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View Poll Results: Do you use Garmin Pilot or Foreflight?
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07-03-2014, 02:25 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Houston
Posts: 2,012
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Originally Posted by bullojm1
I used ForeFlight for a couple of years before I switched to Garmin Pilot. I find ForeFlight to be the superior app, however, the iPad Mini is just about useless in the bubble canopy of the RV on a sunny day. I used a Nexus 7 (2013 model) which has a wonderfully bright screen on it (550 nits). It's readable in any lighting condition without needing to adjust the mounting angle. It's a fraction of what the iPad Mini cost to boot ($145 for a refurb). While the transition was tough to make from ForeFlight to Garmin Pilot, I really enjoy the app now. It gets me where I need to be safely.
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Same story here. Started with FF and an iPad. Can't see iPad in an -8. I *CAN* see my Samsung Note everyday smartphone. It mounts on a bracket on the right side of my panel.
So... I dumped ForeFlight and my iPad. Now use Garmin Pilot very happily. It and all my current charts go with me everywhere - ground or flying.
Now that I've found the new upgrade "VFR" screen overlay (see below), it's even more readable in the plane. Still a few little weird quirks about navigating. But I've learned the routine, and they've fixed a few over the last year or so.
 
Last edited by Low Pass : 07-03-2014 at 02:31 PM.
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07-03-2014, 06:58 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: USA
Posts: 3,179
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I used Foreflight for two years. Switched to Garmin pilot for a year and then switched back to Foreflight remembering it to be easier to use.
My conclusion is that Garmin is little less organized but the VFR chart display is so much quicker and easier to interpret "when I'm only giving it a one second glance each time" that I'm switching back before my FF subscription expires.
I have seen FF add a number of recent enhancements but since many are tied to a higher subscription plan, I do not use them. This means I compare FF and GP on the entry level features.
They both have great features. They both have advantages. I've used both for extended flight seasons.
04-Jan-2015 Update: I switched to GP since most of my panel is Garmin. I also look forward to see the eventual/future/advertised Connext integration between GP and the G3X system(s). (BTW: while it is described in Garmin marketing materials, Connext between Garmin Pilot and G3X Touch is not available as of this post's update date.)
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07-03-2014, 09:50 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: West Fargo, ND
Posts: 1,073
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I have a full garmin panel but for this I vote for Foreflight. Foreflight ought to be proud of the results of this pole. They definitely got it right the first time. just think if they made avionics 
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07-04-2014, 06:56 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Frederick, MD
Posts: 821
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I have used both and think that the best app will be defined by your needs and intended use. I think Pilot is better VFR and Forflight a bit better IFR but that could change based on specific operations. For me, Pilot seems simple and intuitive for VFR flying.
The complaint I have about both is that the sectional Tab information (sua details, ARSA freqs and tower. hours of operation) are missing from the charts. While some of the info can be found other places in the app, it is not all there and seems so easy to add.
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Frederick, MD
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07-04-2014, 12:00 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: PORT ARANSAS
Posts: 419
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Anything that gets you out of Apple's proprietary world is a good thing. And from a value standpoint, there is simply no comparison. The Nexus 7 Android tablet is superior to the mini-iPad in every way.
Example: We owned an iPad. It was so bloody expensive that we treated it like a raw egg. The fear of dropping or losing it permeated our every action, and we NEVER left it unattended in a coffee shop, due to fear of theft.
Between that, and the stifling Apple ecosystem, it drove us nuts. So I sold it on EBay.
The Nexus 7 has been everything the iPad was not. We have owned five of them between the three of us. Twice we have smashed them, due to carelessness, and although it's not "cheap", replacing my wife's $169 Nexus 7 sure beat replacing a $500+ iPad.
The fact that we have smashed two of them, BTW, is an indication of the level of use we get out of them. These things literally go everywhere with us, and I would bet we use them 2+ hours per day, every day. They ain't just for use in the plane.
I've used Garmin Pilot since it was introduced in 2012. In that brief period, it has evolved into a stable platform that does everything I could ever want from an aviation app. It is fast, displays traffic and weather flawlessly, and is rock-solid stable. We keep the Nexus 7 mounted in the back cockpit, and by toggling between Garmin Pilot and GRT's amazing EFIS app, we have every piece of flight info imaginable, instantly available.
I can't recommend the combo of Nexus 7, GDL-39, and Garmin Pilot more highly. It is simply a terrific combination, and gives RV-8 owners the best possible path to complete instrumentation in the back hole.
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Port Aransas, TX
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07-04-2014, 12:45 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: PORT ARANSAS
Posts: 419
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Duplicate post for no apparent reason. Deleted.
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Port Aransas, TX
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07-04-2014, 03:44 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 745
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jjhoneck
Anything that gets you out of Apple's proprietary world is a good thing. And from a value standpoint, there is simply no comparison. The Nexus 7 Android tablet is superior to the mini-iPad in every way.
Example: We owned an iPad. It was so bloody expensive that we treated it like a raw egg. The fear of dropping or losing it permeated our every action, and we NEVER left it unattended in a coffee shop, due to fear of theft.
Between that, and the stifling Apple ecosystem, it drove us nuts. So I sold it on EBay.
The Nexus 7 has been everything the iPad was not. We have owned five of them between the three of us. Twice we have smashed them, due to carelessness, and although it's not "cheap", replacing my wife's $169 Nexus 7 sure beat replacing a $500+ iPad.
The fact that we have smashed two of them, BTW, is an indication of the level of use we get out of them. These things literally go everywhere with us, and I would bet we use them 2+ hours per day, every day. They ain't just for use in the plane.
I've used Garmin Pilot since it was introduced in 2012. In that brief period, it has evolved into a stable platform that does everything I could ever want from an aviation app. It is fast, displays traffic and weather flawlessly, and is rock-solid stable. We keep the Nexus 7 mounted in the back cockpit, and by toggling between Garmin Pilot and GRT's amazing EFIS app, we have every piece of flight info imaginable, instantly available.
I can't recommend the combo of Nexus 7, GDL-39, and Garmin Pilot more highly. It is simply a terrific combination, and gives RV-8 owners the best possible path to complete instrumentation in the back hole.
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The stuff you can learn from others just by reading here.  I have an RV 8. I'm dumping my iPad mini that I can't see under the bubble canopy, and getting a Nexus 7
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07-04-2014, 04:15 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SC
Posts: 12,887
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What am I missing?
I use neither of them.
However, I have a SkyView and have left my 496 in the panel.
I do my flight planning on www.SkyVector.com and the AOPA site & Android App.
For the first part of the year I was commuting between Houston, TX and Greenville, SC and didn't ever feel the need for more information.
That said, I must be missing something but for the life of me, I can't figure out what it would be.
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07-04-2014, 05:31 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Posts: 285
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BobTurner
Why did you not include WingX in the poll? (that's my vote)
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And mine, never rule it out
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07-04-2014, 05:46 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Littleton, CO
Posts: 388
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I use both
I have been using the garmin pilot for over a year. I have a current subscription to both the garmin pilot and foreflight. I use them both on an iPad and my iPhone 5 in the front seat of a -4. The garmin pilot is superior in my estimation and I will let my foreflight subscription expire. Pilot has come out with significant improvements over the past year and it is not the same app that I started with. My -8 is nearing completion with a full garmin suite including a GDL39 which will be pumping info to my Girl GIB
P.S. Bill borrow my iPad and take garmin pilot for a spin again. I think you'll like what they've done with it over the last 16 months!
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