APP New Releases

New Features:

• New mission segment Descent at no Credit (CAS)
• Removed MTOW limit in LWF example aircraft
• Removed “Save As” context menu item from charts as this crashed APP without warning on some machines
• Fixed renaming range extender name so that it updates the name in the electric propeller datasets

• Fixed tab order in the mission segment list

New Features:

• Generic electric propulsion (serial or parallel)
• Pure electric propeller propulsion
• Serial hybrid-electric propeller propulsion with separate generator dataset
• Battery size defined by energy and mass or by energy density

• New example aircraft: Do228NG with serial hybrid-electric propulsion
• New mission solver: Solve for required trip fuel (take-off mass solver)
• Faster than APP 6 (up to five times)
• Compiled with the newest Visual Studio and C++ version
• Guarantees Windows 10 support
• ALR has made significant progress “under the hood” of APP to secure long-term maintainability of the APP code base

New Features:

• Fix startup issue with Windows 10 and WIBU encryption
• Fix issue related to the Group Operation segment when entering thrust force instead of the power setting (percentage)
• Fix issue that prevented the computation of a mission parameter study
• Higher numerical precision in the output of mission computations using the command line mode
• Revised Energy Exchange segment
• Added the -log command line flag to App6.exe to show a debug console and write a log file

New Features:

• Visual improvements for users with high DPI screens and large display scaling factors

New Features:

• Correct Landing Roll segment to stop properly
• Limit line set in Turn-Rate Chart (SEP) under specific condition
• Significantly improved writing speed of files
• Expanded the description of mission segments in the User Manual
• Fuel at End of Mission user interface elements improved when using external tanks

New Features:

• Improve Configuration user interface
• Add capability to import Propulsion data from other APP 6 aircraft files

New Features:

• Correct thrust calculation for propeller aircraft with multiple engines

New Features:

• New User Interface, intuitive and easy to learn
• New Aircraft Model File Type and Configuration Management
• Improved and smooth Workflow
• Support for Fixed and Variable Pitch Propeller Aircraft (Piston & Turboprop)
• Simulation of Take-off, Landing, Rejected Take-off and Balanced Field Length
• Mission Parameter Study (automate mission computations)
• New Mission Segments: Descent at const. Mach, CAS, EAS, Energy Method for Max. Rate Climb, Cruise at opt. Altitude and constant Mach.

APP 6.0 Aircraft Examples

• Light-Weight Fighter
• Light Single Engine (variable propeller)
• Small UAV (fixed propeller)
• Boeing 747-100
• Airbus A320

New Features:

• Lift-to-Drag Ratio Chart Added
• C_D output variable adjusted to include auto-drop tanks
• Improved accuracy of off-ISA atmosphere models
• Improved error messages for mission optimization

New Features:

• Output of CO₂ emissions added to mission calculation
• Chart added to aerodynamics file that shows the total drag polars
• Improved optimal climb segments
• Better optimal climb segment error messages
• Changed default power setting for ground operations segment to 0%
• Reduced default time-step for descent segment

New Features:

• Improved mission calculation logic
• “Copy Project from File” now also accepts mission files
• Help menu items added for manual and technical reference PDFs
• General code improvements

New Features:

• WIBUKEY protection implemented
• Mission optimizer functionality added to allow to set fuel mass at end of mission instead of fuel percentage as the target parameter
• Optimization in climb and cruise segments