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Old 04-11-2015, 06:48 AM
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Anybody willing to share their experience using the IPAD /light as GPS or flight instruments?

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Old 04-11-2015, 06:55 AM
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Foreflight is wonderful for all things as a backup. Radar, traffic if you have ADSB out, flight planning. IFR plates with geo reference and many other goodies. I would not want to go cross country without it, but I pads can freeze up or loose GPS position so it is only a backup device not the main source.

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Old 04-11-2015, 07:37 AM
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I've used my iPad as the only nav crossing the country many times. Never had any issue. In Cessnas, Gobash, RV8, RV3, RV6 I've never lost GPS or locked up. In fact, I've owned three iPads and have never had one lock up in the plane or on the ground. Maybe I'm just lucky. I will say that my mini which lives in the plane is not loaded down with apps. It has aircraft related apps and 55 movies on it...but that's about it.

No, I wouldn't use one for IFR but as a VFR chart with an iPhone as backup...I have no fear. I would travel anywhere coast to coast with iPad and iPhone and no charts in the plane.
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Old 04-11-2015, 07:37 AM
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I use my I-pad with FF all the time. FF allows you to upload your subscription to a second device at no extra cost. Some folks have uploaded FF to their mobile phone as a backup. I have old eyes so I uploaded FF to my wife's I-pad (she's never without it but that's another topic) so I have an immediate fallback that's large enough for my old eyes to read clearly.

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Old 04-11-2015, 08:26 AM
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I also use Foreflight on every cross country flight. I wouldn't be without it when traveling. I don't use it much on local flights, but I use it exclusively for flight planning and filing.
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Old 04-11-2015, 09:05 AM
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I used my iPad with Air Navigation Pro and FltPlan Go until I switched to Android. It was a great moving map GPS for me. I had a flip-cover on it, and with the cover flipped behind the screen, the clip on my kneeboard could grab the opened cover and hold it in place on my knee without obstructing the screen. No visibility issues, no GPS issues, while I was using it.

I highly recommend FltPlan Go and Air Nav Pro, mostly for their reduced cost over ForeFlight.
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Old 04-11-2015, 09:17 AM
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Anybody willing to share their experience using the IPAD /light as GPS or flight instruments?

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Hi Rivetdriver,
I am willing to share. It's a perfect device for "steam cockpit" and I have wonderful experience with it since year one it appeared on the market. It "pukes" once in a while but recovers fast. You will see anything you need to see on the screen of any model in any light condition. That's all I can say about it
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Old 04-11-2015, 09:48 AM
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We first used the Ipad in 2011, few local trips to get used to it, then off to OSH. It was running SkyCharts Pro at the time. Great program, simple and easy to use---- but it seems to have gone the way of the Dodo We also used the Ipad to run weather, and AirNav for route planning to get the fuel stops optimized.

Later switched to Garmin Pilot when SkyCharts stopped updating their charts. Hated Garmin Pilot---------does way too much, thus way harder to figure out how to use---------IMHO, decidedly not user friendly.

We now have ForeFlight----------I see it as kind of a blend between the previous two as both in function, and ease of use.

Our plane has a panel mounted AvMap gps, and the GRT EFIS also has internal GPS---------and then there is also the Ipad-----all three always show a very close if not identical position. This is without using an external antenna for the Ipad. I keep the GRT set to a 30 mile range, the AvMap set to 90--100 mile range, and the I pad whatever seems best at the moment.

The big advantage of the Ipad for us it the ability to zoom in/out rapidly, and to search other stuff along the planned route. Also, we have a Stratus 2, so the Ipad gets the weather and traffic.

Is it needed-------------no.

Is it nice to have---------very much so, would not leave home without it.
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Is it needed-------------no.

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How do I find how to get to Alaska?



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Old 04-11-2015, 11:04 AM
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I use a iPad mini with ForeFlight and a Stratus 2 just about every flight. The only problem I have ever had is allowing it to overheat which then the device shuts down to protect itself. That has never happened except on the ground during stops and my stupidly allowing the sun to beat on it. As long as I cover or move it that is not a concern. Never an in flight hiccup. I use it exclusively to file and brief also.

It's Stratus provided GPS location, FIS-B and TIS-B data has very good accuracy and availability but I did put an external ADS-B antenna on it which helped considerably. I use it in IMC to augment other instruments. All in all a great addition to the cockpit. I would not hesitate to use it as a primary instrument in VMC.

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