The Approach Integrated Cockpit (APIC) is a fully integrated digital display of state of the art avionics for flight control, navigation and engine monitoring.

1. Install APIC Software
2. Install GPS
• Mio PockePC device - It's already installed.
• Start APIC Software (Start->Programs->Approach->Apic)
1. Tap the Start icon of the PDA
2. Tap "Programs" on the Start menu
3. Tap the "Approach" folder
4. Tap the "Apic" icon
• Apic should start and automatically find and connect to the CF card GPS.
• CF Card GPS
• Insert CF card GPS into CF card slot in PDA
• Start APIC Software (Start->Programs->Approach->Apic)
1. Tap the Start icon of the PDA
2. Tap "Programs" on the Start menu
3. Tap the "Approach" folder
4. Tap the "Apic" icon
• Apic should start and automatically find and connect to the CF card GPS.
• Bluetooth GPS
• Turn on the Bluetooth GPS device.
• Turn on the PDA Bluetooth radio. Tap on the Bluetooth symbol in the lower-right hand corner of the screen. Tap the "Turn Bluetooth ON" menu item.
• Start Blue Tooth Manager application. Tap on the Bluetooth symbol and then select the "Bluetooth Manager" menu item.
• Tap the New->Connect menu item.
• Select "Explore a Bluetooth device" and tap "Next".
• Tap on the box that says "Tap here to choose a device" to launch the Bluetooth Browser.
• After a short while a Bluetooth device will show up on a list. It will have a name something like "BT-GPS-0073D7". Select this device.
• When the Bluetooth Conection Wizard displays select the desired service. This should be something like "BT-GPS COM Port" and then tap on the "Next" button.
• Tap the "Finish" button.
• Start APIC Software (Start->Programs->Approach->Apic)
1. Tap the Start icon of the PDA
2. Tap "Programs" on the Start menu
3. Tap the "Approach" folder
4. Tap the "Apic" icon
• When the Bluetooth Browser is displayed, select the Bluetooth GPS device. Apic should start and automatically connect to the Bluetooth GPS.
3. Enter aircraft information (APIC->Settings->Aircraft). This only has to be done once. After entering the aircraft information it is stored on the PDA and retrieved each time that APIC is restarted.
1. After APIC has started and loaded it's the databases it will display the Primary Flight Display (PFD) page.
2. Tap the "APIC" menu at the bottom of the screen.
3. Tap the "Settings" menu item.
4. Tap the "Aircraft" tab at the bottom of the screen.
5. Enter the following data:
• N# - Registration number of the aircraft.
• Left tank fuel capacity in US gallons.
• LC - Left-Center tank fuel capacity.
• RC - Right-Center tank fuel capacity.
• Right tank fuel capacity.
• Vne - Never exceed speed (kts), redline for this aircraft.
• Vno - Maximum structural cruising speed (kts), top of the green.
• Vfe - Maximum flaps extended speed (kts), top of white.
• Vs1 - Stall speed in clean configuration (kts), bottom of green.
• Vso - Stall speed in landing configuration (kts), bottom of white.
• # Engines - select either 1 or 2 engines
• # Cylinders - Select the number of cylinders per engine.
• Constant Speed Prop(s) - Check this item if the aircraft has constant speed prop(s).
Tap the "OK" button in the top right of the screen.
4. Switch screens by taping one of the icons on the toolbar at the bottom of the screen or select the desired screen from the APIC->Views menu.
5. To end APIC (APIC->Quit)
1. Tap the "APIC" menu at the bottom of the screen.
2. Tap the "Quit" menu item.

• Primary Flight Display includes:
1. Attitude indicator. Attitude can be driven from either an external AHRS or from GPS.
2. Speed tape.
3. Heading tape. Heading can be displayed as either true or magnetic heading.
4. Altitude tape.
5. Vertical speed indicator.
6. System warnings.
7. Flight guidance information and needles.


• Integrated Moving Map includes:
1. World Wide Aviation Data for airports, runways, airspace boundaries, navaids, restricted areas and military operation areas available for over 200 countries. This data is updated every 28 days per the FAA schedule. The default install includes US, Canada and Mexico.

