The Airbox Freedom Clarity GPS is a feature-packed 4.3 inch navigational system with outstanding screen clarity, ultra-quick processor and a revolutionary user interface. Airbox systems have been designed to be highly intuitive to operate, with the features you use everyday immediately to hand and the more sophisticated features easy to find and operate. This section describes some of the core functionality in more detail.
FREEDOM CLARITY FEATURES
- Very bright, super-clear 4.3 inch touchscreen display
- Intuitive route planning - just press your finger on the map where you want to go
- UK CAA 1:500,000 charts
- Flight guide
- Full worldwide airfield database
- Visual Airspace warning, intelligent to your current height
- Terrain ahead profile, colour coded for safety
- Flight logging
- Favourite destinations
- Route divert
- Home airfield selector
- Multi-chart capability with in-flight switching
- Navigate to co-ordinates, user defined waypoint, navaid
- Full Navaid database
MOVING MAP
Airbox systems have a clearly laid out main display, with the map taking centre stage, en-route information on the left, buttons along the bottom and airspace warnings on the right. Information boxes can be selected by the user, Move the map by tapping the screen in the desired direction, Zoom in and out on the map by pressing + or -, Switch between maps on the fly.
AIRSPACE WARNING
Airbox contains a full updatable airspace database; Clear warnings in flashing red and white, Only warns about airspace at or near current altitude, Gives information on class, name, height, distance, operational hours and a frequency if available, Pressing on the airspace gives information on all airspace at that particular point.
TOUCHSCREEN ROUTE PLANNING
The concept of pressing the screen where you want to go is at the heart of what makes route planning with Airbox so simple. Select a start and end point for your route and then simply press on the screen where you want to add additional waypoints. Either press and hold on map to select start and destination or select an airfield/user waypoint/VOR/NDB from the menus. Route overlaid onto the map in clear contrasting colours. Press on map to place intermediate waypoints. View route plan with distances and bearings.Save an almost unlimited number of routes
REVOLUTIONARY ICON DRIVEN INTERFACE
Airbox's interface uses clear simple icons, which guide you quickly and intuitively through the menu system. Icons with text make menu navigation quick and simple. Icons sized for ease of use in the cockpit. Tested in high turbulence environments.
ENROUTE INFORMATION
Airbox gives you the facility to display a wealth of enroute information; Ground speed, Ground track, Bearing of destination, Altitude, Distance and Time to destination, Height, Profile of terrain ahead, Airspace warning, Current location, Location relative to nearest town/airfield, Extended runway centrelines, Rings around aircraft at set distances, Speed vector.
AIRFIELD INFORMATION
Airbox contains a comprehensive database of airfields. If you have the airfield guide option, you can also view pages from the guide; Name, ICAO designator, Height, Full runway information, Radio Frequencies, Fuel information, Flight guide pages give access to airfield layouts, circuit information, telephone numbers and much more.
FLIGHT LOGGING
Airbox automatically logs your flights for you. Date and time of takeoff and landing, Start and end locations, Time en route, Distance flown
CHOICE OF CHARTS
Airbox is compatible with a wide variety of charts to enable you to fly with the map you're most familiar with. All systems come with half million scale charts of the UK as standard.
