iPhone? I don’t even have an
iPod and have not figured out all the features on my 3 year old cell
phone. Beginning to feel like I am falling (have fallen) behind the
technology curve on consumer electronics – no, don’t have and
LCD, LED or Plasma TV either {:>).
A number of guys on the RV list mention
using some Amateur Radio network and a gadget to track their flights in real
time – apparently anyone can follow the flight path over the internet –
look out Flight Following, technology may render you obsolete.
Ed
From: Rotary motors in aircraft
[mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
Behalf Of Bob Tilley
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009
11:31 AM
To: Rotary
motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re:
MotionX-GPS as a flight instrument?
Doesn't everyone have an iPhone already? ;-) Thanks for the
heads up!
On Jun 17, 2009, at 10:57 AM, Mark Steitle wrote:
I know this is off topic and a bit geeky, but I was wondering if anyone
with an iPhone has tried the MotionX-GPS application to track their
flights? It was designed for tracking workouts, like for mountain biking
and jogging. But I couldn't help but wonder how it would work as a poor
man's GPS. The basic "LITE" app is free,
full-featured app is only $2.99 (almost free). One user comments
that it works better than his $500 GPS. Is this possible?
I just downloaded it and plan to try it out this
weekend. Maybe it won't even work at altitude, but since it gets
its signals from GPS satellites, maybe it will surprise me.
See http://gps.motionx.com/overview/
Check out the picture of the iphone mounted on the handlebars of the mountain
bike, with the MotionX app running. Now picture your instrument panel
with the same mount. Pretty cool, and very cost effective, assuming you
already have an iPhone.
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