Iglide

[chris johnson]

I am completely at a loss when it comes to computers. I bought Iglide downloaded maps etc. and was ready to go in 5 stress free minutes. I have not flown with it yet so I do not know if I will need an external gps. So far so good.

[Martin Gregorie[_5_]]

On Fri, 31 Jul 2015 22:10:36 -0700, chris johnson wrote:

> I am completely at a loss when it comes to computers. I bought Iglide
> downloaded maps etc. and was ready to go in 5 stress free minutes. I
> have not flown with it yet so I do not know if I will need an external
> gps. So far so good.

Take it outside, wait until its got a GPS fix, and walk in a straight
line along a footpath. Within 10-20m Iglide should work out which way
you're going and orient the map accordingly. Turn round and walk back:
the map should rotate 180 degrees.

That's my usual test for a new install of XCDSoar or LK8000 on any gadget
with a built-in GPS, so it should also work with Iglide.


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[jfitch]

On Friday, July 31, 2015 at 10:10:41 PM UTC-7, chris johnson wrote:
> I am completely at a loss when it comes to computers. I bought Iglide downloaded maps etc. and was ready to go in 5 stress free minutes. I have not flown with it yet so I do not know if I will need an external gps. So far so good.

You will not need an external GPS. If you have an iPhone 6 or 6+, it will also display pressure altitude, thermal lift dots, etc.

I was having trouble keeping my iPhone/iGlide connected to my Air Avionics variometer, when this loses the connection after a few minutes it defaults to internal sensors/stand alone operation. It works surprisingly well that way. The only thing I missed was the instantaneous wind display, and the lift dots are slightly delayed and filtered with a slow time constant (the iPhone does this to its pressure sensor).