq/runway info with the A/FD and NOTAMs but it was still handy to have in the Copilot info. You still have the option of entering these manually in the notes section to the waypoints, but still not as handy, like the aircraft profiles situation. One positive thing that has been added to the airport info is the ability to view it in Google Maps. This is stored in the memory so Touch users dont have to be connected to the WiFi to see the picture of the airport. I only have a Touch so I cant comment on the new HSI feature that looks really good. Overall though, Im still going to recommend it to every pilot I meet that has an iPhone/Touch or a Palm!

I hope that they fix this

This little app is the best flight planner out there. Currently using it for an Agusta 109 and BO 105. While incorporating a loading schedule for a cg envelope with an arm that constantly moves, ie fuel loading, takes a bit of thought, it can be done. The database for airports is huge, and also included are all of the offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico! This app provides all data required for a 135 flightplan. I would not be without it! Thanks Laurie...

Pretty much crashed on every attempt to flight plan

So far i really like the app. I was a bit nervous to see how it would work with identifying waypoints in alaska but it seems to have a good database. There are issues with it crashing though occasionally. Its a frusteration but it wont effect flight planning much.

This does about 30% of any real flight plan. No more then an E6B with way point lookup. Worth no more then a few bucks. After you get done playing with this, then you will still need to: - Look up the weather and manual enter it. - Pull out the AF/D and/or Sectionals to get nav/comm frequencies - Phone numbers would be good too. - Runway lengths - Runway Headings and Taxiway designations - ETCs Once you enter data (in any field) the first time, the units are never shown again. This is BAD IDEA. Ohh, and the waypoint data... Im not so sure that it is current. Close enough for an ADF or NDB maybe. In its current state, this is a waste of time and money. If this could lookup the wx and could ref AF/D database it would be a big improvement. Maybe they could throw in a flight timer too, with visual alarm signal... like a flashing led.

This is a great iPhone app. It does what I want a mobile flight planning application to do—calculate distances, times, and headings for multi-leg flights. I also use the weight and balance calculator and graphing feature for quick what ifs. My favorite feature is its ability to store multiple trip plans. I love having my favorite flown, will fly, and wish I could fly trip plans with me wherever I am. It’s great for hangar flying, too. When someone asks how far it is to wherever, the answer is only seconds away. I used the Palm OS version until getting my iPhone. The iPhone version is one step better because I don’t have to run to the airplane or the car to get the PDA out of my flight bag to look up the answer. I recommend this app. If you’re still trying to decide, read the application description in the iTunes store and go to the seller’s web site to read more and watch the movie. It does what the seller says it does; there are no marketing fibs in his descriptions.

This is a good and simple app for creating and filing a flight plan...VFR or IFR when combined with Foreflight File. The weight and balance set up is also great once youve input your aircraft data, or downloaded one of the already completed aircraft. Combine that with the commonly used E6B functions and I dont think you can beat it for the cost.

What a feature packed, well thought out this program is. Very handy for students and seasoned pro, all in the palm of the hand, without lugging out the laptop and waiting for it to boot up. It doesnt everything, but still very useful. I wish it had a map feature that showed on a map the route I want to make, and then add weather overlay. Then I would give it five star, and my comments would then say, "It does everything."

Just got this app a couple of days ago. After playing with it for a while. Had some questions. Developer was very quick to respond to emails with the right answers. Recommend this to every pilot. Amazing how quickly you can get the total flight plan in front of you. Have never paid as much for an app. But well worth the money. Im sure in time more features will be added and it will make even better.

I love the power of this program, as far as iPhone flight-planning goes, this one is at the top of my list! There are some interface improvements I would like to see, but overall this program is awesome.

I use co-Pilot for nearly ever extended flight. It is a great program, and its interface with ForeFlight for filing made it a nearly perfect tool. If it picked up forecast winds and temp I would try to give it six stars.

This app is not represented well. It is not compatible for aircraft with more than 4 seats. Extremely dissatisfied, for the price I would have expected it to allow business jet aircraft like the citation, not to mention at least a Barron.

I really liken this app. I have used it since the first version, and they have come a long way.the best feature for me is the weight and balance. It is easy to set up and very quick and easy to put in weights and it does the rest. I. Have not found another app that does this so well. Now I wait for the iPad version!