REFLECTOR: ipad

[Dave Philipsen]

I use the internal GPS on mine and it works just fine.  As someone 
mentioned earlier on this thread only the iPads with the cellular radio 
have true GPS.  The wifi only iPads use wifi to interpolate your 
position and obviously wouldn't work on an airplane.

Dave Philipsen
Velocity STD FG
N83DP

On 6/17/2013 9:03 AM, Dave T Nelson wrote:
>
> Slight twist on this topic -
>
> I'm a very happy Foreflight user... I use it on my ipad 1 and ipad 3 
> versions... using only the internal GPS.  I've never had an external 
> GPS, and it seems to work fine (and yes, I do use it IFR).  Am I the 
> only person able to reliably use the internal GPS?
>
> It unlocks once in a great, great while... basically near enough to 
> never that it's not an issue.  And, since I don't use it as anything 
> even close to my primary navigation reference (esp. for IFR), it's 
> just never an issue when it does.
>
> What is your experience?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
>
> Dave T. Nelson
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>
>
>     ----- Message from Don Johnston <numa at comcast.net> on Mon, 17 Jun
>     2013 08:17:48 -0500 -----
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>         Re: REFLECTOR: ipad 
>
> I had Anywhere map years ago. It was okay but I didn't stick with it. 
> Then again, this was before touch screens and the stylus approach was 
> not a good entry tool in turbulence.  I got an iPad right after they 
> came out. Been running Foreflight ever since.  Looked at the others 
> but still like Foreflight.
>
> If you didn't get a wireless version and you want a moving map, 
> *you'll need an external GPS*. I have the GNS5870 but there are 
> others. The pro version of Foreflight has georeferenced approach 
> plates. I got the GPS almost for free so I decided to get the pro 
> version of Foreflight for a year to try it.  I decided to keep the pro 
> version. You can't have too much situational awareness, right?  :-)
>
> For weather, I'm still using my 396 with XM. I prefer the resolution 
> of the radar and the number of products of XM over the ADS weather.
>
>
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