This product was developed using DAFIF, a product of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency. This product has not been endorsed or otherwise approved by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, or the United States Department of Defense.

2. Obstacles for the United States, Canada and Mexico.
3. 2D Terrain awareness. Terrain turns red when there is a potential threat of impact.
4. Geographical features such as lakes, road, state/country boundaries, cities, urban areas, railroads, wilderness areas, rivers.
5. Flight Plan guidance. Flight plans can include airports, navaids, FAA defined waypoints and user defined waypoints.
6. Vertical and horizontal flight guidance to any runway in the world.
7. Gas-n-Grub feature displays a fuel pump icon next to all airports with self-serve fuel (available 24/7) and a fork and knife icon next to all airports with a restaurant on the field.
8. Detailed airport Information is displayed when you tap on any airport within view. You can also start a go direct-to flight plan to the airport or to any runway at the airport.
9. Approach charts, departure procedures, airport diagrams and more can also be accessed from the detailed airport information display.
10. Route tracking.
11. Bright display for day and darkened display for night.
12. Auto-zoom when a flight plan is active. The map range is automatically zoomed in as you approach the flight plan destination.
13. All display features are user selectable.
14. The map range is user selectable from 2 to 500 nm.


• Vertical Navigation instrument can display terrain in the flight path and flight guidance when a flight plan to a runway is active.
• Engine Monitoring Instruments are available when Apic is connected to the Approach Engine Pod. These instruments include:
1. RPM / Manifold Pressure.
2. Fuel levels, pressure, flow rate and time remaining.
3. Engine temperatures.
4. Critical engine parameters.


• Virtual Steam Gauges (For those who aren't sure if they like change). These instruments include:
1. Airspeed indicator
2. Altimeter
3. Vertical speed indicator
4. Navigation indicator (VOR/HSI).


• Nearest airport display with distance, heading and "look-ahead" ATIS frequencies. Tap any airport to get detailed airport information and/or start a go direct-to flight plan.
• Time. Local, UTC time, 2min count-down timer, count-up timer.
• Checklists for all phases of flight.
• Both visual and audio voice alerts.
• Apic/PDA will take-over all of the application buttons of the Mobile device. The application buttons can be used to quickly get to the PFD, Moving Map and other instruments depending on the number of buttons available on the user PDA.
• Easily extended from a PDA and GPS to a fully redundant panel mount solution.

1. View - Select one of the following items to change the instrument that is currently being displayed.
• PFD - Primary Flight Display
• MFD - Moving Map or Multi-Function Display
• VNav - Vertical navigation display
• RPM - Engine speed and Manifold Pressure
• Fuel - Fuel usage
• Satellites - satellite status display
• Eng.Temp - Engine temperatures
• Eng.Params - Engine parameters
• Nearest Arpts - Nearest airport display and selection
• Airspeed - Standard airspeed indicator
• Altimeter - Standard altimeter
• VSI - Standard vertical speed indicator
• Indicator - Virtual navigation indicator
• Time - Time display, count-up timer and 2 minute count-down timer
2. Checklist - Display a series of checklists that may be used during various phases of flight.
3. Flight Plan - Display the flight plan dialog where you can enter a flight plan or recall a saved flight plan.
4. User Waypoints - Display the User Waypoint dialog where you can edit, add, delete or start a "go direct-to" flight plan for any user- defined waypoint.
5. Find - find an airport by entering its identifier and display the detailed airport information dialog.
6. Pan - Toggle the moving map from navigation mode to pan mode or visa versa.
7. Settings - Display the Settings dialog where you can set heading, speed or altitude bugs, select the items displayed on the moving map or set aircraft parameters, limits and connections.
8. Help - Display this help file.
9. About - Display information about APIC
10. Simulation Mode - Stop the GPS enabled navigation mode and enter the simulation mode.
11. Quit - Close the APIC application.

