FS Flight Keeper (FSFK) combines seven
programs in one: A Logbook, an Aircraft
Black Box, a Flight Weather planning tool, a Flight Information System (ACARS Device), a Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS), a Cockpit Sound Environment enhancement and last but not least Air TV.
The logbook keeps track of the flights you made. It stores flight times
(also day and night times), fuel used, pilot, aircraft used, etc. Whilst the
black box logs all aircraft events like autopilot settings, engine settings,
weather, etc. (check out the full list below). FSFK
also features flight weather planning (METARs, TAFs and ALOFTs), data
export, configurable flight critique, moving map display, instant messaging,
screenshot manager and much more.
FS Flight Keeper contains many features
for Virtual Airlines (VA), which need a standardized
way of logging, transmitting flights and even want to upload actual flight reporting maps. FS Flight Keeper can transmit
fully customizable flight reports via Email or any available Web Service
(page). FSFK also offers realtime (live) ACARS. This means that ACARS
messages are created in realtime and automatically transmitted to an
Virtual Airline web service. The service can then store and process the
received messages. Virtual Airline (live ACARS) Traffic can be displayed
on the world map. With the Virtual Airline Software Development Kit (SDK) and the contained example services and databases any VA can develop FSFK compatible web service in a really short time.
The Cockpit Sound Environment brings your cockpit to life. Easily add crew announcements, which will be played automatically on different flight situations (e.g. pushback, pax security information, crew prepare for landing, etc.). You can also add a virtual copilot that gives you aural information for different aircraft status changes (e.g. gear down and locked, glideslope active/captured, etc.). Cabin ambient sounds with full 3-D surround sound support will give you the feeling as if the passengers were really in your aircraft. But sounds can not only be played automatically, you can also play pre configured sounds manually by pressing a configurable hotkey. Last but not least you can add an aural GPWS/TCAS, which can be used for every aircraft even if it does not have one installed by default.
FSFK Air TV creates screen and/or video (webcam) captures and uploads them at a regular interval as JPEG image files to a FTP or HTTP server. Additionally you can add picture in picture (PIP) and text overlays to the captures. A great feature for your Virtual Airline or your personal web site allowing your visitors to visually track your flights.
Last but not least you can access all this information directly from your cockpit without the need to switch any application during your flight. The ACARS Device (Gauge) allows the pilot to easily view all important information and even control FS Flight Keeper while sitting in the cockpit. The ACARS Device offers a detailed text based view on the current weather conditions (e.g. wind and cloud layers with icing, turbulence and wind shear warnings), gives access to all important in-flight states and also contains a detailed airport and navaid information database. Additionally it
has a map mode, which displays airports, navaids, traffic and also a detailed elevation overlay.
Features
- Multiple Logbook and Pilot management
- Supports all types of Aircraft
- Logs many Aircraft condition or setting changes
- Full Flight Simulator Scenery (automatic detection of Airports
/ Gates / Runways), Navaid (VORs, NDBs and Markers), Airway and Airspace support
- Support for VFR and IFR flights
- ACARS ([A]ircraft [C]ommunication [A]ddressing and [R]eporting [S]ystem)
generation support
- Multi functional ACARS Device (Gauge) that displays a Moving Map, Logs, Status, Weather conditions and much more directly on your aircraft panel
- Full colored World (Moving) Map display that can display planned/flight, taxiway route, weather, flight events, AI, Multiplayer and Virtual
Airline Traffic
- World Map can also display Airport details (taxiways, runways, parking, etc.), Navaids (VOR, NDB and Marker), Airways, Airspaces, Cities and a detailed terrain map
- Black Box flight playback on the world map
- Approach, ILS and vertical flight profile charts
- Cockpit (3-D) Sound Environment
- Air TV (create screen and video/webcam captures with overlays and upload them to your web site)
- Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS)
- Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS)
- Optional FS Support/Core Module
- Realtime (live) ACARS reporting via Web Service
- Virtual Airline PIREP/FREP transmission (via Email, any available
Web Service or file based)
- Integrated (automatic or manual) METAR, TAF and Winds
ALOFT download (offline or online) and decoder for easier reading
- Complete Flight weather planning and storing
- Display world wide weather (METAR/ALOFT) on the World
Map
- Native support for the Aerosoft Airbus X Extended (Autopilot modes,signs, etc.)
- Native support for the PMDG 737 NGX (Autopilot modes,signs, etc.)
