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JeppView/FliteDeck, I got it to work in my plane today!
In an earlier subject, Jeppview vs. paper Jepp Plates, I was waiting
for my touch screen to arrive so I can use it to display JeppView/FliteDeck moving map. Anyways, it arrived on last Tuesday, and I went to airport to hook it up, and took it for a ride. And it works! It is very sun light readable, the moving map looks great and the touch screen control works fine. I only went up for a short VFR flight, and did not try approaches. But while taxiing in Chino, when ground told me to "continue on Lemma, right on Golf, left on Delta, right on Beta, then left on ramp," I watched my green arrow progressing on FliteDeck, anticipated every turn, and IT WAS SO COOL! The previous subject soon became Jepp bashing, and I think Jepp deserves it for Jepp has been pricing itself out of GA's private plane market for years, and my feeling is Jepp was not serious about little guys like me. FliteDeck was a separate program from JeppView, and it was close to $1k. Earlier this year, I was in need of a new color moving map, but I have NO BUDGET for the new Garmin 296; and my charts subscription is due for renewal at the same time. My search for a moving map and charts subscription led me to decide on JeppView/FliteDeck because it is the most economical solution IN MY CASE. Yours might be different. And here is why: I already have an old Toshiba portable PC that is too slow for anything else, so my hardware cost is zero for the PC, and $200 for the screen. My paper charts subscription for California would have been $144, but for $100 initial setup and $195 a year, I get computer charts and FliteDeck moving map program. Total investment this year is about $500, and $195 for each following years. I know how most of you dislike Jeppesen the company, and so do I. However, if you have been admiring the magazine ads for that moving map on high end avionics, like Collins ProLine 21, Avidyne EX500 or UPSAT MX-20, but cannot justify spending that kind of money for high end avionics, take a look at JeppView/FliteDeck. With the extra PC you already have, the same moving map could be have for a song (in aviation signing, that is). BTW, although I have no experience with those high price EFB computers or monitors, it seems to me that you could have the same, or close enough performance for a lot less money if you choice hardwares designed for cars. |
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Paul Folbrecht wrote: What GPS are you using with the system and how is it connected to the PC? USB? Bluetooth maybe? I was going to use the Apollo Procedure that I already have in the plane, but it does not have USB & my portable does not have serial. I ended up using a Holux GM-210 GPS from a friend who brought it for a project but never finish. They are available for about $60. I could have buy a USB-serial converter for about $10, but the GPS was free! I might connect FliteMap to my Trimble Approach 2000 panel mount GPS later. The advantage of that is FliteMap can pickup flight plan from Trimble so I do not need to reenter flight plan. But the down side is when my Trimble failed, FliteMap would stop function as a moving map; it still display maps & charts but no moving green arrow to show your location. |
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wrote elsewhere on this group, but I think it is for
this subject: But, what about all the external wiring required and where do you place the laptop? And, what is this about an external display? The external wiring is messy, but managable since I fly my own and do not need to remove all wiring after each flight. I placed my laptop in the back of passenger seat. The point of an external display is that 1. it is very small w/o keyboard and much easier to mount than a laptop, 2. it is sun light readable (most laptops are not), 3. it is touch screen and FliteDeck could be used with touch screen only, 4. it is much cheaper than a tablet PC, cheaper than ..... (you get the idea). |
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Which external display are you using? I searched for the T-700TS you
mentioned in an earlier post and that one only seems to go to 800x600 max resolution. Can flightDeck (3.0) run at that resolution? If so that's an amazing value for the display! wrote: The point of an external display is that 1. it is very small w/o keyboard and much easier to mount than a laptop, 2. it is sun light readable (most laptops are not), 3. it is touch screen and FliteDeck could be used with touch screen only, 4. it is much cheaper than a tablet PC, cheaper than ..... (you get the idea). |
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max wrote: Which external display are you using? I searched for the T-700TS you mentioned in an earlier post and that one only seems to go to 800x600 max resolution. Can flightDeck (3.0) run at that resolution? If so that's an amazing value for the display! I am using Tview T-700TS and FliteDeck does support 800x600. My only complaint about Tview T-700TS is that it is sized to be 16:9, thus at 800x600, everything is a little wider & shorter. But for $200, I can live with it. If you are willing to spend a little more, there are 8.5 & 10.4 touch screens available that are sized to be 4:3. I might do just that next year, and retire the T-700TS for my Toyota truck. |
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