• PFD icon - Press to display the PFD.
• Moving Map icon - Press to display the Moving Map.
• Nav Indicator icon - Press to display the Nav indicator or HSI.
• Nearest Airports icon - Press to display the Nearest Airports.
• VNav icon - Press to display the Vertical navigation .
• Clock icon - Press to display the Time page.
• Satellite icon - Press to display the satellite information page.
• Direct-To icon - Press to initiate a Direct-To flight plan. If there is already a Direct-To flight plan in progress, Press this button to update the Direct-To flight plan with your current position.

The Primary Flight Display couples many of the standard flight instruments into a single convenient display. Information displayed on this view includes:

• Attitude - An artificial horizon is used to depict pitch and roll of the aircraft. Attitude can be derived from either an external Attitude Heading Reference System (AHRS) or from the GPS. When attitude is derived from the GPS, the pitch indication will display the flight path angle rather than the aircraft pitch angle. Roll assumes a coordinated turn. Tap the center of the Attitude indicator to toggle between the full screen view and the 777 view.
• Heading - The compass tape at the top of the view displays either true or magnetic heading. Tap the heading value box to toggle between true and magnetic heading. Tap anywhere else on the heading tape to set the heading bug. Heading can be derived from either an external AHRS or from GPS.
• Airspeed - The airspeed tape on the left displays Indicated Airspeed (IAS), True Airspeed (TAS) or Ground Speed (GS). Tap the box below the airspeed tape to toggle the type of speed displayed. IAS and TAS are only available if an external Environmental pod is connected to the APIC network. Tap anywhere on the speed tape to set the speed bug.
• Altitude - The altitude tape on the right displays pressure corrected altitude. The altitude value will be displayed in red if there are not enough active satellites to determine an accurate altitude. Altitude may be adjusted for barometric pressure changes by tapping the virtual Kollman window box beneath the altitude tape and entering a new pressure value. Tap anywhere on the altitude tape to set the altitude bug. Tap the altitude value box when on the ground at an airport to automatically calibrate the altitude to field elevation.
• Vertical Speed - Vertical speed is displayed in the area to the right of the altitude tape.
• System Warnings - Warnings will be displayed as needed at the bottom-center of the PFD.
• Flight plan guidance information will be displayed at the bottom of the PFD when a flight plan is active.
• Satellites - The number of active satellites and satellites in view are displayed on the top portion of the attitude indicator next to the satellite icon.

The moving map displays essential flight information such as heading, speed and altitude. In addition, the moving map displays the location of airports, navaids, boundaries of controlled airspace and special use areas such as restricted areas and military operation areas. Airports are always displayed; however, navaids, boundaries and special use areas may be displayed or removed to de-clutter the display. You may select what is displayed by navigating to the APIC->Settings menu and checking/un-checking the items you want displayed.

