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Old 12th May 2010, 22:39
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Paperless charts

Flying a Private Part 91 Business Turboprop single pilot in Eu.
I got one of these
SOLIDFX | FX10
a couple of months ago as I was sick of updating and carrying paper charts:


Pros: light, compact, good sunlight readability, large screen, easy to read. Quick online updates.

Con:
- Battery does not seem to last advertised 10 hours.
- If you let the battery run out it can take 1 - 2 hours on charge before it will start again...
- Screen is fragile - mine broke despite being stored in optional extra protective case.
- Will only work with special stylus - don't drop it!!

My SOP is to have the solid fx as primary display with a laptop & Jepp Flightdeck to hand as a backup...
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