Hi all,
Is anyone aware of an app or tech-tip which can trick the GPS location in an iPad to match the output simulated position of a commercial full flight simulator? I know that desktop PC flight sims such as x-plane and flight sim 2020 can integrate with some moving maps such as ForeFlight, Garmin Pilot, FlyQ etc in 'simulator mode', but each of these is specifically coded to interface with the home flight sim, which is not much help when using a commercial FFS. It also limits the apps available - there is no such support for JeppView, ACANS, or other commercially used apps (to my knowledge).
It seems to me that if there were a way to hack/override the iPads native 'GPS position' with a simulated position as received from a commercial FFS it would allow all apps on that device to simultaneously behave as though they were in that position without having to have a dedicated 'simulator mode'. There are apps which can fake the position of an iPhone/iPad to match a user selected location, so it must be possible in principle, but I'm not aware of any which have been developed to receive the realtime output position from a FFS and to use this position to 'spoof' the iPads native position reference. I'm told most commercial simulators do output thier position by WiFi/Bluetooth, but I don't know if there is commonality to the format.
Do we have any Rotorhead tech enthusiasts, app developers, or software engineers here who can advise on the feasibility of this? I anticipate that numerous apple security protections would make over-riring the GPS position problematical, but it does seem possible, though they all seem to require JailBreaking the device, or interfacing with a PC so the position data flow may need to be simulator-realtime-position>PC>iPad?
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Failing this, the other option is to ask the app developers of individual EFB apps to build in a 'simulator mode' which can interface with the simulator and optionally use the output simulator position rather than taking the GPS position. Are many operators using solutions to achieve this within their sim training/checking?
Cheers
