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Have you looked at Symbolic Flight: Portable Synthetic Vision by Nav
Aware?
http://www.navaware.com/
David Moyer
Ed Anderson wrote:
Right, Mark,
my concession to modern
navigational technology – but, you did notice it is a Garmin 195,
purchased in 1999. Nothing against the latest in technology – as
always
fascinated by it – but, guess I just don’t have much need for one
after de-plane ing as I usually camp out {:>). Am considering a
color
Map GPS though {:>)
Ed
From: Rotary motors in aircraft
[mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net]
On Behalf Of Mark
Steitle
Sent: Wednesday, June
17, 2009
12:45 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary]
Re:
MotionX-GPS as a flight instrument?
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.
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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