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Jesse 06-20-2018 09:47 AM

ForeFlight does come up with a message when you are above a certain altitude, but I have flown regularly as high as 17,500 without any problems whatsoever.

YvesCH 06-20-2018 09:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wrongway john (Post 1268059)
Good to hear, if it spent some time at FL280, I'm not near as concerned about my FL 125 anymore. Might be premature on my part, but figured I'd already heard from others telling me not to exceed their 10,000' altitude limit, and would have horror stories to tell.

But what scared me personally was the issue with the capacitors.. As those servos were nearly the same (except the gears) as the ones we install in our RV`s. I do not want to blame the manufacturer but there was no altitude limit stated? So better watch out for other things if you go really high!

mv031161 06-20-2018 09:51 AM

Ipad Issues
 
Only problem I have had w my ipad is loss of signal under cloud coverage or under heavy IMC. all the rest...good to go

Robert Anglin 06-21-2018 07:22 PM

I-Pad air 2.
 
We have an I-Pad air two 9.5". I have had it up to 18,500 in the RV. And just last week we had gone to Omaha on South West. I sat in a widow seat both ways. With Garmin Pilot pulled up it show the flight all the way there and back with only a two or three second drop out from time to time. FL-400 on the way and FL-370 coming home. I sat it on the tray table and watched it with an accessional pinch in or out to look at stuff along the way. I thought it was good for an internal GPS. I use it as my cross check of the G3X system, while in the RV, placed on my left knee and my old trusty knee board on the right knee.
Don't know that this will help, as there are a lot of pads out these days.
Yours, R.E.A. III #80888

Jesse 06-21-2018 08:20 PM

Altitude issue really only applies to non-pressurized airplanes. Cabin altitude is what applies.

Jonathan Alvord 06-30-2018 05:44 PM

Had my I-phone up to 13500 worked fine. Used an IPad across the country from Fl to Wa up to 13,500 and it too worked great. Only caveat was that cell service declines the higher you are, so download your charts before leaving. Keep the air blowing on the back of the IPAD to keep it cool.

snopercod 06-30-2018 06:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jesse (Post 1268073)
ForeFlight does come up with a message when you are above a certain altitude...

Yup, it prompts you to don your Oxygen at 12,500' pressure altitude (if you have an iPad 2 with the built-in pressure sensor).


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