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View Poll Results: Do you use Garmin Pilot or Foreflight?
Garmin Pilot 72 34.62%
Foreflight 128 61.54%
What the heck is an EFB?? 8 3.85%
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Old 07-05-2014, 04:36 AM
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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.
I don't use either either, but I do have WingX installed on my iPad and iPhone. I find that I use WingX for preliminary planning outside the cockpit. Once airborne, they both are typically found laying on the back seat.

I used them as backup up copies of charts and plates. Normal flights I have no need to look at them, because everything I need is displayed on one of the three AFS screens.

Btw, my decision to choose WingX was solely based upon the fact that the Garmin and Foreflight apps can't display traffic or weather from my Navworx ADS-B unit.
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Old 07-05-2014, 04:48 AM
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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.
With three airplanes with full IFR EFIS's, that's a lot of databases if you want to make sure you always have up to date charts on board. We own two iPads - for $75 each per year, we always have updated charts along - no matter what we have done with EFI databases.....
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Old 07-05-2014, 05:38 AM
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With three airplanes with full IFR EFIS's, that's a lot of databases if you want to make sure you always have up to date charts on board. We own two iPads - for $75 each per year, we always have updated charts along - no matter what we have done with EFI databases.....
Do you really pay $75 per yr for each iPad for FF? You can have it on two iPads and 1 phone for $75/yr VFR or $150/yr for IFR.

Actually, I am not sure that this has been brought up, but don't you have to have to handhelds with charts to be legal? if you don't have paper back up.

I carry 1 iPad and 1 phone with FF. On longer flights, I throw in my older iPad with FF.
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Old 07-05-2014, 06:13 AM
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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.
Why do I have a a tablet based nav/info system? As already mentioned in one form or another, this (GP) is my "official" source of onboard flying info. It's a secondary source of nav/airport info to my portable Garmin. I have the phone up on the panel for tunes already. And if I want to plan a trip, I just pull the phone out of my pocket and go after it.

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Old 07-05-2014, 06:20 AM
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Do any of the standalone flight planners allow for direct transfers to the panel devices (EFIS)?
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Old 07-05-2014, 06:48 AM
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Do any of the standalone flight planners allow for direct transfers to the panel devices (EFIS)?
Wouldn't that be cool? Flight plan with Foreflight and dump that into my SkyView, with updates for rubber-banding...

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Old 07-05-2014, 08:56 AM
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Aspen Avionics Evolution has a setup called "Connected Panel" that will interface with iPad and several other products to allow for realtime flight plan updating. Others may be available.

http://www.connectedpanel.com/partners
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Old 07-05-2014, 09:40 AM
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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
I have a Nexus 7 too but use the free Avare app. It worked very well on my trip to Johnson Creek last month.
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This thread has been helpful to me so thank you all for your opinions. I am going to get set up with a Nexus 7 and the Garmin Pilot app.

My question is, does the Nexus 7 have an internal GPS? I've read about it online and nothing I've seen mentions an internal GPS.

If in fact it does not have a GPS, then I would HAVE to buy the GDL-39 right?

All I'm looking for at this point is a replacement for VFR charts. But if I just go with the Nexus and nothing else, does it have the moving map feature like regular handheld GPS's?

Thanks!
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Old 01-04-2015, 09:31 AM
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This thread has been helpful to me so thank you all for your opinions. I am going to get set up with a Nexus 7 and the Garmin Pilot app.

My question is, does the Nexus 7 have an internal GPS? I've read about it online and nothing I've seen mentions an internal GPS.

If in fact it does not have a GPS, then I would HAVE to buy the GDL-39 right?

All I'm looking for at this point is a replacement for VFR charts. But if I just go with the Nexus and nothing else, does it have the moving map feature like regular handheld GPS's?

Thanks!
My personal experience is this:

I love Garmin Pilot. It is a great app and getting better with every release. Their customer service is excellent, helpful and responsive.

I now use GP as my primary chart source and carry paper as a backup. I have installed it on two devices so that if one crashes or runs out of battery I am not stuck. Right now I would recommend going to a store and installing the trial version of the app on the floor model to check its performance. I am using a Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 (NOT the tab plus) as it has a ridiculously fast Snapdragon processor. My LG G2 phone also has the Snapdragon processor, which as of a few months ago was what I found to be the best performer with Garmin Pilot of all the ones I tested.

Top things to look for in a tablet for Garmin Pilot:
Fastest processor you can get
Highest screen pixel density
Decent storage capability
Internal GPS

The Samsung tablets have very good internal GPSs but I also use a GDL39. If you buy the GDL39 make sure you spring for the battery pack--do not rely on ship's power to run it. In my experience the cigarette lighter power adapter tends to vibrate enough to interrupt power for very short intervals which makes the GDL39 keep resetting. The battery fixes that, just keep it plugged in to ships power so it keeps charging.
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