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Old 07-16-2011, 07:05 PM
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Default aviation apps for Android tablets?

Is anyone using an Android tablet for aviation moving map & flight planning, & can you offer reviews for various Android aviation apps? With some of these tablets selling for well under $200 (even under $100 in some cases), they look like they have great potential as dedicated aviation devices, if decent apps are available.

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Old 07-16-2011, 07:26 PM
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There have been a few discussions and most recently this thread ...

http://www.vansairforce.com/communit...hlight=Android
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Old 07-17-2011, 08:56 AM
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Default avilution

I just put Avilution on my Android phone. So far, I am impressed. $4.99 per month.
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Old 07-17-2011, 09:06 AM
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I just started using Avilution on my transformer. Make sure enable hardware acceleration in the settings if your device supports it. Without acceleration it was almost unusable for me.
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Old 07-17-2011, 01:39 PM
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A vote for Naviator.

I just made a 900+ nm trip and it works great. (Using Nook Color with bootable SD card and Android CM7 - bluetooth to GNS 5870 MFI for GPS feed.) Had all approach plates (I get these from Doug Ranz - including night versions) plus all sectional, TAC and IFR Lo charts. The Nook and the GPS had no trouble running 10+ hours.

The 30 day free trial is full featured. Documentation could be better, but they are quick to answer email and once you figure it out it's pretty good.

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Old 07-27-2013, 12:03 PM
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Default weather app

I found this free app, Metam, in the Google Play store a few weeks ago and it has become my favorite weather app. It's great for checking current METARs and TAFs and it also has all the prog, pirep, winds, satellite and radar charts. On the home screen you create a list of your favorite airports and it automatically updates their METAR info. It has an intuitive user interface and has been great for getting a quick look at the current weather conditions.

I'm in no way affiliated with these guys, I just think this is a great app.
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Old 07-27-2013, 12:06 PM
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Try FltPln. It really does everything and it's free.
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Old 07-27-2013, 12:27 PM
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Charlie

Your main issue with the hardware will be sunlight readability under the canopy of a rv7. Look at the tablet in the sun before paying for one you will not be happy with. I run an Asus TF700 with 600 nits brightness. Best option out currently for sunlight readability in an android.

For software I am a longtime user of anywhere map.
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Old 07-27-2013, 01:44 PM
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I've been using 'Avare' for Android the last several weeks. You can download any sectional, chart you want and I've been happy with the GPS tracking and moving map. For the VFR flying of my RV it is more than sufficient and best of all it is free! It doesn't have a lot of bells and whistles but it does have extended runway center-lines.
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Old 07-27-2013, 04:53 PM
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I've been using 'Avare' for Android the last several weeks. You can download any sectional, chart you want and I've been happy with the GPS tracking and moving map. For the VFR flying of my RV it is more than sufficient and best of all it is free! It doesn't have a lot of bells and whistles but it does have extended runway center-lines.
I have trialled Naviator and one other but I have settled on Avare for now. One reason. ITS FREE. The others are probably better but I'm just too cheap.

Every chart and plate I am interested in is available. They are georeferenced.
AF/D included. If connected to WIFI internet, you can get weather at a reporting airport by holding your finger on it.

The documentation for Avare is absolutely horrible. I struggled with it at first, but now that I am used to it and know how to do what I want, I find it quite handy. Been actively using it for 6+ months on a Samsung 7" tablet. I have not been able to do a multiple point flight plan yet. There are a few words about it in the meager documentation but I have not been successful yet. Its not a show stopper by any means. Changing destination is easy.

**EDIT Aug 13, 2013 ** I just updated Avare from 4.1.1 to 4.2.1 (10 revisions). The help file says how to do multi-point flight plans and it works.
I think I am going to uninstall all the other aviation apps that I had in test mode (now expired) and keep going with this one.


So, I'm happy. Getting much better at the paperless EFB. The Samsung is OK for sunlight. Probably same as the rest of the non-aviation tablets. I have to shade it with the canopy shade sometimes. But what I have come to realize is that the only time I am REALLY interested in it is when the weather is crappy. The sun ain't out then anyway. The Samsung charges with no problem from the 12v car jack. Seems like there was a thread about IPads or something not charging right.

I have tried to give the AOPA FlyQ a benefit of the doubt but the PC version is terrible. It is abysmally slow to update and is extremely quirky to do things not commanded. It does integrate with the free android version but the portable version is so castrated for capability (no map) it is pretty much useless.

** EDIT** I saw evidence of FlyQ map on a portable screen recently . I'll dig a little more. Maybe my problem is operator error.
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