iPad/Weather

[Stryker]

I use Foreflight, we have Wifi in the airplane and real time weather works great. The GPS signal wont work but its easy enough to plug in a waypoint or VOR near your location to give you a position.

 

[ksu_aviator]

Has anyone tried Avilution with Andriod 2.1? Supposedly it can download weather, has VFR/IFR enroute charts and IAPs.

I'm going to give it a try on my wife's android when I get home. May have to go buy an Android tablet if it works. BTW, the subscription is supposed to be about $6 a month.

 

[JJET44]

For all of you that are using these mobile GPS units in the cockpit, how are you receiving a signal through your electriclly heated windscreens?

 

[ultrarunner]

Some of the side window are not electrically heated.

 

[ksu_aviator]

For all of you that are using these mobile GPS units in the cockpit, how are you receiving a signal through your electriclly heated windscreens?

Never had a problem with it.

 

[JJET44]

Never had a problem with it.

Which airplane is that on and where are you placing the unit?

I'm asking because I'm trying to make a decision between Ipad's with moble devices or EFB's with hard wired power/gps/wx. Would love not to spend $20-30k for hard wired.

 

[ksu_aviator]

Which airplane is that on and where are you placing the unit?

I'm asking because I'm trying to make a decision between Ipad's with moble devices or EFB's with hard wired power/gps/wx. Would love not to spend $20-30k for hard wired.

King Air 350 and on the glare shield, copilot's side...kind of low and to the right. Nothing fancy, just plopped it up there and it works fine every time. This is an EFB with a standard usb type receiver.

In full disclosure, its not mine but a friends that I have flown with a few times.

 

[flyingmk]

What about the temperature range limits of the i-pad??

 

[JJET44]

OK, the boss gave me permission to get an ipad. Now which one should I get? Do I need the 64g or will the 32g or 16g due?

 

[Gulfstream 200]

OK, the boss gave me permission to get an ipad. Now which one should I get? Do I need the 64g or will the 32g or 16g due?

Our dept got 16GB ones..not even cose to full with many manuals, etc on it.

The only thing that will fill up an iPad is movies and a ton of music. I use netflix mostly so I dont even store movies....and keep all music on iphone..YMMV.

I also have yet to use the 3G function, and cant imagine I ever will. Wifi is everywhere, and where its not I certainly don't worry that much to use a slow 3G connection. Might be handy if you dont have a smartphone...but who dosen't anymore I suppose.

Someone once told me that 3G is handy to look at real radar when sitting in the plane waiting to start. I usually just look outside. Flow control and wx radar take care of the rest...again YMMV.

Either way its a great way to keep your Jepps updated...