Ipad Air w/ Foreflight - reception issues?
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Thanks for all the feedback! I'm renting an Archer this weekend and I'll see how it works out. I'm also getting a charging cord just in case I run into battery problems. Should come in handy with an airshow TFR that comes within a mile or two of the airport I'm flying out of!
#13
While you can buy the wifi only iPad and save some cash, you'll spend the money you saved on an external bluetooth antenna. In a light GA A/C, there generally is no need for an external antenna, since there are so many windows on your typical GA.
I like having the cell plan personally, because I can pull weather information, etc. from the internet real time when I have coverage. Over here in Hawaii, I get a signal about 70% of the time in between islands.
Additionally, not only does the iPad chip pick up GPS, it picks up GLONASS as well, which is the Russian constellation--so you have some additional redundacy, even though you don't have RAIM.
You have to get an external USB battery off Amazon, or hopefully your A/C has a cigarette lighter adapter!
Did you buy the "Pro" version that supposedly superimposes your position over an approach plate?
I like having the cell plan personally, because I can pull weather information, etc. from the internet real time when I have coverage. Over here in Hawaii, I get a signal about 70% of the time in between islands.
Additionally, not only does the iPad chip pick up GPS, it picks up GLONASS as well, which is the Russian constellation--so you have some additional redundacy, even though you don't have RAIM.
You have to get an external USB battery off Amazon, or hopefully your A/C has a cigarette lighter adapter!
Did you buy the "Pro" version that supposedly superimposes your position over an approach plate?
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