Wingx this app is known for its sophisticated inflight features, but theres plenty of good preflight data here as well. Jesse saint i have demoed at least 45 of the common efb s out there and havent seen any that can hold a candle to foreflight as a onesizefitsall option. Watch the whats new video read the updated pilots guide 16 weather layers up from 7. Garmin pilot puts fullfeatured navigation including our decades of experience with rich, interactive mapping, 3d vision, aviation weather, global flight plan filing, electronic flight bag capabilities, optional trafficweather, pilot logbook and more right at your fingertips. Flyq efb app download navigation android apk app store. It takes just a few taps to get to any location in the app which youll appreciate when you need to access information quickly, like finding an instrument approach chart or airspace information. In this video we take a look at the latest versions of both flyq and foreflight and see how they stack up against each other.
I have a total of about a dozen efbs roughly divided between ios and android. Jun 21, 2018 in this video we take a look at the latest versions of both flyq and foreflight and see how they stack up against each other. Iflygps does a similar thing with its realview charts. Flyq i installed a ram mount in my 8 and love having my ipad right there in front of me. Our support team receives many inquires as to which ipad we recommend, especially near oshkosh and during the holiday season. Integration with the flyq online flight planning system is standard. Works on many ios or android apps supports foreflight, flyq efb, navigator, avnav, wingx, avare efb, fltplan go, droidefb, aeroviereports, avplan efb, ifly gps, droidefb, ozrunways efb.
Flyq pocket is available for both iphone and android devices, and the good news for aopa members is that its free. Foreflight ipad app pro plus subscription from sporty. We are off and running into 2014 with the first release of the year. Droidefb gives me the efb functionality i need on an android device. Foreflight delivers everything a pilot needs for planning, briefing, filing, and logging flights all in an elegantly designed app that syncs from the web to mobile. It works fine, but is lacking a couple things foreflight has.
I hate using foreflight, it is difficult to use for flight planning, and its a memory hog. It takes full advantage of the internet when available but also stores information on the device for use without the internet. All ipads a question for the pilots macrumors forums. Anything new i have been using garmin pilot for 6 years now due to the fact is was available on android as well as mac. If you love foreflight and apple, by all means you should give them your money. While foreflight has made huge gains in the professional pilot ranks, the majority of respondents. Anyway i have gone through the trial periods for both aopas flyq and foreflight. We offer several different options and can provide the classes at your location or ours.
It gives me great pleasure to announce flyq pocket for android version 2. Otherwise you will only have companies like jeppesen and boeing. Answers to many of your questions can be found in our helpful guides, videos, and searchable database of questions and answers. Aopa flyq is the result of a partnership between aopa and seattle avionics, maker of the awardwinning voyager flight software system for windows. Flyq efb thanksgiving pilot app update seattle avionics flyq efb. Feb 09, 2014 problem is, unlike foreflight with the ipad, there doesnt seem to be any single android app that has a unanimous zomgz this is all you need reaction. Navigation charts, internet and inflight weather, moving map, hazard and terrain awareness, wireless connectivity, data sync. Its easy to build an adsb receiver from the parts list, or there are many inexpensive prebuilt options available. Flyq pocket for iphone and android is the powerful aviation app every pilot needs. The reason we have companies like foreflight, garmin, ifly etc is because the underlying data is free, courtesy of our government. Whenever a question comes up using the program and i contact team at foreflight, i am most pleased that i get a response and an answer within a day. Foreflight is the critically acclaimed flight planning, flight support, and electronic flight bag efb app for pilots. Flyq efb posted on november 7, 2015 march 7, 2016 by h.
Its packed with powerful features that every pilot needs to make that all important go or nogo decision before flight. We have some thoughts below and on our blog about how it may affect foreflight users. I find the planning interface inferior to foreflight and flyq. I played with gp when i was first training mainly because it was android capable and im not an apple guy but i switched to ff mainly because everybody else used it so it was easier to talk about tips and tricks. Since then, this app has added a slew of new inflight features, closing the gap or taking the lead in many cases. Aopa flyq for android by aircraft owners and pilots. Pilots embrace aviation apps aviation international news. Noting of course is this is totally just my opinion based on the type. Every pilot i know that tried to make the android efb thing work has eventually given up and gone to foreflight, because there is always something quirky or broken. Umm doesnt skydemon or runway hd, foreflight etc do this already. Every time i ask a foreflight user what is so much better, they tell me features that i have for free or trivial nonsense of marginal utility like the ability to place the approach plate on the map view.
