2011 Flyin in Ohio

[stackj]

OK - You got me! Having read your reply, I went right out an got the flight instrument package. I'll have to see what it does in the airplane.

Have you purchased the foreflight upgrade? I haven't, but we ordered Jenny's iPad 2 on opening day and will probably put the advanced foreflight on hers... She always gets the good stuff :-)

[WebMaster]

Isn't that because it's her airplane??

WingX may come to Dayton to put on a demo. If they don't come, they will send a give away, 1 free app.

[James T Grant]

Dear Sirs,
I am correct in understanding that there is now available a working EFIS style Attitude Indicator to program to run on the I-Pad/I-Phone?
If so, please post a link as this is something that I have been hoping would become available. Back ups for back ups.
Many thanks in advance.
James T Grant
336-0145 N3845U

[WebMaster]

Mr. Grant, Sir. The application was developed by a company called BBflight. http://www.bbflight.com/ It will run on the iPhone, and may run on the iPad. Their documentation says that it needs a gyroscope, which is present in the iPhone 4, and the iPad 2. I have an iPad 1, so I have not tried it.

It does have an available database, of North America. The app is $4.99, the NA database is $2.99. One shortcoming I see with it is that it only gives you the option of selecting "nearby" airports. However, in an emergency, that's what you most want to see.

It is remarkably sensitive. You would want some sort of windshield mount, to reduce the vibration, and hold it in a stable attitude in the aircraft. Holding it in your hand makes it difficult to accurately determine your attitude.

I have flown in Herb's Skymaster with it, and in my neighbor's Aeronca, and it works very well.

I will add that I had the application called iHUD, and it does not work.

[WebMaster]

I came across this page on the BBflight website, and wanted to point it out.

http://www.bbflight.com/home/FlightI...sked-questions

It says that you can use the application on an iPad.

[hharney]

The photo is when flying in the Twin Comanche several weeks ago. I have a Ram iPhone mount that I bought from Amazon for about $20 and it works great. Holds well and that is important while flying in some rough air. The Ram mounts just work best.

This photo shows the bearing to the destination in magenta line. It is pretty accurate although does not react or update the altitude and speed as quick as Foreflight. The gyro action is good but must be calibrated in level flight first and then if you change to another app or function when you come back to BB Flight you have to acknowledge the disclaimer and re-calibrate again. Might be distracting in IMC to have to do this.

[wfreestone]

I highly recommend the excellent Seattle Avionics SkyPad2 tablet Voyager EFB (Electronic Flight Bag):
which has an excellent optomizing (for lowest fuel prices, shorted flight route, and winds aloft) auto-routing flight planner, geo-referenced aircraft position (via a battery powered blue-tooth linked small WAAS GPS) on its VFR and IFR scanned and digital charts and IFR approach plates, automatic (no manual intervention other than having it on and connected to the internet) aviation data base updates, XM WX (via a blue-tooth linked receiver).
With its book style leather case open, it fits on my standard kneeboard via the kneeboard's standard spring chart clip.
There is availalble several subscription types, including a one-time $829 life-time subscription aviation ChartData database update (which I got for free when I purchased by SkyPad2 tablet EFB during a Thanksgiving Black Friday special).

I had previously compared it (in NOV 2010) with the iPAD and its various available aviation apps -- and consider it better. I still consider it better than the current iPAD available aviation apps.

For more info <http://www.seattleavionics.com/default.aspx>.
Or, see Seattle Avionics at Sun-N-Fun Fly-In this week (29 MAR - 02 APR 2011) in Lakeland, FL where (per their recent newsletter) Seattle Avionics has a special for the 1st 100 people who buy a SkyPad2 at Sun-N-Fun.

William W. Freestone
(an extremely pleased Seattle Avionics SkyPad2 tablet Voyager EFB customer).

[tablecloth]

cool planes!