RE: Latest on IPad Flight Apps

[fstringham7a]

Stein

Thanks for the info. They all look good. I really appreciate your input considering you deal with this stuff all the time.

Frank

Originally Posted by SteinAir

I have tried all three, currently have Foreflight and Garmin on my iPad. I like Foreflight the best at the moment, but Garmin has some really slick stuff in it and when they do a few little improvements it'll be my 1st choice over the others.

Just one man's 2 cents!

Cheers,
Stein

[rv7boy]

Moving this thread to the appropriate Forum. DCH

[Wesael]

Originally Posted by Mile High Relic

I only mention it since you didn't, but for the most frugal option, check out SkyCharts Pro. It is only $20 and will do much of what the others do. I have used it for about a year.

+1

[rv8or]

The best Nav app that we use is Skydemon, in the air it is stunning.

Try it on free trial and make your own mind up.

In the complicated airspace in european skys we have not seen anything better for the type of flying we do.

It has american maps.

Just my tupenny worth.

Rob

[Vlad]

I tested Skydemon. I like the look and functions. The biggest problem is after the crash it doesn't recover on last page. You need to reenter the data unlike FF.

[Annette]

Here's my choice:
Foreflight (for charts)
MyRadar (for weather)
PocketHorizon (for standby Artificial Horizon)
AeroWeather Pro (text weather for aviation reporting stations)

[Rotorheadrob]

I'm an avid Foreflight user in the states but no coverage in EU. Bummer!

Anyone know of nav apps that work in EU, particularly Greece & Italy?

Many thanks.

[Rotorheadrob]

Tried Sky Demond but no charts for Geece or Italy... Should have mentioned that.

[Dbro172]

I can't say enough about foreflight, never ceases to amaze. Although haven't used it in an RV, I've probably flown 50 hours with it yoke mounted in a Cessna. I don't even look at the G1000 MFD. Flown a bunch of IFR and approaches, etc. too.

I run a 64 gb iPad2 without no issues whatsoever. It also performs equally as well off my 16gb iPhone4 and I previously ran it fine off an iPhone 3GS. I use the Bad Elf gps.

I've tried garmin, and a couple others but they haven't stuck like foreflight.

One tip for night flying is you can set up the triple click of the button to reverse the backlight/background from white to black. This dims it down nice for night. (similar to removing the terrain overlay from a garmin and just seeing the black background)

Flight planning (and filing) is amazingly simple and powerful in foreflight. You can even just type in the abbreviation for a star, dp, approach, such as "ANAHM3.SLI" right into your flight plan and it shows the route right into your flight plan on the map. I could go on and on....

Seems people have issues seeing the screen under the bubble canopy though... Which makes me sad to hear... Hopefully a new IPad when I'm up and running.

[Rotorheadrob]

Found that Air Nav Pro has maps and airspace for Greece & Italy.

Also, synthetic vision/terrain. Nice.

Will work till Fore Flight makes it over to EU. FF is better but for now...