Using an iPad mini for soaring stuff

Eric Greenwell wrote, On 12/26/2013 10:43 PM:

Anyway, on to my quest for a solution. So far, no luck, but there are
some possibilities, like the Airstash SC/USB/wifi device, and something
similar by Sandisk (The SanDisk Connect Wireless Flash Drive). Someone
suggested jailbreaking, but I'd like to keep the iPad stock and do it
with apps and hardware. In the meantime, I'm keeping the XP laptop close
by until this sorts out. I'm hoping a couple months from now, with the
Phoenix retrieved and more understanding iPads, Androids, and of what I
want a tablet to do, the way will be clear.

My problems may be "legacy" problems, as I think I've noticed a trend to
wireless connection of the flight computer and the hardware; for
example, the Butterfly vario offers wifi as an option, and Winpilot for
the iPad will connect to it using wifi - no cables needed. I assume a
two seater could have two iPads, both connected to the same vario over
wifi. It'd be super cool if the back seat iPad could mimic the vario
display, saving you the cost another $3500 vario!

A potential upgrade for "wired" units to wireless is the Bluetooth
dongle by K6 Team, which might let me use the iPad to connect to my 302
vario for vario data, and retrieve the IGC file after a flight. At $190,
it's a very expensive "cable", not much cheaper than the iPad itself.

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Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
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