REFLECTOR: Foreflight and ADS-B

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Thu Aug 22 08:30:47 CDT 2013


Would be nice if it worked out here in the Rockies... It doesn't 


Kurt 



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From: David Rene Dugas <renedugas at gmail.com>
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Wed, Aug 21, 2013 5:08 pm
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Foreflight and ADS-B



Love ForeFlight and use it every day. Picked up the Stratus 2 at KOSH. Works great. I hated XM because of the refresh. I would require 45 to 120 minutes in the HOT summer sun with a power supply to the battery to get a signal refresh every 30 days. I refreshed at least 10 times occasionally spending three hrs and five phone calls for a service I paid for. It was worse than Comcast and that is bad. Loved the product but too much trouble and delay. 
I get NexRad on the ground snap a screen shot for reference and get Stratus at 1000 ft. 
I've done without for two years but felt an itch. ☺

René Dugas
Apple the REALLY smart phone. 


On Aug 20, 2013, at 8:51 PM, Terry Miles <terrence_miles at hotmail.com> wrote:






Foreflight and the Stratus2 for ADS-B Rec'r

Hi all,
I think I did already, but here's my thanks for everyone who helped put together and run this years OSH cookout.

While at OSH, I bit the bullet and bought that Status ADS-B receiver. They sell for $900. Currently I use a Sirius aviation subscription that is $55 per month into a GRT. My hope is to drop the Sirius and save some operational costs. I have already dropped my $550 per yr Garmin GNS480 Jepp subscription, and use instead the Foreflight subscription at $175.

I hope it's OK to raise this question since it is not so much a build question and more a panel design and operation question. Anyway I just wanted to pass along my observations so far, and ask how others might be using the Foreflight stuff and/or this latest Status box.

Regards ForeFlight map thing: It requires a cockpit mounted iPad and it is really nice, and works great both for preflight planning and for enroute chart and approach plate depictions in the cockpit. One downside, of course, is during the arrival stage, updating the iPad becomes a burden when updating your in-panel navigation gear keeps you busy enough. Your experiences might be different.

Here is what I think of my $900 Status so far: The weather radar service cannot be ground checked. I have only flown with it once, and I am trying to see how fast or slow it is to present storm cells immediately after takeoff. I know it cannot be used to pick your way between cells due time between updates, but this weather depic feature is why I bought it, and it is a big loss not to see stuff on taxiout. 

I have also found it eats battery life pretty fast on less powerful apple devices like the iPod touch, or first generation iPads. The other thing essential to its eventual usefulness is finding a rock solid iPad mount that will articulate some, but not come so loose with re-positioning and inflight vibrations such that the damn thing gets loose in its swivel socket right when you need it in view. My bracket is from Mount Boys and not RAM. 

Right now, I say the Foreflight is great, but the jury is still out on if the Stratus2 receiver is a good substitute for Sirius. I will keep you posted. Again, I'd be happy to hear what others are doing.

Terry




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