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9/28/2019 11:13 AM
 

I just noticed (in iFly beta 11.0.27 for Windows) a third reason for installing the ADSB stuff: Apparently it will get NOTAMS. That may correct one of the few BIG lapses in iFly--unless it's there already and I've just missed it somehow.  I'm about to fly to W75, now that the ceiling has finally gone up today. But Garmin Pilot's NOTAM feature lets me know when not to show up overhead. iFly didn't mention the runway closings at all.

 

 
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9/28/2019 10:12 PM
 

I don't know anything about Garmin Pilot, but looking at your image, the source for all that information is listed as "Internet".  If that's accurate, it means that this information didn't come from ADSB.  While I would also like iFly to get NOTAM's via ADSB, I'm pretty sure iFly can get NOTAM's through the Internet as well.

 
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12/22/2019 11:11 AM
 
Don Maxwell wrote:
Alasdair wrote:

Yup - it does. I connect both my 740 and an iPhone to the Ping-xxxx network provided by the Echo. ifly running on both devices receive the ADSB-in info just fine.

Further, I often plan the flight at home on a PC then transfer it to ifly on my phone. When I get in the plane because the phone and 740 are both on the same Ping-xxxx network I can then share the flight plan to local devices from my phone transferring it wirelessly to the 740.

Regards,

Alasdair

Aha!  Cool! It's nice that an FAA mandate actually makes flying easier. So ADSB will not only help us find other airplanes that we want to rendezvous with in flight (another pilot used it to find me a few days ago), it will even make the iFly easier to use. Thanks!

 

Here's an update on multiple WiFi connections:  I've found that the uAvionix UAT wifi connects easily to both the 740 installed in my instrument panel and my iPhone Xs Max, and both devices display ADS-B traffic, as well as METARs and precipitation. I haven't tried any other devices, but they'll probably work nicely, too.

The iPhone's display is much smaller than the 740's, but is much higher resolution. Its processor is also much faster, so updates are quicker, and the signal has been rocksteady on it. The only problem is that I have to manually force it to connect to the uAvionix's Ping server; and I also have to force it to connect to my house wifi after landing. But the really cool thing is that the iPhone can also get cell data at the same time it's connected by wifi. (Verizon.) So when low enough (mopst of the time in a seaplane) I can text to other airplanes and make phone calls. (Yes, I know the FCC doesn't like that, but when flying low, it's no different from driving out in the country. Let's not debate it here.)

The 740, on the other hand, is brighter, even when there are severe reflections from bare knees on its screen.

In the 3D EFIS, however, ADS-B traffic is much harder to see clearly on the 740 because the colors don't stand out well compared to the other objects in the EFIS. That's especially so in daytime flight. They look a lot better indoors. I don't know why, but the same display is clearer on the iPhone. So it would be nice if the EFIS target colors can be made brighter--more flourescent, if that's possible.

 
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