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11-20-2010, 09:18 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Stockton, CA
Posts: 1,207
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Originally Posted by wjnmd
I just went on the Amazon link from the Foreflight blog and they quote a price of $99 with free shipping. Maybe they worked it out with the mfr to sell in bulk now. Looks like a great gadget.
Bill Near
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The Bad Elf dongle GPS is $99 with free shipping, but the GNS bluetooth GPS is $99 + $60 shipping.
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11-22-2010, 08:05 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Lockhart, TX
Posts: 206
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I've been playing with the Orange Gadget's GPS dongle. http://www.orangegadgets.com/ I've been pretty happy with it's performance but it requires a jailbreak.
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12-23-2010, 07:43 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Novato, CA KDVO
Posts: 377
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GNS 5870 MFI
Take a look at this one. They have it on sporty's. I am about to buy an ipad but was wanting a better gps. This might work.
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Kyle Gee
Purchased and sold flying RV-6
RV-7 Kit (sold to purchase C150 to train my kids)
Purchased flying RV-7
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12-23-2010, 08:25 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Dothan, Alabama
Posts: 1,487
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The GNS is $129.99 @ sporty's. Making it $30 cheapers than Amazon. Mine should be in tomorrow. I'll let you know how it works. I think it will be better than the dongle thing hanging off the bottom of the IPad.
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Alton DeWeese
N526RV RV7A Tip Up, IO360 180 W/Hartzel BA prop.
Flying ~950 hours since Aug 2010
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?The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.?
?Mark Twain
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12-23-2010, 08:30 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Out West!
Posts: 80
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The new iPad is supposed to be released in April and will have more inputs to include a USB port.
I am waiting!
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12-23-2010, 08:46 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 440
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I just traveled from Nashville to Denver to Ontario using my iPad and the Bad Elf GPS. Sitting by a window it worked really well in the SWA 737. Showed 38000 feet, 485kts. Locked on fairly fast and stayed on no problem. Didn't work too well from the middle seat of roll three. Itried both Foreflite and SkyCharts.
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12-27-2010, 08:49 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Stockton, CA
Posts: 1,207
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GNS 5870 BlueTooth GPS
I have some of the GNS 5870 BlueTooth GPS units on order, if anyone is interested. See my classifieds post.
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12-29-2010, 07:02 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Ankeny, IA
Posts: 210
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Good to know.
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Originally Posted by JDanno
I just traveled from Nashville to Denver to Ontario using my iPad and the Bad Elf GPS. Sitting by a window it worked really well in the SWA 737. Showed 38000 feet, 485kts. Locked on fairly fast and stayed on no problem. Didn't work too well from the middle seat of roll three. Itried both Foreflite and SkyCharts.
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The embedded GPS in the iPad absolutely will not get a fix in an airliner under any circumstances, so this is very encouraging to hear.
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12-29-2010, 08:04 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Dothan, Alabama
Posts: 1,487
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Originally Posted by craigvince
I have some of the GNS 5870 BlueTooth GPS units on order, if anyone is interested. See my classifieds post.
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Guys, this is what you need. It is a little bigger than a credit card. charged it up, and threw it up on the dash. It connects via bluetooth to the IPAD. I used sky charts pro. The little airplane followed me through three different sectionals on the Ipad flying from Alabama to South Carolina. Basically, I now have a backup GPS independant of anything else in the airplane.
Skychartspro does ALL of the charts, IFR-low, VFR, TAC, APP. How ever, the approach plates are not geo-referenced
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Alton DeWeese
N526RV RV7A Tip Up, IO360 180 W/Hartzel BA prop.
Flying ~950 hours since Aug 2010
N4IDH
Construction Log
?The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.?
?Mark Twain
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12-31-2010, 04:23 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: na
Posts: 1,457
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Received the GNS in the mail from Sporty's today. Turned it on and connected the blue tooth on the Ipad to the GNS. Foreflight works great with this device. Quick SAT lock and track very well. A piece of velcro and I'll tuck this little GPS easily out of the way in the cockpit. It comes with a USB charging cable and a car adaptor. It auto shuts off without a BT connection after 15minutes saving battery life.
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