• Airspeed - tap on the airspeed box to toggle between knots, miles-per-hour and kilometers-per-hour.
• Heading - tap on the heading box to toggle between true and magnetic heading.
• Altitude - the altitude value turns red if there aren't enough active satellites to determine an accurate altitude. The altitude box will turn yellow if there is impending terrain directly ahead and less than 5 minutes away. The altitude box will turn red if there is impending terrain directly ahead and less than 2 minutes away.
• Range - tap above the range value to zoom out or below the range value to zoom in. You can also press the up or down arrows. The map range will automatically zoom in as you approach the destination of a flight plan. You can manually over-ride the auto-zoom feature by manually zooming out and by answering "Yes" when asked if you want to turn off the auto-zoom feature. Auto-zoom can be turned back on by manually zooming in and answering "Yes" when asked if you want to turn auto-zoom on.
• View type - tap the airplane to toggle between the look-ahead view and the full circle view.
• Airports - Airports are always displayed unless the zoom range is greater than 200nm. Airports with towers are displayed in blue, military airports are displayed in green and all other airports are displayed in magenta. Tap on any airport to see detailed information for that airport. A fuel pump icon is displayed to the right of all airports with self-serve fuel if this option is enabled from the settings dialog and the map zoom range is 200 nm or less. A fork and knife icon is displayed to the right of all airports with a restaurant on the field if this option is enabled from the settings dialog and the map zoom range is 200 nm or less.
• Airport runways will be visible when the map range is 25nm or less.
• Navaid icons are displayed if this option is enabled from the settings dialog and the map zoom range is 150 nm or less. Tap the navaid to see detailed information about it or to start a go direct-to flight plan to the navaid.
• Airspace boundaries for controlled airspace are displayed as a solid blue line if this option is enabled from the settings dialog. The lower and upper altitudes for each area are also printed in blue.
• Special use areas - boundaries for special use areas such as Military operation areas (MOA) and Restricted areas are displayed as a dashed blue line if this option is enabled from the settings dialog.
• Waypoints are displayed as a small blue triangle if this option is enabled from the settings dialog. Only Visual Reporting Points are displayed, other waypoints such as Initial Approach fixes (IAF), Final Approach Fixes (FAF) are available for use in constructing flight plans, but because of the vast number, only visual reporting points are displayed at this time.
• Obstacles are displayed automatically so that they are available when they are a concern. When on the ground (speed is less than Vso) obstacles are not displayed so that they don't clutter the display while setting up or flight planning. Obstacles are always displayed when the aircraft is flying and below 1000 ft. As soon as an obstacle is more than 500 ft or more below the aircraft, it is removed from the display. If there are 10 or less obstacles within range then a large red tower icon is displayed. If there are more than 10 obstacles within range then a small red icon is displayed to prevent excessive clutter. If the map range is less than 10 nm, then the height of the tower is also displayed above the tower.
• User waypoints are displayed as small red concentric circles when this option is enabled from the settings dialog. The user waypoint name is displayed below the circles.
• Route tracking is displayed as a dashed green line when this option is enabled from the settings dialog. A new point on the route is gathered whenever the aircraft travels 1/10th of the current map range for a total of up to 1000 points. For example, if the map range to 5nm then a new point will be added to the route track every 0.5nm. At a map range of 5nm the route can be as long as 500nm before Apic start to drop old points to make room for the new points. The map range can be changed at any time so that detailed tracking can be done during take-off and landing and less detailed tracking during enroute operations. The current route is saved when APIC is shut down and reloaded when APIC is started again. To clear the current route, turn off route tracking from the settings page and then turn it back on again.
• Day/Night display - If terrain is not displayed, then the map background can be changed to white or black. Use a white background for maximum brightness during the day and a black background at night to dim the map brightness. The white background is selected by checking the "Bright Display" option on the settings dialog.
• State Boundaries are displayed by selecting this option from the settings dialog.
• Roads are displayed by selecting this option from the settings dialog.
• Lakes are displayed by selecting this option from the settings dialog.
• Cities are displayed by selecting this option from the settings dialog.
• Urban Areas are displayed by selecting this option from the settings dialog.
• Railroads are displayed by selecting this option from the settings dialog.
• Wilderness areas are displayed by selecting this option from the settings dialog.
• Rivers are displayed by selecting this option from the settings dialog.
• 2D Terrain is displayed by selecting this option from the settings dialog. The check box for 2D Terrain is a 3-state check box. No check means that terrain will not be displayed. A grayed check means that the terrain will be displayed without any altitude warnings. A normal check means that the terrain will be displayed and any terrain that is 500ft below the aircraft to any altitude above the aircraft will be displayed in some shade of red. Different shades of red are used to give some distinction to the different terrain elevations.
• Flight guidance is enabled whenever a flight plan is in effect. A Course Deviation Indicator (CDI) needle will be displayed at the bottom of the map during enroute operations. A Glide Slope (GS) needle will be displayed across the entire map during vertical navigation to a runway. The flight plan destination and distance to the destination will be displayed on the upper-left corner of the map. Information about the next waypoint will be displayed on the upper-right corner of the map. This information includes: name of the next waypoint, cross-track error from the path to the next waypoint, bearing to the next waypoint, distance to the next waypoint and estimated time enroute (ETE) to the next waypoint.
• AGL - Altitude above ground level is displayed in the lower right corner of the map. This is the altitude above the nearest airport.
• Off-route terrain clearance altitude (ORTCA) is displayed in the lower-right corner of the map.
• Pan feature - This feature is enabled by selecting "Pan" from the main menu. When in Pan Mode four arrows are displayed so that you can pan to any location. You can still change the map range, tap on airports or navaids. Tapping on any other location on the map will bring up a prompt to add a user waypoint for that location. Select "Pan" from the main menu again to return to Navigation Mode.

