OK - so since passing my PPL I started looking around at some navaids etc to take with me in the cockpit since I'll be doing 90% of the flying alone in new areas.
I first invested in VORTrack which has made life a little easier in the cockpit when working with VOR's and for the price - I'd say every GA pilot should use them
I then got an email from Transair about this lovely little GPS jobby that was compatible with the charting software and iPad. So I invested.
I've played with it on the ground for about 3 hours, creating routes, waypoints, notes etc on a CAA 1:500k chart which seemed to work well. I plog'd a route today and did my usual paperwork/whizzwheel calculations and then added the same route onto my iPad. All the distances matched, the track headings were correct so I thought I'd take it up and see how it performed.
Well - it was great! Scrolling map - I logged the data and used it to assist in identifying some otherwise hard-to-spot features on the chart, cross checked my timings / headings and off-track errors and it all seems correct.
Looks like it'll be a useful companion in the cockpit - especially with the nice screen, great battery life (about 5hrs on iPad, 10 hours in GPS) but with a 12v socket you're laughing
I do love the paper chart, everything in front of me that I need but this just added an extra check. Any of you guys using this?
Lee