XC Guide

Indy Flyer

About this app

XC Guide is a flight instrument with extensive live-tracking capabilities.

Pilots and drivers can track each other using these systems:

Open Glider Network (OGN)
FANET
FLARM ®
SafeSky
SportsTrackLive
Telegram (XCView.net)
SkyLines
FlyMaster ®
Livetrack24 ®
Loctome
Garmin inReach ®
SPOT ®
AirWhere
XC Globe
ADS-B (OpenSky, SkyEcho2 or RadarBox)
Volandoo
Take-off / landing auto email


App features include:

1) A Flight Computer.
This indicates altitude AMSL and AGL, ground speed, bearing, climb/sink rate, glide angle, G-force, wind direction, flight duration and distance from take-off.
Barometric pressure can be obtained either from an internal sensor or via a Bluetooth vario.

2) A list of pilots.
Showing aircraft type (or photo), relative direction, tracker type and status messages. Contacts permission is requested if the integrated contact features are used.

3) A Google map.
Showing other pilots, retrieve buses, airspace, way-points, thermal hot-spots, flight trails plus safety and retrieve messages.

4) A Navigation tool to manage waypoints and tasks.

5) A Thermal assistant widget on the map.

6) Rain radar and cloud cover widget.

7) Competition race tasks.
Tasks are fully compatible with the PG-Race.aero service. Camera permission is requested when scanning QR codes, for easy task sharing with other Apps.

Audible alerts can be set for 'SOS' and 'Retrieve' messages, airspace proximity, and FANET messages.

Flights are logged as IGC and KML files, and can be replayed.

IGC flight logs made by XC Guide are accepted by FAI/CIVL for Cat1 events and are verified by their online validation service. They are also accepted by XContest.

Detailed help, in several languages, is included in the App.

pg-race.aero/xcguide/

Ratings and reviews

This is a fantastically complete app that does everything you can imagine and more. The ability of XC guide to connect with a large number of external devices and sensors is amazing. For example, you can connect it to an inexpensive home-built FANET+ antenna to see and be seen by other local pilots using FLARM or FANET, and see and be seen by additional pilots/aircrafts from a wide range of tracking networks through your internet. This is just one of the many amazing features.

Love this app. Definitely my go to and recommend fight computer app. The maps are great and the thermal assistant helps center the thermals just that little bit more. The live tracking features are great I can stream my flight to skylines and xc contest. After reading the manual a couple times. The app was really easy to figure out. I just with there was more of a community around this app.

A great app, especially when we use it professionally for guiding groups. We have a tablet for the driver in the van. As well as visually tracking the pilots around the skies we have them on view from our flight decks aswell.

What's new

V574 12 June 2024

SafeSky traffic included in localhost feed.

Bug fix for SportsTrackLive tracking.

Support for SoftRF LoRa modules.

Support blog at paraglidingforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=102286