| George, (and anyone else who has Foreflight crashes)
I learned from Foreflight support that the typical crash scenario is lack of working memory. You may be able to avoid by killing the other apps that are running (tap the big button twice in a row, a row of icons shows up on the bottom. Hold your finger on one, they all start dancing with minus signs. touch the minus sign for any app you want to not be in working memory right now....) On Nov 19, 2013, at 10:14 AM, George Wehrung wrote: John,
I have the first generation of iPad, wifi only. I have Foreflight on it and connect it to my Dual GPS via Bluetooth.
If you do that you will have geo referenced approach plates and "own ship" for enroute charts. The gps will work on the seat box just above the fuel tank selector valve. My wife says the reflection of having that thing on the glare shield throws a reflection into her picture.
Overall the iPad has been awesome. But the first generation is showing its age because so many apps are over-taxing the processor and foreflight is the biggest culprit as it causes my iPad to crash a lot. So a new one is not far off in the future. I am leaning towards the mini so I can put it on my leg. However, my printed checklists will go into a map pocket of sorts (when we get our interior completed).
I did struggle with having my approach plates on my iPad, Garmin MX20, and potentially my advanced EFIS. But, since I like Foreflight for at home desk top flit planning and filing it's a no brainer for me to have Foreflight. And with the cellular version I can get last minute updates and file from remote airports that may not have an FBO. Lastly, it saves me the expensive Jeppessen subscription fees. I already pay for Navdata and that's enough.
Ok that's my two cents.
Sent from my iPad
That's good news to me, PC. Just to be sure, are you saying you are georeferenced without a blue tooth or other GPS hooked up to the iPad?
Thanks, John
Greetings, I have used an iPad2 (64G, WiFi only) since it came out very successfully with ForeFlight. It georeferences fully on charts and plates. The top of my canopy of my 360 is lined with dark window film that makes the iPad screen easily seen. PC Davis N356PC
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