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Is there a digital product that allows printing of (parts of) UK charts?
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is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that here we all are, involved in one of the most expensive hobbies around complaining about spending £18 on an up to date chart?
If the attitude is that penny pinching towards the most basic aid to navigation, what is the attitude to the rest of the hobby?
My company issues me with an I-Pad with all the up to date VFR nav kit on it for when I'm flying the helicopter, but also issues me with all the up to date VFR charts at the same time. The aircraft has all the Jepp plates, moving maps and everything else that a 15 000 000 dollar corporate helicopter can carry, but the charts still have lines drawn on them. My Condor has a map, compass and stopwatch and if I remember a portable GPS, but the chart is always folded to the relevant section.
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If the attitude is that penny pinching towards the most basic aid to navigation, what is the attitude to the rest of the hobby?
My company issues me with an I-Pad with all the up to date VFR nav kit on it for when I'm flying the helicopter, but also issues me with all the up to date VFR charts at the same time. The aircraft has all the Jepp plates, moving maps and everything else that a 15 000 000 dollar corporate helicopter can carry, but the charts still have lines drawn on them. My Condor has a map, compass and stopwatch and if I remember a portable GPS, but the chart is always folded to the relevant section.
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Sir Niall Dementia, I think you've misread the thread. I haven't seen anyone complain about the cost of charts - it was about the future of paper charts. Digital charts still have a cost (if bought through Memory Map, Air Nav Pro, Runway HD etc) and in some cases are more expensive than the paper charts. I prefer to buy the Memory Map charts (at £20, so £2 more than the paper equivalent), so I can print out the sections I need.
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The penny pinching side of GA revolves around landing fees.
Anything more than a fiver for SEP and a tenner for MEP produces howls of anguish.
Anything more than a fiver for SEP and a tenner for MEP produces howls of anguish.
I just blew £320 on imc training on Wednesday but £10 is still £10. If I didn't pinch the pennies in general, there's no way I'd be able to fly. A full set of maps is nearly an hour's flying for me - about 5% of my yearly total.
Contemplating getting the 1/1,000,000 scale for flight planning and an attempt at legality and using my old maps for navigation. I'll keep an up-to-date chart for Wales/Southern England where I do most of my flying.
Contemplating getting the 1/1,000,000 scale for flight planning and an attempt at legality and using my old maps for navigation. I'll keep an up-to-date chart for Wales/Southern England where I do most of my flying.
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I use runway hd and subscribe to their amendment service great program for iPad /phone but you can't print off charts at the right scale it's either to big or too small ,you can get it close ok for enroute but not accurate for planning fine detail
Maybe looking at memory map and a different program next anniversary
I use runway hd and subscribe to their amendment service great program for iPad /phone but you can't print off charts at the right scale it's either to big or too small ,you can get it close ok for enroute but not accurate for planning fine detail
Maybe looking at memory map and a different program next anniversary
