AircraftPower is an Aircraft Engine Performance App. It uses a standard reciprocating engine performance model to calculate and display the sea level and altitude performance of 74 normally-aspirated Continental® engines and 108 normally-aspirated Lycoming® engines.
A graphic display shows the engine performance chart and illustrates the manual construction method for determining altitude performance that we learned in ground school (and promptly forgot). As the user changes the input values, using the sliders or the custom keypad, for manifold pressure (or % power), rpm, pressure altitude and outside air temperature, the power output and percent power (or manifold pressure required) are displayed, and dotted lines and colored dots in the graphic display follow the manual construction method. While the graphics aren't really necessary, they are instructive (and interesting) to watch.
The user may choose english or metric units for altitude, altimeter setting, temperature, manifold pressure and power output (however, the graphic always uses english units), and may select default values for the inputs and the engine. The user can also choose to input the indicated altitude instead of the pressure altitude (the default), and choose to input the % rated power instead of the manifold pressure. If using the indicated altitude, an input window for the altimeter setting appears.
I can't believe no one did that app before!! It's amazing, you thought about everything even the current altitude vs std press altitude: bravo!Just missing one thing: no indication when above max continuous power (dotted line in the manual following MAP).Thanks for the aviation community!
Thank you
SilasJ
Figuring out the Lycoming charts that you can’t read and understand in the owners manual on determining horsepower based upon manifold pressure, RPM, non-standard temperature and pressure altitude. I was pulling my hair out and I said to myself we need an app for this and you created it! Thank you so much. Very well designed.
About time!
N184DA
Great app, it’s about time we had something like available for those of us with older EMS systems. One question:Add a custom feature for engines that develop more power as a result of porting, and/or non-standard pistons?Thank you!
Works Great
Elmshoot
I use it on most flights out of the traffic pattern. If he included IAS, I would also get TAS without need of the second app.
In response to requests from two users, I've added the Lycoming O-540-F and IO-580-B1A engines. While doing this, I discovered and fixed a minor bug with the Info screen's "Make It So" button.
I also made a small change — if one exits the engine selector using the "Cancel" button, the selector will be reset to the current engine.
Version 4.5
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Information
Seller
James Petty
Size
2.3 MB
Category
Utilities
Compatibility
Requires iPadOS 13.5 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 13.5 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.