- Native support for iFly 737 (Autopilot modes,signs, etc.)
- Flight Simulator 2000/2002/2004/X Flight Plan support
- FSNavigator 4.x Flight Plan support
- PMDG Flight Plan support
- PIC 767 Flight Plan support
- Wilco Flight Plan support
- Transition Altitude (TA) database
- Pause your Flights at any point in your Flight Plan
- Instant Messaging Service with File transfer feature (send Maps, Screenshots,
etc.)
- Customizable HTML/Text Reports/Exports for Logbooks,
Pilots, Flights, Aircraft, Airlines, Map, etc.
- Customizable Flight critique and scoring
- Flight export to Google Earth™ (KML)
- Screenshot Manager, that allows to take screenshots during your flight
and lets you manage them later after finishing your flight
- Automatically start and connect FS Flight Keeper when you start the
Flight Simulator
- FS2004 and FSX advanced weather support
- WideFS support
- System wide Hotkeys (also available through WideFS)
- Pax and cargo weight and pre-calculated v-speeds can be directly read from TOPCAT
- Radar Contact v3 and v4 support (automatically reads alternate airport, transition
altitudes and gates)
- Active Sky 2012, Active Sky Evolution, Active Sky Advanced, Active Sky X, Active Sky Version 6.x, Active Sky Version 5, Active Sky 2004 and Active Sky wxRE V1.6+ support (online or offline)
- FS Meteo v5.2+ and v6.0+ support (online or offline)
- Weather Center 2 support (online or offline)
- My Traffic and Ultimate Traffic Scenery (Airport Facility Data - AFD) support
- IVAO and VATSIM support (weather download, traffic, controller, FIR and active zone display)
- Save and resume flights
- Highly customizable
and much more ...
Information recorded by the Logbook and the Black Box
- Aircraft information (Title, Tail number, Airline, Type, etc.)
- Times: OUT / OFF / ON / IN / Flight Time / Block Time / Day and
Night Flight Time
- Weights: ZFW / TAW / TOW / LAW / RAW
- Fuels: OUT / OFF / ON / IN / Flight Fuel / Block Fuel
- Origin, Destination, Alternate Airport information (ICAO code, Gate,
Runway, SID/STAR, Weather, Time Zone, etc.)
- Flight distance
- Pushback
- Rejected Takeoff
- Touch'N'Go and Go Arounds
- Takeoff and Landing IAS, G-Force and Trim settings
- Maximum taxi speeds
- Maximum IAS below FL100 during departure and approach
- Autopilot
- Flight Director
- Flaps
- Gear
- Spoilers
- Parking Brake
- Autobrakes
- Autothrottle
- Engine
- APU
- Tank Selector
- Engine Fuel Pumps
- Engine Anti-Ice
- Pitot Heat
- Propeller De-Ice
- Lights
- Yaw damper
- Master Battery/Avionics switches
- Propeller Synchronization
- Auto-Feather Arm switch
- Pressure / Altimeter
- Altitude changes
- Heading
- Aircraft speeds (also vertical) during takeoff and landing
- Flight plan reports or Position reports (every 15 minutes, but this
can be changed)
- Taxiway route
- Weather conditions (Temperature, Visibility, Wind Direction/Speed,
Turbulence, Gust, etc.)
- Runway surface conditions
- Aircraft failures (Engine, Electric, etc.)
- Over Speed warnings
- Stall warnings
- Markers (Inner, Middle, Outer)
- Glideslope events (Active / Captured)
- Localizer events (Active / Captured)
- Transponder
- Radio frequencies (COM, NAV and ADF)
- Pause mode
- Slew mode
- Simulation Rate
- TCAS (FS2002/2004/X AI or Multiplayer Traffic)
- Cowl Flaps
- Reverse Thrust
- Average, Minimum and Maximum values for
- True Air Speed (TAS)
- Speed below FL100 for departure and approach
- Climb speeds
- Descent speeds
- G-Force
- Pitch
- Bank
- Engine Temperature (EGT)
- Engine settings
- Engine vibration
- Oil temperature and pressure
- Hydraulic pressure
- Cylinder head temperature (CHT)
- Manifold pressure
Requirements
Software
Hardware
- Pentium 2+ GHz (3GHz Dual Core recommended)
- 1GB RAM (4GB recommended)
- Minimum screen resolution 1024x768 (1280x1024 recommended) with 32bit colors
- Approximately 650MB of hard disk space
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