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10-18-2011, 12:55 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: New York, NY
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Fuel Tank Timer / Warnings
Hey,
Has anyone used this in-flight iPhone/iPad/iPod app? I put a post in 'Reviews' but I don't think many people monitor that forum: http://bit.ly/oBAYbA
The one guy that replied said it works well for him - I definitely agree, but I'm wondering if there are other ones I should consider looking at? So far this is the best one I've found that's not certified or installed.
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10-18-2011, 01:10 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Destin
Posts: 1,543
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it will be a sad day when someone dies of fuel exhaustion due to iphone battery exhaustion
there are much better methods of tracking fuel consumption than a cell phone
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10-18-2011, 01:22 PM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Posts: 1,324
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This app is an answer looking for the question. How about the watch on your wrist, the timer in your "glass", or if you are like me, that good old spring wound clock in the panel. Any of those combined with a little simple math wins every time. I've been at a while, but I can predict within a couple of tenths, how much fuel it will take to fill the tanks.
John Clark ATP, CFI
Aviator & Gearhead
FAAST Team Representative
EAA Flight Advisor
RV8 N18U "Sunshine"
KSBA
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10-18-2011, 02:00 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: New York, NY
Posts: 5
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Use everything..
Interesting points. I'm of the mindset that we should use every tool we can. Battery life shouldn't be an issue - these phones last for days when the antenna isn't active.
With regards to a solution looking for an answer.....I remember someone once telling me that GPS was a fad - VORs worked just fine. More recently someone else told me that glass panels were unreliable and would never work because they provided too much information.
I also think this could be a good training tool for instructors...
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10-18-2011, 02:19 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Camas, WA
Posts: 5
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You know it is funny, how is it that people can build an RV, and yet an iPhone app is suddenly complicated? It is simple, plug the thing into your external power so you don't rely on the battery. Touch the screen when you start the engine, touch it again when you switch tanks. What's so hard about that? I have my iPhone in the cockpit anyway for music, might as well monitor my fuel too. Or should I ditch MP3's for a wind up victrola?  |
10-18-2011, 02:33 PM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Posts: 1,324
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Originally Posted by Counting Rivets
You know it is funny, how is it that people can build an RV, and yet an iPhone app is suddenly complicated? |
Didn't say it was complicated, and my music is all in iTunes and therefore on my iPhone. My point is that some people are throwing technology at the simplest tasks. My iPhone holds a bunch of worthwhile aviation apps, but mostly things that fall into the planning catagory. You will understand this graphically (pun intended) when you try to see an iPhone screen in the sun, under a bubble canopy.
John Clark ATP, CFI
Aviator & Gearhead
FAAST Team Representative
EAA Flight Advisor
RV8 N18U "Sunshine"
KSBA
Last edited by John Clark : 10-18-2011 at 02:35 PM.
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10-18-2011, 02:37 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Camas, WA
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For a simple task, a lot of people run out of fuel prematurely.....
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10-18-2011, 02:40 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Austinville, Alabama
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Less is better...most of the TIME!
I use either my $9.95 digital Sunbeam timer velcroed to my instrument panel or my old Garmin 396 GPS to remind me to switch tanks every 30 minutes. When I fly, my iPhone is in my pocket, where I can find it if I make an emergency exit after landing. 
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10-18-2011, 02:51 PM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Posts: 1,324
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Counting Rivets
For a simple task, a lot of people run out of fuel prematurely.....
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Sadly, technology seldom cures stupid.
John Clark ATP, CFI
Aviator & Gearhead
FAAST Team Representative
EAA Flight Advisor
RV8 N18U "Sunshine"
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10-18-2011, 02:58 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Camas, WA
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Sadly, technology seldom cures stupid.
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GPS is doing a pretty good job of it.... |
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