R.N.E.T, or Radio Navigation Easy Trainer is a dynamic and interactive training tool designed to save hours of classroom work for UK based instrument flight instructors. It is also a valuable learning tool for students undergoing instrument flight training as it allows them to practice the lessons taught during ground school.
Features Include:
Map Based Features:
- A full scale map of the United Kingdom that can be flown in real time.
- Optional airways overlay.
- NDB, VOR-DME, and ILS radio navigation systems.
- Aircraft ground track display.
- Dynamic QDR QDM display.
- Position fix functionality.
- North-based and cockpit-based view orientations.
- Adjustable wind vector.
- Toggle-able instrument displays
Aircraft Based Features:
- Selectable single or twin engined piston aircraft variants.
- Quick change options for heading, altitude, and IAS.
- Control buttons to perform standard rate one turns.
- Auto level off and heading bug tracking functions.
- Retractable gear and flap settings.
- Toggle-able cockpit mode with standard conventional instrument panel, including HSI, OBI, RMI and RBI navigation instruments.
- Ident facility for chosen navigation aids.
- DME, with hold function.
- Stopwatch with reset function.
Instrument Procedure Based Features:
- Selectable departure and arrival runway
- Customisable holds, with auto dynamic resize function based on aircraft IAS.
- Optional hold sector entry display, including sector entry joins.
- Extended hold pattern, with or without DME option.
- Teardrop and 45/180 reversal procedure display, with or without DME option.
- Customisable final approach for ILS-DME, LOC-DME, VOR-DME, VOR, NDB-DME, and NDB approaches.
- Adjustable minimas and cloud base.
- Optional visual display in cockpit mode for decision making at minimas.
- Approach mode overlay, with azimuth and glide path profiles.
- Reset aircraft to initial approach track function.
- Quick reset to departure runway function.
Additional Features:
- Integrated tutorial video.
- Ability to annotate the world map, approach mode and cockpit mode screens using pen and text modes.
- Pen mode allows users to draw on the screen using a stylus pen, with adjustable width and colour settings.
- Text mode allows the creation of digital text, of a chosen colour and size, which can be repositioned as required.
- Undo, redo and erase function buttons available for annotations.
Disclaimer:
Users of this app should refer to approved charts and approach plates when entering data.
This app is not to be used for navigation.
R.N.E.T does not cover Performance Based Navigation (PBN)
Although we will endeavour to keep the data contained within this app as up-to-date as possible, we cannot guarantee its accuracy or currency at any one time.