X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:42:10 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from carbinge.com ([69.5.27.218] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.10) with SMTP id 4588808 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:17:54 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=69.5.27.218; envelope-from=jbarrett@carbinge.com Received: (qmail 19190 invoked from network); 23 Nov 2010 01:17:18 -0000 X-Originating-IP: [66.235.49.247] Reply-To: From: "John Barrett" X-Original-To: "'Lancair Mailing List'" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: [LML] Re: iPad in the cockpit X-Original-Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:17:16 -0800 X-Original-Message-ID: <016201cb8aac$2b6246a0$8226d3e0$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0163_01CB8A69.1D3F06A0" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: AcuKmbfkwoQJkisERw6NE4uCxBmblAAEkXZw Content-Language: en-us This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0163_01CB8A69.1D3F06A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks to the several responses to my request for info on tethering. = Isaac=E2=80=99s solution sounds good since I already own a Bluetooth = GPS device. Will check it out. =20 John Barrett =20 From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of = Isaac Heizer Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 3:05 PM To: lml@lancaironline.net Subject: [LML] Re: iPad in the cockpit =20 I've been using a wi-fi only ipad plus external bluetooth gps receiver = plus foreflight since July and it works great. I had to jailbreak my ipad to get the GPS to work. I used Cydia to = jailbreak the ipad, loaded BTStack to enable ipad bluetooth GPS devices, = and purchased a MobileMate 886 Mini Bluetooth GPS receiver ($56 on = amazon) that i set on the glareshield at the start of a flight. I'm able to turn the ipad on and off in flight, and Foreflight = immediately resumes as though i never turned the ipad off because the = bluetooth GPS receiver stays locked on the satellites while I have the = ipad turned off. Does it work the same way on an ipad with its internal = GPS? In other words, can you turn the ipad off in flight, leave it off = for 30 minutes, turn the ipad on and have an immediate GPS location? Does the internal ipad GPS work just fine through a carbon fiber = fuselage top, or do you have to position the ipad in some special way? _____ =20 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1153 / Virus Database: 424/3272 - Release Date: 11/22/10 ------=_NextPart_000_0163_01CB8A69.1D3F06A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Thanks to the several responses to my request for info on = tethering.=C2=A0 Isaac=E2=80=99s solution sounds good since I = =C2=A0=C2=A0already own a Bluetooth GPS device. =C2=A0Will check it = out.

 

John Barrett

 

From:= = Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of = Isaac Heizer
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 3:05 = PM
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: [LML] Re: iPad = in the cockpit

 

I've been using a = wi-fi only ipad plus external bluetooth gps receiver plus foreflight = since July and it works great.

I had to jailbreak my ipad to get = the GPS to work.  I used Cydia to jailbreak the ipad, loaded = BTStack to enable ipad bluetooth GPS devices, and purchased a MobileMate = 886 Mini Bluetooth GPS receiver ($56 on amazon) that i set on the = glareshield at the start of a flight.

I'm able to turn the ipad = on and off in flight, and Foreflight immediately resumes as though i = never turned the ipad off because the bluetooth GPS receiver stays = locked on the satellites while I have the ipad turned off.  Does it = work the same way on an ipad with its internal GPS?  In other = words, can you turn the ipad off in flight, leave it off for 30 minutes, = turn the ipad on and have an immediate GPS location?

Does the = internal ipad GPS work just fine through a carbon fiber fuselage top, or = do you have to position the ipad in some special = way?

No virus = found in this message.
Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
Version: 10.0.1153 / = Virus Database: 424/3272 - Release Date: = 11/22/10

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