FlyQ

[flyboy1963]

Originally Posted by Greg Arehart

No longer available as Seattle Avionics has separated from AOPA. I thought it was horrible when it first came out through AOPA, but after spending an hour with their intro webinar and hearing that some folks (on VAF as well as other sites) like it, I pulled the trigger on the VFR for life version today. We'll see how it works out. Greg

Hi Greg,
hope you can give us some feedback on what FlyQ actually shows in Canada....if you need the NavCan charts,( if they're even available thru anyone other than ForeFlight) or if the included GeoRef charts, combined with airport directories, are actually adequate......at least for flight planning. Perhaps a separate nav GPS is still needed?
thx for any info you can relay.

[Norman CYYJ]

No Canadian maps that I know of yet. Being using it for a little over a year now. It works great except that I wish that the fuel prices were kept up to date.

[Buggsy2]

Let me drift the thread a bit:

Do any of these iPad flight planners offer geo-referenced taxi diagrams? That is, it shows your real-time location on an airport diagram with taxiways.

[Scrabo]

Originally Posted by Buggsy2

Let me drift the thread a bit:

Do any of these iPad flight planners offer geo-referenced taxi diagrams? That is, it shows your real-time location on an airport diagram with taxiways.

WingX includes it in the base price, I think FF charges more for it, can't speak about Garmin

WingX has a video showing the geo-ref taxi diagram plus their smart taxi feature

http://youtu.be/PeuDXacV4UY


I was also a beta tester on the sister product to FLYQ which was BK myWingman, back then they were 90% identical as they were both coded by SA... Bottom line the product was not ready for primetime and I certainly would not have used it as my sole app on the iPad.

Sure hope SA has learned a lot about app coding since then

[Greg Arehart]

Originally Posted by flyboy1963

Hi Greg,
hope you can give us some feedback on what FlyQ actually shows in Canada....if you need the NavCan charts,( if they're even available thru anyone other than ForeFlight) or if the included GeoRef charts, combined with airport directories, are actually adequate......at least for flight planning. Perhaps a separate nav GPS is still needed?
thx for any info you can relay.

Perry,

Before pulling the trigger I got a trial subscription, and at least the US charts that include SE Alaska are complete and include some of NW BC and Yukon. But other than the chart itself, no Canadian data. I was told they are working on it and suspect that to keep up with Foreflight they will eventually have Canadian data but undoubtedly at an extra cost. Paper charts will have to do for me for now.

Greg

[RV6_flyer]

Originally Posted by Davoakes@att.net

What about the free FlyQ from AOPA, is that a viable route to go?

Dave

That is just a replacement for the AOPA Airport Directory. Only airport info in FREE AOPA FlyQ app.

[RV6_flyer]

Originally Posted by Scrabo

WingX includes it in the base price, I think FF charges more for it, can't speak about Garmin

WingX has a video showing the geo-ref taxi diagram plus their smart taxi feature

http://youtu.be/PeuDXacV4UY

Geo Taxi diagrams is available in the Foreflight Pro version. According to the FF Web site, the carts are available in the $75 / year version but they are NOT Geo Referenced. Foreflght Pro $150 includes Geo Taxi / Approach plates.

[rjbob]

How much I-Pad memory is needed (or recommended) for FLY Q or Foreflight?

[RV6_flyer]

Originally Posted by rjbob

How much I-Pad memory is needed (or recommended) for FLY Q or Foreflight?

I recommend 64 GB iPad. Yes you can get by with less but the 64 Gb will allow you to have the current database plus the database that will be valid in a few days.

[kjlpdx]

I initially bought the ifly720 stand alone GPS. I returned it after many incidents of it locking up in flight despite me doing nothing. I'd take off, return , look at the display, and nothing would work. I suspected it had to do with their airport map function. I do like their software and vector maps. I bought an ipad mini and at one point tried ifly again and still had problems. so it's their software, not the hardware platform that needs work. I've used lowrance GPS's for many, many years before this and never once had the GPS lockup on me. I lost reception once, but I was flying over military stuff in NV, and it came back after a short while. hopefully you have better luck with yours. I have a computer science degree and used to work at McD Automation in SL. I have a lot of experience with debugging software, especially graphics. I now use garmin pilot because they have vector maps. I find sectionals too cluttered when flying cross-country.