Aircraft notelist5/5/2023 ![]() Things I didn’t like so much: The user’s guide is basically a list of definitions. Here's what I liked about the app: The ability to create a checklist in a clean, easy-to-read format that incorporated extra reminders (“Did you replace your fuel cap?” “Where is the tow bar?”). ![]() I’ll keep my laminated checklist in the left-side pocket, and that’s the one I’ll reference in an emergency. A paper checklist won’t lose a battery charge or get overheated in the cockpit. What’s wrong with a good old paper checklist? Absolutely nothing. MiraCheck CoPilot does offer functionality beyond those programs, such as the ability to overlap the checklist on top of any app, control the checklist with your voice, and control the checklist with an Apple watch, among many others. Most of the more popular flight planning apps include a checklist function, so if you’re using ForeFlight or Garmin Pilot you may not be tempted to stray. It took about an hour to build a preflight/startup checklist. In setting up a checklist for my Piper Cherokee 140, I found it easier to create one on a computer rather than to fumble around on my iPad Mini. You can create all kinds of checklists the template includes a sample shopping list and some other ideas. Once you have created a checklist, it lives in the cloud and is synchronized to your device. MiraCheck CoPilot lets you overlay a checklist on a flight planning app, so you can reference your checklist while checking an airport diagram, for example. You can also create a formal checklist that can take the place of a flight planner sheet-use it to gather weather information, runway details, radio frequencies, and the like. Voice prompts can take you to an emergency checklist, open and close notes and comments, open and close a logbook feature, and reset a section or the entire checklist if you desire. As you move through tasks, each section’s color-coded progress changes: Red is not begun yellow is begun but not completed green is completed. The pleasantly modulated computer voice won’t progress until you’ve checked off each item. If your device runs on iOS, you can have MiraCheck read off each task to you, just as an actual co-pilot would. ![]() What doesn't: User guide needs more detail
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