5/21/2023 0 Comments Connect fltplan go to echouatThe only thing I prefer about GP is the nice W&B app (which iFly doesn't have at all yet, and is pretty handy with the lance's 6 stations). It also allows you to add approaches, sid's and stars to your flight plan and calculates time & fuel to fly them, which seems like a fairly basic feature, but if you can do it on GP, I can't figure out how. I used it throughout my IFR training and got along great with it. The biggest thing it has over the freebies is georeferenced approach plates. iFly has satellite images of AP's that don't have a diagram, which is super handy, and a very nice vertical navigation feature. Other things that I took for granted with iFly include big easy to hit 'buttons' and lots of customizability. Like FF, GP has a lot of 'stuff' that tends to get in the way. Since I still don't like iPads, I switched to GP. Garmin uses the Apple-esque walled garden approach, and will only share data with FF & GP. So now I've bought my own airplane, which came with a GTN 750 and GDL 88. iFly was my favorite, and it wasn't even close. I didn't try GP at that time because i had decided on a Stratux for ADSB in, and GP doesn't support it. After I got my certificate, I used it to try FF, and the aforementioned Samsung to try Avare, iFly, Droid EFB, and FltPlan Go. I do have a 10" ipad courtesy of a board that I'm on, and the only time I touch it is to charge it before the monthly meetings. In fact I have two of them now, as well as my 10" Samsung I use for everything, and yes i take all three when I'm traveling.ever tried to use a phone to view an approach plate?.F that. I also didn't want to pay $600 for an ipad mini when I can buy a Lenovo 8" tablet with similar specs for $100. So that means certain OS functions, such as copy and paste, are not available. I think the reason it works identically on all platforms (unlike Garmin Pilot) is because it sits on top of the OS rather than being fully integrated into it. Best I can suggest is grab a trial and see. The catch of course is what your needs are and what you think is easy to use. Although it is a backup, I have used it on longer flights as primary (and even once as a backup when there was a ForeFlight bug). Very feature rich and does almost everything I want. I have used about a dozen different EFBs about evenly divided between iOS and Android. It operates identically in all three and, from reports, also in their dedicated hardware. I have, btw, run it in iOS, Android, and Windows. I have a backup because I fly IFR and like iFly it enough to pay for it even though I am paying for my primary EFB.
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