• Terrain - To display terrain on this instrument, select the terrain option on the settings dialog. The distance from the left side of the display to the right side is the same as the map range. You can change the map range from the moving map display.
• Vertical guidance - After arriving in the vicinity of the destination airport:
• Tap the destination airport to bring up the detailed airport information.
• Select the "Runways" tab and select the active runway for that airport.
• Tap the "Direct-to" tab at the bottom and a flight plan.

A flight plan will be created automatically that will take you to the Outer-Marker, then to the Middle-Marker, Inner-marker and finally to the touch-down point on the runway. If the runway does not have an ILS then virtual markers will be created. The touch-down point will be created at 1000 ft beyond the runway threshold. The virtual outer-marker (VOM) will be created at 5nm from the touch-down point. The virtual middle-marker (VMM) will be created at 0.5nm from the touch down point. The virtual inner-marker (VIM) will be created at the runway threshold. Apic will draw a descent line to the touch-down point of the runway on the Vertical Navigation page. If an ILS is defined for the runway the descent slope will be that of the ILS. If no ILS is defined for the runway then an angle of 3 degrees will be used.

NOTE: A virtual approach to a runway does NOT guarantee terrain clearance! APIC is not an IMC certified instrument. APIC can help with situational awareness; however, you must use certified equipment for Instrument approaches.
• CDI - A course deviation indicator needle will be displayed at the top of the screen when a flight plan is in progress.
• GS - The glide slope descent path to a runway will be displayed as a magenta line. A glide slope indicator needle will be displayed along the right edge of the screen when a flight plan is in progress.
• Outer-marker - A vertical line with the letters "OM" above it will be displayed to indicate the distance to the outer-marker if it is within range and within +/- 30 degrees of the aircrafts heading.
• Middle-marker - A vertical line with the letters "MM" above it will be displayed to indicate the distance to the middle-marker if it is within range and within +/- 30 degrees of the aircrafts heading.
• Inner-marker - A vertical line with the letters "IM" above it will be displayed if it is within range and within +/- 30 degrees of the aircrafts heading and the approach has a designated inner-marker as part of an ILS.
• Airport Altitude - The airport altitude will be printed beneath the representation of the runway.
• Aircraft Altitude - The aircraft altitude will be printed above the aircraft. Both altitude in MSL and AGL will be printed. AGL refers to the elevation of the end of the runway designated by the flight plan.
• Flight Plan Information - The flight plan destination and distance to the destination are printed in the upper-left corner of the screen when a flight plan is active. The next waypoint name, cross-track distance, bearing to the waypoint, distance to the waypoint and estimated time enroute are printed in the upper right corner of the screen.

The satellite display shows which satellites are in view and which are actively being used in the position computation. The satellite display is the first page to be displayed. The display will change to the PFD as soon as enough satellites are active to provide reliable navigation. The components of this display are:

• Satellite position view shows the position of each satellite relative to the sky. The view is always drawn with north up. Active satellites are drawn with a green border around the satellites number. Inactive satellites have a yellow border. Satellites near the center are directly overhead while satellites near the outside of the rings are near the horizon.
• Satellite signal strength bars show the satellites that are actively being used with green bars and satellites that are in-view but not actively being used in white with a yellow border.
• UTC Date & Time are shown in the upper right corner of the display.
• Heading, speed and altitude are displayed if there are enough active satellites to compute these values.
• Status is 2D if there are at least 3 active satellites and 3d if there are 4 or more active satellites.
• HDOP, VDOP - Horizontal dilution of precision and Vertical dilution of precision are measurements of the accuracy of horizontal and vertical positions. The smaller the number the better the accuracy.

• Getting started
• Open a saved flight plan
• Go Direct-To
• Enter a flight plan
• Cancel an flight plan

1. Tap the "Flight Plan->Find Flight Plan" menu item.
2. Select the desired flight plan.
3. Tap the "Activate" button to initiate the flight plan.

