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1. 05:49 PM - Avare (Richard Pike)
2. 06:02 PM - Re: Avare (B Young)
3. 06:08 PM - Re: Avare (Herb)
4. 08:02 PM - Re: Avare (Rick Neilsen)
5. 09:20 PM - Re: Avare (Charlie England)
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The ancient Magellan in my MKIII seems to have croaked, and rather than buy a new
one, tried a free app for my ElCheapo smart phone. It works good enough that
I think some of you might be interested.
It is called Avare, it is free, and it shows you a sectional chart on your smart
phone screen, with a little red airplane where your phone is. It tracks along
with you, shows you your ground screen, and has a few options, like the nearest
airports within 20 miles, and heading to fly and distance to go. Also seems
to have a navigate function, but I need to make a mounting bracket before I
try that.
Haven't used it enough to figure out all it will do, but so far it seems very worthwhile.
One thing: it sucks the battery down like crazy. I do have a little recharge stick
that you plug into your phone to triple the battery life, so when I rig up
a bracket to mount the phone on my joystick, I will include a little holder for
the aux battery pack.Will add some pictures once I get a mounting bracket made.
Here is their website: http://apps4av.com/avare-overview/
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Richard Pike
Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
Kingsport, TN 3TN0
Would you consider yourself to be a good person?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWcDXT6pH7A
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I've got avare on my phone, tried it on a local flight, I'm extremely
pleased with it,,, I'm going to get a new tablet to get a more useful
screen size.
Boyd Young
On Nov 12, 2015 6:51 PM, "Richard Pike" <thegreybaron@charter.net> wrote:
>
> The ancient Magellan in my MKIII seems to have croaked, and rather than
> buy a new one, tried a free app for my ElCheapo smart phone. It works good
> enough that I think some of you might be interested.
> It is called Avare, it is free, and it shows you a sectional chart on your
> smart phone screen, with a little red airplane where your phone is. It
> tracks along with you, shows you your ground screen, and has a few options,
> like the nearest airports within 20 miles, and heading to fly and distance
> to go. Also seems to have a navigate function, but I need to make a
> mounting bracket before I try that.
> Haven't used it enough to figure out all it will do, but so far it seems
> very worthwhile.
> One thing: it sucks the battery down like crazy. I do have a little
> recharge stick that you plug into your phone to triple the battery life, so
> when I rig up a bracket to mount the phone on my joystick, I will include a
> little holder for the aux battery pack.Will add some pictures once I get a
> mounting bracket made.
> Here is their website: http://apps4av.com/avare-overview/
>
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> Richard Pike
> Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
> Kingsport, TN 3TN0
>
> Would you consider yourself to be a good person?
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWcDXT6pH7A
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=449248#449248
>
>
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Richard
I have seen that app on the Nexus 7. Well thought of by two users
that I know.. A used Nexus 7 can be had for under 100 bucks...Herb
On 11/12/2015 07:48 PM, Richard Pike wrote:
>
> The ancient Magellan in my MKIII seems to have croaked, and rather than buy a
new one, tried a free app for my ElCheapo smart phone. It works good enough that
I think some of you might be interested.
> It is called Avare, it is free, and it shows you a sectional chart on your smart
phone screen, with a little red airplane where your phone is. It tracks along
with you, shows you your ground screen, and has a few options, like the nearest
airports within 20 miles, and heading to fly and distance to go. Also seems
to have a navigate function, but I need to make a mounting bracket before
I try that.
> Haven't used it enough to figure out all it will do, but so far it seems very
worthwhile.
> One thing: it sucks the battery down like crazy. I do have a little recharge
stick that you plug into your phone to triple the battery life, so when I rig
up a bracket to mount the phone on my joystick, I will include a little holder
for the aux battery pack.Will add some pictures once I get a mounting bracket
made.
> Here is their website: http://apps4av.com/avare-overview/
>
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> Richard Pike
> Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
> Kingsport, TN 3TN0
>
> Would you consider yourself to be a good person?
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWcDXT6pH7A
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=449248#449248
>
>
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I have been using foreflight on my IPhone6. I isn't free but it is a finely
tuned product at a reasonable cost. It has way more than I use (up to date
charts, airport diagrams, local fuel prices, current winds, weather, flight
planning, etc) They really want you to use a IPad but it works well on the
phone. I think is also works on a android phone. Anyway much less expensive
than you usual aircraft GPS. I use a car charger in the plane to keep the
power up. It even works on the big airplanes to keep track of your progress.
I will be interested to see what Richard comes up with for a mount.
