What is the BEST way to go for a smart phone artificial horizon app?
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What is the BEST way to go for a smart phone artificial horizon app?
I'm currently leaning toward--
IxGyro ixGyro - the true-attitude indicating glass cockpit app
Here is a list of phones they've tested it on (maybe an old list):
Google Nexus S (Samsung Nexus S i9023)
Samsung Galaxy Tab
Samsung Galaxy S2
Google/Samsung Galaxy Nexus
HTC Evo 3D
If I want to run it on my current phone I'll have to augment it with this device to provide the needed 3-d rotation rate sensors: AHRS G mini
Some comments on the IxGyro website suggest that the Levil plug-in device will provide some advantage even with a newer/ higher-end smartphone that possesses 3-axis gyros as well as 3-axis linear accelerometers
Don't worry, I won't rely too much on it. Most of my blind flying is partial-panel and I'm pretty comfortable with that, I just want something that has some significant chance of giving me extra help if things get too loosey-goosey in extreme turbulence. I'll have freshly packed parachute also.
Any links to other appropriate forums where this is being discussed, would also be welcome.
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IxGyro ixGyro - the true-attitude indicating glass cockpit app
Here is a list of phones they've tested it on (maybe an old list):
Google Nexus S (Samsung Nexus S i9023)
Samsung Galaxy Tab
Samsung Galaxy S2
Google/Samsung Galaxy Nexus
HTC Evo 3D
If I want to run it on my current phone I'll have to augment it with this device to provide the needed 3-d rotation rate sensors: AHRS G mini
Some comments on the IxGyro website suggest that the Levil plug-in device will provide some advantage even with a newer/ higher-end smartphone that possesses 3-axis gyros as well as 3-axis linear accelerometers
Don't worry, I won't rely too much on it. Most of my blind flying is partial-panel and I'm pretty comfortable with that, I just want something that has some significant chance of giving me extra help if things get too loosey-goosey in extreme turbulence. I'll have freshly packed parachute also.
Any links to other appropriate forums where this is being discussed, would also be welcome.
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Install an Ilevil AHARS gyro unit, plumb it into the pitot static system, wire it into main aircraft power, and off you go, you get 3 axis digital gyro, magnetic compass, and pressure altitude and airspeed, then it transmits over a adhoc wifi network, connect to it with smartphone or ipad, off you go.
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I wonder myself. The Galaxy Ace (Which passed my good phone test by not exasperating me to the point of a club hammer test and surviving immersion,) doesn't behave in the air as it hasn't got gyros but a friend has an S2 which seems to work ok. I would envisage a use for it in VFR when crossing the channel, should the haze make the horizon indistinct together with a beady eye on the altimeter and slip ball, naturally.
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"Surely this can't be real? You're not seriously using a phone as your main reference for flying in IMC are you?"
No, it's just an extra. I rely mainly on this via standard partial-panel techniques: Turn Rate Indicator
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No, it's just an extra. I rely mainly on this via standard partial-panel techniques: Turn Rate Indicator
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