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flying-nut(at)cfl.rr.com
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Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2015 4:41 am Post subject: Tech in the front office - Part quattro

For those of us with android devices       there is Avare ..... and the cost is reasonable.  How does 'free'       sound?  It does everything my AnyWhereMap does with the exception       of GLS approaches.  It's my backup since I have lifetime IFR/VFR       subscriptions with AWM.  

       It's written by volunteers and will always be free ..... no 30 day       trial periods!!!

       Linn

       

       

       On 6/14/2015 6:27 AM, Bob Leffler wrote:

     

     [quote]              I fall into that later category.    I went with WingX because         of their support for integration with my Navwork adsb.   With         that said, I tend not to use my iPad during flight because         everything I need in on the efis.   The iPad is truly a backup         device for me.

         

         Sent from my iPad

       

         On Jun 14, 2015, at 12:31 AM, Kelly McMullen <apilot2(at)gmail.com (apilot2(at)gmail.com)>         wrote:

         

       

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		                      I have a Bonanza owning acquaintance who swears             by Flightplan Go. Some prefer WingX Pro because it supports             multiple brand of ADSB receivers/attitude sensors, instead             of the one brand approach of Foreflight.

           

           

             On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 7:14 PM,               kearney <kearney(at)shaw.ca (kearney(at)shaw.ca)>               wrote:

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		  -->                 RV10-List message posted by: "kearney" <kearney(at)shaw.ca (kearney(at)shaw.ca)>

                 

                 Hi

                 

                 A few weeks ago I asked about what people are using as                 an EFB in the front office. My IFR refresher instructor                 was using foreflight etc. The downside of this is that                 it is quite spendy for Canadian and US data.

                 

                 On a recent trip out east, I used Fltplan GO on an IPAD                 2 (no GPS) and found  it to be very useful although a                 bit slow when swapping screens. I had all the US data I                 needed even though it wasn't GEOREF'd due to the lack of                 a GPS receiver. The *free* price was a bonus.

                 

                 Today I got a new IPAD Air 2 which has a GPS and a much                 faster processor. I was able to download all the maps /                 procedures etc for Canada and the US. It also displays                 wx etc.

                 

                 I don't have much experience with Foreflight but am                 wondering what the advantages of Foreflight are when                 compared to FltPlan GO. It would seem that free maps,                 procedures etc would be a hard combination to beat.

                 

                 Any opinions?

                 

                 Cheers

                 

                 Les

               	
             

           

         

       	
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flyboy(at)gmail.com
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Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2015 5:19 pm Post subject: Tech in the front office - Part quattro

An additional note on the android side of things: With the exception of

the brief month where FlightPro was under legal dispute, I've been very

happy with my Nexus 9, Flight Pro, and an XGPS-170 ADS-B receiver.  The

combination is probably half the price an iPad + ForeFlight + Stratus.

I've used the foreflight/stratus combination and was perfectly happy

with it, but I don't want to buy hardware/software that's exclusive to

each other.  I'd rate android/flightpro/xgps170 as about 90% as good as

the foreflight solution.  Foreflight is better at some things, but there

are perfectly good android alternatives.  I think Avare is usable, but

nowhere near as polished as the other $$ Android apps.  I'm glad it

exists for free, and I keep it around as a backup.



For what it's worth, I'm using it in a Cessna 182 with 1966 avionics

while I build the RV-10, so I can't comment on how well it integrates

with a modern EFIS.



On 06/14/2015 06:36 AM, Linn Walters wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		   For those of us with android devices there is Avare ..... and the cost

 is reasonable.  How does 'free' sound?  It does everything my

 AnyWhereMap does with the exception of GLS approaches.  It's my backup

 since I have lifetime IFR/VFR subscriptions with AWM. 

 It's written by volunteers and will always be free ..... no 30 day trial

 periods!!!

 Linn

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