john smith
December 14th 04, 07:10 PM
It gets real interesting when you are bouncing around in turbulence.
I have an Apple Newton 2100 that I have used to record flight
information on. The Newton is kneeboard size.
Peter wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been told that airline operations increasingly use tablet PCs for
> ground planning purposes, and perhaps also in flight.
>
> Also some private pilots use the Jepp products in flight. I wonder
> what tablet-type PCs they use - most current tablet products have 12"
> screens which makes them too big to rest on one's lap alongside the
> usual stuff.
>
> I think the job calls for a compact 8" screen tablet, something like
>
> http://uk.itronix-europe.com/products/tablet/Gobooktablet.asp
>
> I know a few IFR pilots who use the discontinued Fujitsu LTP-600
>
> http://www.fujitsupc.com/www/products_pentablets.shtml?products/pentablets/stylistic_p600
>
> and their consensus is that anything bigger is too big.
>
> Any views here?
>
> Finally, I know that in the USA one can get traffic data (via the Mode
> S channel, I believe) and weather radar images (via commercial
> subscription services). I know about showing this on multifunction
> displays (I fly behind a KMD550 which takes a stormscope feed) but is
> there any facility to display this data on a tablet PC or a PDA? It
> seems a really obvious thing to do. Not here in Europe though - not
> enough private pilots to make it worth anyone's while...
>
> One would have to convert the data coming out of a Mode S transponder
> (ARINC?) and feed it into the PC via bluetooth perhaps...
>
>
> Peter.
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I have an Apple Newton 2100 that I have used to record flight
information on. The Newton is kneeboard size.
Peter wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been told that airline operations increasingly use tablet PCs for
> ground planning purposes, and perhaps also in flight.
>
> Also some private pilots use the Jepp products in flight. I wonder
> what tablet-type PCs they use - most current tablet products have 12"
> screens which makes them too big to rest on one's lap alongside the
> usual stuff.
>
> I think the job calls for a compact 8" screen tablet, something like
>
> http://uk.itronix-europe.com/products/tablet/Gobooktablet.asp
>
> I know a few IFR pilots who use the discontinued Fujitsu LTP-600
>
> http://www.fujitsupc.com/www/products_pentablets.shtml?products/pentablets/stylistic_p600
>
> and their consensus is that anything bigger is too big.
>
> Any views here?
>
> Finally, I know that in the USA one can get traffic data (via the Mode
> S channel, I believe) and weather radar images (via commercial
> subscription services). I know about showing this on multifunction
> displays (I fly behind a KMD550 which takes a stormscope feed) but is
> there any facility to display this data on a tablet PC or a PDA? It
> seems a really obvious thing to do. Not here in Europe though - not
> enough private pilots to make it worth anyone's while...
>
> One would have to convert the data coming out of a Mode S transponder
> (ARINC?) and feed it into the PC via bluetooth perhaps...
>
>
> Peter.
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