Anyway to keep it Kolb my MKIIIC is hibernating for the winter in Michigan
while I'm toughing it out in Florida.
Rick Neilsen
Redrive VW Powered MKIIIC
On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 9:08 PM, Herb <Herbgh@nctc.com> wrote:
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> Richard
>
> I have seen that app on the Nexus 7. Well thought of by two users that
> I know.. A used Nexus 7 can be had for under 100 bucks...Herb
>
> On 11/12/2015 07:48 PM, Richard Pike wrote:
>
>> >
>>
>> The ancient Magellan in my MKIII seems to have croaked, and rather than
>> buy a new one, tried a free app for my ElCheapo smart phone. It works good
>> enough that I think some of you might be interested.
>> It is called Avare, it is free, and it shows you a sectional chart on
>> your smart phone screen, with a little red airplane where your phone is. It
>> tracks along with you, shows you your ground screen, and has a few options,
>> like the nearest airports within 20 miles, and heading to fly and distance
>> to go. Also seems to have a navigate function, but I need to make a
>> mounting bracket before I try that.
>> Haven't used it enough to figure out all it will do, but so far it seems
>> very worthwhile.
>> One thing: it sucks the battery down like crazy. I do have a little
>> recharge stick that you plug into your phone to triple the battery life, so
>> when I rig up a bracket to mount the phone on my joystick, I will include a
>> little holder for the aux battery pack.Will add some pictures once I get a
>> mounting bracket made.
>> Here is their website: http://apps4av.com/avare-overview/
>>
>> --------
>> Richard Pike
>> Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
>> Kingsport, TN 3TN0
>>
>> Would you consider yourself to be a good person?
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWcDXT6pH7A
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Read this topic online here:
>>
>> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=449248#449248
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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On November 12, 2015 10:02:27 PM CST, Rick Neilsen <neilsenrm@gmail.com> wrote:
>I have been using foreflight on my IPhone6. I isn't free but it is a
>finely
>tuned product at a reasonable cost. It has way more than I use (up to
>date
>charts, airport diagrams, local fuel prices, current winds, weather,
>flight
>planning, etc) They really want you to use a IPad but it works well on
>the
>phone. I think is also works on a android phone. Anyway much less
>expensive
>than you usual aircraft GPS. I use a car charger in the plane to keep
>the
>power up. It even works on the big airplanes to keep track of your
>progress.
>
>I will be interested to see what Richard comes up with for a mount.
>
>Anyway to keep it Kolb my MKIIIC is hibernating for the winter in
>Michigan
>while I'm toughing it out in Florida.
>
>Rick Neilsen
>Redrive VW Powered MKIIIC
>
>On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 9:08 PM, Herb <Herbgh@nctc.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Richard
>>
>> I have seen that app on the Nexus 7. Well thought of by two users
>that
>> I know.. A used Nexus 7 can be had for under 100 bucks...Herb
>>
>> On 11/12/2015 07:48 PM, Richard Pike wrote:
>>
><thegreybaron@charter.net
>>> >
>>>
>>> The ancient Magellan in my MKIII seems to have croaked, and rather
>than
>>> buy a new one, tried a free app for my ElCheapo smart phone. It
>works good
>>> enough that I think some of you might be interested.
>>> It is called Avare, it is free, and it shows you a sectional chart
>on
>>> your smart phone screen, with a little red airplane where your phone
>is. It
>>> tracks along with you, shows you your ground screen, and has a few
>options,
>>> like the nearest airports within 20 miles, and heading to fly and
>distance
>>> to go. Also seems to have a navigate function, but I need to make a
>>> mounting bracket before I try that.
>>> Haven't used it enough to figure out all it will do, but so far it
>seems
>>> very worthwhile.
>>> One thing: it sucks the battery down like crazy. I do have a little
>>> recharge stick that you plug into your phone to triple the battery
>life, so
>>> when I rig up a bracket to mount the phone on my joystick, I will
>include a
>>> little holder for the aux battery pack.Will add some pictures once I
>get a
>>> mounting bracket made.
>>> Here is their website: http://apps4av.com/avare-overview/
>>>
>>> --------
>>> Richard Pike
>>> Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
>>> Kingsport, TN 3TN0
>>>
>>> Would you consider yourself to be a good person?
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWcDXT6pH7A
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Read this topic online here:
>>>
>>> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=449248#449248
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Been using avare on a nexus 7 for about a year; love it. And now there's a helper
app that lets you get adsb traffic and weather using a $20 sdr dongle. Haven't
flown with it yet to see the adsb tower, but it gets mode s traffic just
fine on the ground.
Ebay is your friend for cheap phone mounts.
Charlie
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