Foreflight for iPad is amazing!

DenverPilot8

DenverPilot8

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I've been using foreflight for my 3G iPad and it has been working great. It cost $75 for the year or $25 for 3 months. It comes with pretty much everything you would evert need. Downloadable VFR and IFR charts with moving map via GPS. It prompts you when the charts are expired so you can download updates. Also comes with every aviation weather map, TFRs, METARS, TAFS and the ability to file flight plans as well as airport diagrams with NOTAMS. I highly recommend it!
 
DenverPilot8 said:
I've been using foreflight for my 3G iPad and it has been working great. It cost $75 for the year or $25 for 3 months. It comes with pretty much everything you would evert need. Downloadable VFR and IFR charts with moving map via GPS. It prompts you when the charts are expired so you can download updates. Also comes with every aviation weather map, TFRs, METARS, TAFS and the ability to file flight plans as well as airport diagrams with NOTAMS. I highly recommend it!
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It is a great tool. Not sure if I would use it for an actual instrument approach, but it is so much quicker to look up your destination and get all info you need. It is pretty awesome.
 
I agree. It is an amazing tool. One of my students has one that's jailbroken so he can use a WAAS GPS mouse. It is a really slick setup.
 
Been using it on my iphone for a week and love the product. I think its about as good as one can get short of spending hundreds on a handheld.
 
BrewMaster said:
Why?
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I recently flew a cross-country IFR flight in a Cessna 172 with charts and approach plates on an iPad. It was really nice and very convenient. At the end of a leg on a sunny afternoon, just after I had intercepted the localizer and been cleared for the approach, the iPad suddenly displayed a message warning of overheating, and shut down a couple of seconds later. ... And that's why we bring paper chart backups or something that was designed for use as an EFB.

Apparently the huge screen acts thermally as if it were a black surface so it can get pretty hot in sunlight even if the cabin is at a comfortable temperature.
 
BrewMaster said:
Why?
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I just don't want the thing crappin' out on me when I'm starting an approach. As long as you have the paper plate out and ready to go, then I don't see any problems with it. But that kind of defeats the purpose. It is a great tool for preparing for or reviewing an approach. Absolutely love it.
 
My iPhone 4 randomly has given me the "I'm too hot" screen and shut off. I found it strange since it wasnt even close to the hottest day out. First and only time it's done that. It was back on within seconds though.
 
pericynthion said:
The cabin was at maybe 70 F but there was direct California sunlight on the screen. I was fairly surprised.
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Our company uses foreflight on the iPad and nobody has reported any problems like this. Anything sitting in direct sunlight is going to do that. I would use it any day to shoot an actual approach. It is easily one of the most intuitive programs I've ever used. The layout just makes sense. It's crystal clear and actually fast. No problems here.
 
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