I fly strictly day VFR. For years I have been happy navigating with a spiral bound Air Charts Sectional book and a compass. Then I added a Bendix AV8OR moving map GPS, primarily in the hope that I could add XM weather. Unfortunately, I could never get the XM device to communicate with the AV8OR, although I did get them to work with each other outside of the plane. :-(
To my disappointment, AirCharts quit publishing the Sectional books :-(
My ultimate goal is to have a sunlight readable moving sectional map with weather display - so I can fly away from or well around weather.
For me, this is an expense that is hard to justify without having some work benefit. The best use I could get of a tablet in my forensic engineering practice is to store scene photos taken by others. Then I can page through them when I am inspecting a scene, usually long after most or all of the evidence is gone. Currently I print out photo hard copies, but the resolution is crummy and they are hard to deal with out at a scene with the wind blowing.
I would appreciate recommendations based on my intended use from some of you who are experienced electronic flight bag users instead of a dumb gearhead like me. Questions I have:
iOS or Android? iPad mini seems to have the best apps, not very good in sunlight.
Best VFR app to use.
What peripheral accessories do I need to have weather overlay on the map?
How much storage for photo use? 64G?
I have no requirement for a cell phone that I am aware of.
How much should I expect to spend?
Anything else I have overlooked?
Thanks in advance. I sure appreciate any help you can give me.
Larry Tompkins
544WB -6A
W52 Battle Ground WA
To my disappointment, AirCharts quit publishing the Sectional books :-(
My ultimate goal is to have a sunlight readable moving sectional map with weather display - so I can fly away from or well around weather.
For me, this is an expense that is hard to justify without having some work benefit. The best use I could get of a tablet in my forensic engineering practice is to store scene photos taken by others. Then I can page through them when I am inspecting a scene, usually long after most or all of the evidence is gone. Currently I print out photo hard copies, but the resolution is crummy and they are hard to deal with out at a scene with the wind blowing.
I would appreciate recommendations based on my intended use from some of you who are experienced electronic flight bag users instead of a dumb gearhead like me. Questions I have:
iOS or Android? iPad mini seems to have the best apps, not very good in sunlight.
Best VFR app to use.
What peripheral accessories do I need to have weather overlay on the map?
How much storage for photo use? 64G?
I have no requirement for a cell phone that I am aware of.
How much should I expect to spend?
Anything else I have overlooked?
Thanks in advance. I sure appreciate any help you can give me.
Larry Tompkins
544WB -6A
W52 Battle Ground WA