iPad + Foreflight Review

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On Aug 1, 1:33*pm, Dane Spearing wrote:

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-- Dane

Hey Dane,

I have several videos of this program in use in the cockpit if you are
interested.

ipad 2 cases is my You Tube channel.

Your experiences mirror mine though since I am using rental planes
(used to own a Sundowner) kinda hard to mount things on a permanent
basis

My biggest beef and something you need heads up on is not the
foreflight program but the iPad itself. My last flight (in a video as
well) the ipad overheated! I had the unit on my lap and the ambient
temperature outside was 63 so the absolute last thing I thought was
happening was the unit being in direct sun and making the unit exceed
it's operational temperatures. So, just be sure the iPad is not
placed in direct sunlight. The glare was annoying for a period of
time when I could not find shade to place the iPad.

3G works great below 3000 so you have weather if you fly low. GPS is
dead on as you say and in fact, the signal holds better then my Garmin
296. One word of caution though, if you use 3G and turn it on for
weather, the GPS assist overrides the GPS chip. So, if you lose 3G,
you lose GPS tracking UNLESS youiPad2 cases turn off the 3G network in settings.

Just be sure to download ALL sectionals and IFR enroute maps before
departure. If you don't do this, you can't track yourself offline.

I'm going to be flying from New Mexico to California next week to visit
relatives, and look forward to using the iPad and Foreflight in some
real IMC for my charts and plates. After today's test under the hood, I
am very favorably impressed.