Tuesday, March 15, 2011

iPad in the Cockpit

I bought an iPad back in October have been evaluating various flying apps and electronic charts. So far, I like ForeFlight and JeppTC. Since I already subscribe to Jepp View the chart downloads are free and Foreflight costs $75/year for its download service. I've taken the iPad along in the cockpit for the last few flights and tried using it for instrument approaches in the Frasca. So far the device is useful and provides added benefit as a pilot, but I still haven't found a descent way to mount or keep the tablet accessible in the cockpit. I've see some yoke and dash mounts and a few iPad knee boards, but so far the knee board from http://mygoflight.com/ looks promising. I'm currently using a Speck case which works as a lapboard when opened up. Also, with IOS 4.3, the switch on the side of the iPad can now be configured to lock the screen. A few times with IOS 4.2, if I moved my leg, the Jepp charts would rotate and not be easily readable.

Here's the Foreflight and Jepp displays:

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