• Add a single airport to the flight plan list.
• Tap the "Activate" button.

• Tap the "Flight Plan->Add->Airport, Navaid, Waypoint or User Waypoint"
• Enter the 3 or 4 letter identifier of an airport, navaid, or waypoint or the name of a user waypoint.
• If you don't know the airport identifier, tap the "Cancel" button and the "Find Airport" dialog will be displayed to help you find an airport. Enter an aiport name or city name. Select the desired airport and then tap "OK"
• Add as many airports, navaids, waypoints or user waypoints as desired.
• Tap the "Flight Plan->Save Flight Plan" button to save the flight plan just entered. It will be saved in a file named (first wpt)2(last wpt).flt
• Tap the "Activate" button to initiate the flight plan.

• Navigate to APIC->Flight Plan
• Tap the "Cancel" button.

• Display tab - select aeronautical or geographical features to display
• Bugs/Units tab - set reference bugs and units
• Aircraft tab - set aircraft parameters
• Limits tab - set aircraft limits
• Connections tab - setup connections to external devices

• Select aeronautical features to display:
• Navaids - VOR and NDB
• Airspace - A, B, C and D airspace boundaries
• Special-Use - Special Use Areas such as restricted areas and Military Operation Areas.
• Waypoints - VFR reporting points
• Self Serve Fuel
• Restaurants on the field
• User Waypoints
• Route tracking
• Select geographical features to display:
• State Bdrys
• Roads - Major roads such as Interstates, Highways and State Roads.
• Lakes
• Cities
• Urban Areas
• Railroads
• Wilderness
• 2D Topography - This is a 3 state check box. A dark check will display terrain with warnings. A gray check will display terrain without warnings.
• Select geographical features names to display names. Selecting the "Names" checkbox will cause names to be displayed for the corresponding geographical feature. Names may not actually be displayed until the zoom level close enough to not cause excessive clutter when the names are displayed.
• Select Bright Display to draw the map with a white background and dark features. Unselect Bright Display to draw the map with a black background and lighter colored features.

• Set reference bugs for the heading, speed or altitude. Eventually these values will be used to drive the autopilot. Tap the label next to the bug value and APIC will display a finger-size keypad for entering numeric values.
• Select the units for speed. The units can be either knots, miles-per-hour or kilometers-per-hour.
• Select English or Metric units for all other parameters.

• Aircraft registration number
• Fuel Capacity - Set the appropriate check boxes corresponding to the fuel tanks on the aircraft and the capacity of each fuel tank in US gallons.
• V-Speeds - These speeds should always be entered in knots
• Vne - Never Exceed speed, red line and top of the yellow arc.
• Vno - Maximum structural cruising speed, bottom of the yellow arc and top of the green arc.
• Vfe - Maximum flaps extended speed, top of the white arc.
• Vs1 - Stall speed in clean configuration, bottom of the green arc.
• Vs0 - Stall speed in landing configuration, bottom of the white arc.
• Number of engines
• Number of cylinders per engine
• Constant Speed Prop(s) - Set this check box to enable the Manifold pressure gauge on the RPM instrument display.

• MAP - Manifold pressure limits in inches of mercury.
• RPM - Engine speed limits in revolutions per minute.
• Fuel P - Fuel pressure limits in psi.
• Fuel Flw - Fuel flow limits in gallons per hour.
• Oil P - Oil pressure limits in psi.
• Oil T - Oil temperature in degrees Fahrenheit.
• EGT - Exhaust Gas Temperature in degrees Fahrenheit.
• CHT - Cylinder Head Temperature in degrees Fahrenheit.
• Volts - Aircraft system volt limits.
• Amps - Aircraft system current limits.

1. Tap on the airport symbol on the moving map page.
2. Tap on the airport identifier on the Nearest Airports page.
3. Navigate to the Apic->Find->Airport menu item and enter the 3 or 4 letter identifier for the airport of interest.

• Elevation
• Runway numbers, lengths and widths
• Communication frequencies for all phases of flight
• Important remarks

• Hours of operation
• Local time adjustment from UTC
• Fuel, Oil and other fluids available
• Other important remarks about the field and operations at the field.

