EFB's

[Thunderbolt]

Hello All:

Who used EFB's and how do you like them?

What brand/model is best and why?

What are the PRO's & CON's?

If you have an EFB, what would you like to change/improve?

 

[voetsak]

not to be rough on you but............

search baby search

there are ALOT of threads on this already.

 

[Gulfstream 200]

Hello All:

Who used EFB's and how do you like them?

What brand/model is best and why?

What are the PRO's & CON's?

If you have an EFB, what would you like to change/improve?

yup...lots of threads...

IMO - they all suck. why? because they run Jeppview - possibly the most pathetic software creation in computer history.

We use large Fujitsu tablets, they work fine otherwise. What you have room for might dictate what you buy.

We print paper for destination, EFBs are backup.

Good Luck!

 

[LJ45]

The reason we have EFB's are for XM weather, which we love.

I agree... Jeppview stinks and that is why we have paper charts and use EFB's mainly for weather.

If we could get away from Windows and Jeppview, EFB's would be much improved for chart use.

Dual ADR 4000 on our bird.

 

[gutshotdraw]

DON'T buy Flight Deck Resources EFB. We bought enough for FIFTY-EIGHT airplanes and the universal conclusions include: slow, user-unfriendly, slow, lock-up prone, bulky, slow, heavy, too bright in dark cockpits even on lowest setting, did I mention they're slow?

 

[Rick James]

yup...lots of threads...

IMO - they all suck. why? because they run Jeppview - possibly the most pathetic software creation in computer history.

We use large Fujitsu tablets, they work fine otherwise. What you have room for might dictate what you buy.

We print paper for destination, EFBs are backup.

Good Luck!

That's exactly our opinion, and we use the small Fujitsu tablets. Hard to get excited about EFB's as long as they run JeppView.

 

[400A]

When we had the Beechjet we used the Flight Cheetah 190. It did not use Jeppview is used NOS charts and worked pretty well It had extra enroute features that were nice like fastest flight level. You can look int up on aviationsafety.com.

 

[ManChild]

We use CMCs flight bag for charts and weather. Came with Jeppesen Flight Deck. Works great, fast, haven't had any problems.

 

[patq1]

We use a couple of Motion Computing LS800 tablets. We run VistaNav with XM weather on one and FliteDeck on the other. I am very happy with this setup.

 

[yfly]

We use a Panasonic Toughbook Tablet computer and a Dell laptop as backup in each airplane. JeppView and FliteDeck on each. No problems to report with the software. The Toughbooks are a little cumbersome to use so most pilots print charts for destinations.
Not pleased with Jepp's decision to charge for update disks. Online updating is much too slow.

Curious, how are people wiring XM Weather into their computers? Is it via a hardwired antennae or is a wireless/bluetooth antennae available?

 

[LJ45]

our XM is hardwired with a certified receiver

 

[cptsesso]

WXWorx makes a bluetooth XM receiver. We just purchased one but I have not had the chance yet to get it all hooked up and try it. Bought it from Flightprep.com for $719.99. A bit pricey but it has a very small antenna with a thin cord. You can place the unit under your seat and run the antenna to a window. One downside is that it needs a power source to plug into.

 

[400A]

Our Provider and Avionics shop said the blue tooth did not work well with electric windshields.

 

[patq1]

Our weather receiver is bluetooth. We just installed an external antenna. Prior to that reception was about 80% or so.

 

[Hugh Johnson]

We use the WxWorx bluetooth antenna in our 900EX. Its in the passenger cabin with the antenna next to a passenger window. 100% coverage.

 

[ksu_aviator]

GMX 200

Fast & reliable. I use an E-Flybook for back up. It has its own battery, so even if I had an extremely bad day and lost both gens, I can power off the GMX 200 and use the E-Fly book for an approach. The E-Fly book is incredibly slow though.

If I could do it different, I probably would have put in dual GMX 200's. The GMX 200 displays everything, weather, radar, nexrad, enroute charts (for reference only, not for navigation), approach charts (both as an overlay or normal), TCAS, Enhanced GPWS, and winds aloft. It just can't do any two things at once. I think it would be quite handy if I could display the aircraft's weather radar at the same time I'm displaying an approach plate.

Ohh...forgot the negative...the charts come from Jeppesen and Jepp can't figure out how to make their software compatible with Vista.

 

[matthewjohn]

Best thing I found when I researched it a few months ago was from AirGator. Best display, processor, durability.