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Richard Pike

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Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2015 5:48 pm Post subject: Avare

The ancient Magellan in my MKIII seems to have croaked, and rather than buy a new GPS, tried a free app for my ElCheapo smart phone. It works good enough that I think some of you might be interested.

It is called Avare, it is free, and it shows you a sectional chart on your smart phone screen, with a little red airplane where your phone is. It tracks along with you, shows you your ground speed, and has a few options, like the nearest airports within 20 miles, and heading to fly and distance to go. Also seems to have a navigate function, but I need to make a mounting bracket before I try that. Trying to hold it in your hand and fool with it would probably be the aviation version of texting while driving.

Haven't used it enough to figure out all it will do, but so far it seems very worthwhile. 

One thing: it sucks the battery down like crazy. I do have an external battery pack that you plug into your phone to triple the battery life, so when I rig up a bracket to mount the phone on my joystick, I will include a little holder for the aux battery pack.Will add some pictures once I get a mounting bracket made.

Here is their website: http://apps4av.com/avare-overview/

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Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2015 6:02 pm Post subject: Avare

I've got avare on my phone,   tried it on a local flight,   I'm extremely pleased with it,,,   I'm going to get a new tablet to get a more useful screen size.

 Boyd Young On Nov 12, 2015 6:51 PM, "Richard Pike" <thegreybaron(at)charter.net (thegreybaron(at)charter.net)> wrote: 	  Quote: 	
		  --> Kolb-List message posted by: "Richard Pike" <thegreybaron(at)charter.net (thegreybaron(at)charter.net)>

 

 The ancient Magellan in my MKIII seems to have croaked, and rather than buy a new one, tried a free app for my ElCheapo smart phone. It works good enough that I think some of you might be interested.

 It is called Avare, it is free, and it shows you a sectional chart on your smart phone screen, with a little red airplane where your phone is. It tracks along with you, shows you your ground screen, and has a few options, like the nearest airports within 20 miles, and heading to fly and distance to go. Also seems to have a navigate function, but I need to make a mounting bracket before I try that.

 Haven't used it enough to figure out all it will do, but so far it seems very worthwhile.

 One thing: it sucks the battery down like crazy. I do have a little recharge stick that you plug into your phone to triple the battery life, so when I rig up a bracket to mount the phone on my joystick, I will include a little holder for the aux battery pack.Will add some pictures once I get a mounting bracket made.

 Here is their website: http://apps4av.com/avare-overview/

 

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Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2015 6:08 pm Post subject: Avare

Richard



   I have seen that app on the Nexus 7.  Well thought of by two users 

that I know.. A used Nexus 7 can be had for under 100 bucks...Herb



On 11/12/2015 07:48 PM, Richard Pike wrote:

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 The ancient Magellan in my MKIII seems to have croaked, and rather than buy a new one, tried a free app for my ElCheapo smart phone. It works good enough that I think some of you might be interested.

 It is called Avare, it is free, and it shows you a sectional chart on your smart phone screen, with a little red airplane where your phone is. It tracks along with you, shows you your ground screen, and has a few options, like the nearest airports within 20 miles, and heading to fly and distance to go. Also seems to have a navigate function, but I need to make a mounting bracket before I try that.

 Haven't used it enough to figure out all it will do, but so far it seems very worthwhile.

 One thing: it sucks the battery down like crazy. I do have a little recharge stick that you plug into your phone to triple the battery life, so when I rig up a bracket to mount the phone on my joystick, I will include a little holder for the aux battery pack.Will add some pictures once I get a mounting bracket made.

 Here is their website: http://apps4av.com/avare-overview/



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Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2015 8:02 pm Post subject: Avare

I have been using foreflight on my IPhone6. I isn't free but it is a finely tuned product at a reasonable cost. It has way more than I use (up to date charts, airport diagrams, local fuel prices, current winds, weather, flight planning, etc) They really want you to use a IPad but it works well on the phone. I think is also works on a android phone. Anyway much less expensive than you usual aircraft GPS. I use a car charger in the plane to keep the power up. It even works on the big airplanes to keep track of your progress.



I will be interested to see what Richard comes up with for a mount.

Anyway to keep it Kolb my MKIIIC is hibernating for the winter in Michigan while I'm toughing it out in Florida.

Rick Neilsen

Redrive VW Powered MKIIIC

On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 9:08 PM, Herb <Herbgh(at)nctc.com (Herbgh(at)nctc.com)> wrote:

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   I have seen that app on the Nexus 7.  Well thought of by two users that I know.. A used Nexus 7 can be had for under 100 bucks...Herb

 

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 The ancient Magellan in my MKIII seems to have croaked, and rather than buy a new one, tried a free app for my ElCheapo smart phone. It works good enough that I think some of you might be interested.

 It is called Avare, it is free, and it shows you a sectional chart on your smart phone screen, with a little red airplane where your phone is. It tracks along with you, shows you your ground screen, and has a few options, like the nearest airports within 20 miles, and heading to fly and distance to go. Also seems to have a navigate function, but I need to make a mounting bracket before I try that.

 Haven't used it enough to figure out all it will do, but so far it seems very worthwhile.

 One thing: it sucks the battery down like crazy. I do have a little recharge stick that you plug into your phone to triple the battery life, so when I rig up a bracket to mount the phone on my joystick, I will include a little holder for the aux battery pack.Will add some pictures once I get a mounting bracket made.

 Here is their website: http://apps4av.com/avare-overview/

 

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 Kingsport, TN 3TN0

 

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Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2015 9:20 pm Post subject: Avare

On November 12, 2015 10:02:27 PM CST, Rick Neilsen <neilsenrm(at)gmail.com> wrote: 	  Quote: 	
		   I have been using foreflight on my IPhone6. I isn't free but it is a finely tuned product at a reasonable cost. It has way more than I use (up to date charts, airport diagrams, local fuel prices, current winds, weather, flight planning, etc) They really want you to use a IPad but it works well on the phone. I think is also works on a android phone. Anyway much less expensive than you usual aircraft GPS. I use a car charger in the plane to keep the power up. It even works on the big airplanes to keep track of your progress.

