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Well, Mark, when you get to a certain age –
only so much room left in the old noggin. Besides, while I am fascinated by
what digital technology can provide – being a “wanna be Hermit” (as my wife
claims), “connectivity technology” just doesn’t hold much appeal – only started
carrying cell phone because wife say I would .. or else. Not sure what the “else”
would have been, but didn’t want to find out {:>)
Ed
From: Rotary motors in aircraft
[mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
Behalf Of Mark Steitle
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009
12:04 PM
To: Rotary
motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re:
MotionX-GPS as a flight instrument?
I'm appauled to hear this from you... Mr. Electronics
Whiz. Did you visit their site? There's a video of an
ultralite using this app. The iPhone is strapped to one of the
tubes. Not sure how he manages to push the buttons on the touch-screen
though. But it is encouraging in that it tells me that it works in
flight, albeit slooooooow flight.
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Ed Anderson <eanderson@carolina.rr.com>
wrote:
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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