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John T wrote:
"C J Campbell" wrote in message "The best thing in life is to crush your enemy, to drive him like the wind before you, and to hear the lamentations of his women." Yeah, but you're missing the all important accent! "The best thing in life is to cwush yu enemy, to dwive him like the wind befo yu, and to heah the lamentations of his wimmen." But you forgot that it's absolutely required (for the full and complete effect) to have the "Ride of the Valkyries" playing in the background. (*chortle*) |
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What a great idea! I have a tablet that I use in my day to day work. I
never thought of yoke mounting it! How did you go about mounting it? What tablet do you have? r. "Scott Moore" wrote in message news:UkA1c.34298$ko6.335692@attbi_s02... "Bill Padley" wrote in message . .. Hi all.. just upgraded my excellent Jepp flitestar IFR to flitemap (very good deal it was too ! ) I bought a new laptop which prompted this , the very small Sony TR1MP... Im very impressed with the software indeed, but one question to those who have Flitemap.. where do you put your laptop , so you can use it? - is it actually usable in flight, or do you really someone in the right hand seat to be using it? Given that my laptop is small , the coaming would be the obvious, but even that would restrict the view Any answers appreciated..its a great bit of kit! Bill Padley London I got a tablet, removed the battery, reduced the weight to 1 lb and yoke mounted it. Laptops are far too large for aircraft use. Referencing the map or plates is going to require turning your head a lot, and the laptop might start moving. |
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"Rob Thomas" wrote in message ... What a great idea! I have a tablet that I use in my day to day work. I never thought of yoke mounting it! How did you go about mounting it? What tablet do you have? r. I have a Fujitsu tablet. These were produced before the "Microsoft wave" hit, and are much smaller than a standard tablet without a keyboard, about the size of an approach plate. There (apparently) is no commercial mount for it, so I created my own from aluminum channel stock using a drill and an existing yoke plate holder. I put plastic rigid foam underneath it to hold it up off the yoke, and tied it in using wire wrap ties. This was necesary because the plate mount was not designed for a 1 lb weight, and would vibrate. I power the unit via the 12v plug (Cessna 172 12v system), and a "battery starter" unit that has a lead-acid battery sealed into a unit with auto power plugs going in and out (it was designed to help start your car), for $36. The airplane can keep it charged, and it provides complete self-contained backup for the whole system without needing a battery on the tablet itself, which makes the tablet both smaller and lighter. The battery is mounted on the floor between the seats. For the GPS, I choose a USB "all in one" GPS/antenna. These units are hard to find, but have only one cord and no external power connection, because the USB itself carries power. The entire GPS fits in the antenna, which is double sided taped to the window at the top. The wires are taped to the side of the cockpit, so it still qualifies as "add on" equipment. Probally the only problem with that is they keep ripping it all out at annual time, and I have to redo everything. I have an in-panel GPS as well. This system is essentially a complete dual backup with its own display, GPS and power. I run Jepp Flightmap and Flightdeck on it. The only serious problem is that these two peices of software don't cooperate, so you have to cancel out of one to get the other. Jepp has promised to fix this, but so far nothing. The system will be worlds better when it can switch to "approach mode" and start showing you plates after the enroute mode. I have essentially let the flightmap subscription lapse and kept the plates because of this. To use this system under real IFR, it takes lots of practice, and I always keep the paper plates nearby. If I find myself arguing with the unit, I get the plate out and forget about it for a while. I find the best use of the unit is to get absolute situational awareness of terrain at night, since Flightmap gives you your profile over the ground and AGL at any time. Luck ! |
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