I will be interested to see what Richard comes up with for a mount.



Anyway to keep it Kolb my MKIIIC is hibernating for the winter in Michigan while I'm toughing it out in Florida.



Rick Neilsen

Redrive VW Powered MKIIIC



On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 9:08 PM, Herb <Herbgh(at)nctc.com (Herbgh(at)nctc.com)> wrote: 	  Quote: 	
		  --> Kolb-List message posted by: Herb <Herbgh(at)nctc.com (Herbgh(at)nctc.com)>  Richard    I have seen that app on the Nexus 7.  Well thought of by two users that I know.. A used Nexus 7 can be had for under 100 bucks...Herb  On 11/12/2015 07:48 PM, Richard Pike wrote:  	  Quote: 	
		   --> Kolb-List message posted by: "Richard Pike" <thegreybaron(at)charter.net (thegreybaron(at)charter.net)>  The ancient Magellan in my MKIII seems to have croaked, and rather than buy a new one, tried a free app for my ElCheapo smart phone. It works good enough that I think some of you might be interested. It is called Avare, it is free, and it shows you a sectional chart on your smart phone screen, with a little red airplane where your phone is. It tracks along with you, shows you your ground screen, and has a few options, like the nearest airports within 20 miles, and heading to fly and distance to go. Also seems to have a navigate function, but I need to make a mounting bracket before I try that. Haven't used it enough to figure out all it will do, but so far it seems very worthwhile. One thing: it sucks the battery down like crazy. I do have a little recharge stick that you plug into your phone to triple the battery life, so when I rig up a bracket to mount the phone on my joystick, I will include a little holder for the aux battery pack.Will add some pictures once I get a mounting bracket made. Here is their website: http://apps4av.com/avare-overview/  -------- Richard Pike Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops) Kingsport, TN 3TN0  Would you consider yourself to be a good person? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWcDXT6pH7A     Read this topic online here:  http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=449248#449248           	
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Been using avare on a nexus 7 for about a year; love it. And now there's a helper app that lets you get adsb traffic and weather using a $20 sdr dongle. Haven't flown with it yet to see the adsb tower,  but it gets mode s traffic just fine on the ground. 

 

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baberdk

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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 5:01 am Post subject: Avare

I leave my tablet charger plugged into a cigarette lighter socket I installed.



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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 5:20 am Post subject: Avare

I agree, ForeFlight is an amazing app. I use it on a mini iPad and simply put it on my lap.   Also have the app (no extra cost) on my smart phone. $75 per year for basic plan (that’s definitely all I need). Dee LeBlanc

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I leave my tablet charger plugged into a cigarette lighter socket I installed.

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John Hauck

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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 7:08 am Post subject: Avare

Richard P/Gang:



Do you have a 12 vdc charger for your phone?



Hook it into your aircraft electrical system.



john h

mkIII

Titus, Alabama



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Leland.Lam

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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 9:42 am Post subject: Re: Avare

I fly in class Bravo airspace so I have been using Avare on my 10.1" Samsung Tablet that is powered by an auxiliary 12V. power outlet. The accuracy seems pretty good and the whole system gives me good situational awareness at a glance. We have so many MOA's and a few restricted airspaces around Phoenix, so this app helps me thread the little corridors from where I am, to where I want to go.  

You can buy the cheaper tablets with GPS on Amazon for around $70.00-$90.00. The sectionals do take a considerable amount of memory so if you start flying where multiple sectional charts are needed make sure you have at least 16 GB of memory. I have 32 GB of memory and lots of Sectionals loaded.

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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 12:13 pm Post subject: Avare

I have been using Avare on my Samsung Galaxy S 8.4. Works great, and free updates! Two features I like are the extended runway vectors after you tell Avare which airport you target, and the airport layout that comes on when you get close.



I managed to convince the Avare app to store map databases on the tablet's SD card - 64GB - no worries!

I bought a 12V charge adapter, took the 12V side apart and hardwired it to a spare fuse. Whenever I mount my tablet on the panel, I plug in the 5V end of the charge cable. That way, I can have the tablet at max brightness (and it is fully charged when I'm done flying).



On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 5:48 PM, Richard Pike <thegreybaron(at)charter.net (thegreybaron(at)charter.net)> wrote:

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 The ancient Magellan in my MKIII seems to have croaked, and rather than buy a new one, tried a free app for my ElCheapo smart phone. It works good enough that I think some of you might be interested.

 It is called Avare, it is free, and it shows you a sectional chart on your smart phone screen, with a little red airplane where your phone is. It tracks along with you, shows you your ground screen, and has a few options, like the nearest airports within 20 miles, and heading to fly and distance to go. Also seems to have a navigate function, but I need to make a mounting bracket before I try that.

 Haven't used it enough to figure out all it will do, but so far it seems very worthwhile.

 One thing: it sucks the battery down like crazy. I do have a little recharge stick that you plug into your phone to triple the battery life, so when I rig up a bracket to mount the phone on my joystick, I will include a little holder for the aux battery pack.Will add some pictures once I get a mounting bracket made.

 Here is their website: http://apps4av.com/avare-overview/

 

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 Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)

 Kingsport, TN 3TN0

 

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Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2015 5:18 am Post subject: Re: Avare

 	  John Hauck wrote: 	
		  Richard P/Gang:

Do you have a 12 vdc charger for your phone?

Hook it into your aircraft electrical system.



john h

mkIII

Titus, Alabama

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