1. Click on the link and save the download to a temporary folder on your computer.
2. Open the .zip file that was downloaded and extract the install application.
3. Run the install application.

• Apic/PDA users may want to move the terrain data to an SD card for optimal memory use and performance of Apic. To do this copy the file "\Program Files\Approach\Apic\Data\UnitedStates\US60x60Terrain.map" to "\SD Card\Approach\Apic\Data\United States\US60x60Terrain.map".
• For best performance, install all data to the PDA device memory.
• For best conservation of device memory, install the geographical data to an SD card.
• For a good compromise between speed and memory use, install the geographical data to the PDA device memory and then move the terrain data to an SD card.

• How does the APIC attitude indicator work?
• Can I add an external gyro to APIC?
• How often is the APIC software and data updated?
• How do I create a Flight Plan in APIC?
• Does APIC have weather included?
• What is Gas n Grub?
• What other features will be added to APIC in the future?
• Can I run APIC on my PALM device?
• How much memory do I need to load APIC?
• What kind of GPS do I need?
• Can I use my Garmin GPS as input into my PDA and do you reccomend this?
• How much does APIC cost?
• How much are the 28 day updates and how do I get them?
• How many flight plans can I create and save with APIC?
• Where can I purchase APIC?
• What does "APIC" mean?
• Does APIC support approach plates?
• How do I setup my CF card or Bluetooth GPS?

More Info

Yes. An external gyro option is available.

APIC software is updated on a 28 day cycle. By simply purchasing the updates at a minimal yearly price you will be able to login on our website with your email and password and begin downloading the updates immediately. The updates include any software changes, new features, bug fixes, flight data and map updates.

Weather integration will be available shortly.

Gas'n'Grub is an addition to the Approach Website that has been included in the Apic software. When flying, its important to know which airports in your flight path have self service fuel and the hours of FBO’s. Also, if you are hungry you dont want to land get a rental car and drive around town for an hour looking for somewhere to eat. Therefore, Gas'n'Grub is a feature that Approach developed to help you select the most convenient stops along your route. You can easily find the nearest airports with self service fuel and those fields with a restaurant on field. (See also)

We are constantly improving and updating APIC. Weather is just around the corner, also our Engine (Epod) interface will allow you to view all of your important engine information.

Currently APIC is only designed to run on Windows PocketPC 2002/2003 formated devices. APIC will also work on any Windows 2000/Xp.

A typical install of APIC requires 18.6Mb, however if the terrain is loaded onto an SD card (which we recommend doing to improve speed and functionality on your PDA.) the install into your main memory would only be 12.2Mb. A minimal install option is also available which only requires 9Mb. (All of these files sizes are dependant on the country and/or region installed. The file sizes given here are according to the North America APIC/PDA install.)

Any GPS unit that outputs the standard NMEA sentences should work.

A Garmin GPS can be integrated to work with APIC through a cable. Approach does not recommend doing this since the price of GPS units is so low now that the added reliability and redundancy of using a second GPS makes sense.

Please refer to our pricelist for prices of APIC products and accessories. The pricelist can be found at http://www.approach-systems.com/apic/apPrice.asp

The pricelist can be found at http://www.approach-systems.com/apic/apPrice.asp The updates are downloadable. When you purchase the update package you will supply your email address, and we will send a confirmation email to that account with a password and a link to our website where you can download those updates every 28 days.

APIC doesn't have a limit on the number of flight plans you can create, the only is the amount of memory available on your PDA.

Information on APIC is available on our website. http://www.approach-systems.com/apic/apPrice.asp If you have questions or would like to make a purchase, you can email us or call one of our sales representatives. Our representatives are avid pilots and users of APIC and can answer all your questions as well! Also check our website for a list of trade shows that we will be attending.

APIC is an acronym for Approach Integrated Cockpit.

Yes! Approach Plate integration is part of APIC. More Info

Click on APIC->Settings->Connections and select the proper COM port and baud rate for the GPS that you are using. Reset then Click ok. More Info