Ed,
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't I see a GPS in your plane? That's all this is, but it does it much cheaper and you can take it with you afterwards and use it to find restaurants, hotels, car rentals, etc.
Mark
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Ed Anderson <eanderson@carolina.rr.com> wrote:
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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