REFLECTOR: ipad

[Rene Dugas]

In the Velo, never a problem. In aluminum and carbon planes a rare loss of GPS for a few moments. I also carry the external "BAD Elf" but almost never remember to plug it in since I don't need it. 

Sent from Rene's iPad. A pleasure.  Go Apple.


On Jun 17, 2013, at 9:03 AM, Dave T Nelson <dtnelson at us.ibm.com> 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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> 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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