Foreflight ipad app pro plus subscription from sportys. Navigation charts, internet and inflight weather, moving map, hazard and terrain awareness, wireless connectivity, data syncing and. Ive used foreflight and ipad for years but have always had an affinity for samsung. With foreflight or garmin pilot i can access the details of moa or restricted airspace by simply touching the airspace on the chart. Jan 15, 2020 while they didnt get the early jump like foreflight, garmin debuted their fullfeatured pilot app for ipad, iphone and android two years later in the spring of 2012. This mobile app for ios and android devices puts the airport directory, aopa weather and a select set of aopa flight. So, for those that have used both, should i make the switch. Flyq efb, for both ipad and iphone, is a toprated aviation app because it makes your flying easier and safer by thoughtfully integrating powerful features in a way that minimizes the number of screen taps and uses larger fonts to increase readability. A guy i know who tried that was very disappointed at the feature gap between the android version and the ios version. Garmin debuted their fullfeatured pilot app for ipad, iphone and android two years later in the spring of 2012.
Flyq efb is a toprated aviation app because it makes your flying easier and safer by thoughtfully integrating powerful features in a way that minimizes the. Their more sophisticated apps, this and the efb, are ios only. I have demoed at least 45 of the common efbs out there and. Very good app except that the android phone version flyq poket does not. The company has offered the flyq electronic flight bag for ios for years, and the new upgrade is currently in external beta testing. I played around with other options during my brief time with a android phone, foreflight is hands down the top dog. Flyq efb will use about 20gb for all states and all items. Its just personal preference and what you get used to. Transfer your flight plan to your favorite efb fltplan go, foreflight mobile, garmin pilot, naviator, seattle avionics flyq efb and wingx pro7. Foreflight vs aopa flyq efb cessna 172 forum cessna. It is compatible with pretty much everything out there, including foreflight, flyq efb, navigator, avnav, wingx, avare efb, fltplan go, droidefb, aeroviereports, avplan efb, ifly gps, droidefb, ozrunways efb.
Thanks to the developers of this awesome, continuously improving, android app. See flyq online for a webbased flight planning solution. Seattle avionics releases flyq online, upgrades flyq efb. Flyq pocket from seattle avionics is the absolutely free, powerful aviation app that every pilot needs. Includes assembled in case with suction cup mounting latest stratux software v1. For a more indepth look inside these apps and to see how i use them in the cockpit i. The only material difference is that the app has a splitscreen feature when used on an ipad but not on an iphone due to differences in screen size. App developers supporting stratus 3 through the gdl90 protocol. For fleet operators, stratus is an excellent addition to your electronic flight bag program. Avare is one of the few completely free android efb apps and is fairly. It is only advertised periodically but is usually available if you contact them directly.
Flyq pocket is a great aviation app for all pilots. Actually the only apple requirement is a down side as i would like to use my android as a back up if my ipad fails. Aug 16, 20 foreflight a year ago, we concluded that foreflight had the essential inflight features, but lacked some high end navigation tricks of its competitors. Going back to foreflight ive used ff for about 2 years. In the air, this electronic flight bag efb displays your current position and flight plan onto an aviation chart us only at this time along with weather information nexrad, winds, pireps, sigmets, airmets, tafs, and metars. In case youve been off flying in antarctica, boeing purchased foreflight. In this post i try to offer some advice to help readers decide which ipad is best for them. Not able to connect to adsb transponder over bluetooth occasionally, etc. Supports ifly gps, foreflight, flyq efb, navigator, avnav, wingx, avare efb, fltplan go, droidefb, aeroviereports, avplan efb, droidefb, ozrunways efb whats included in the box. However, flyq efb downloads tfrs, fuel prices, and weather automatically so rest assured that this data will always be current even without doing a manual update also, read this terrific post from keith r if you use our chartdata manager application for windows to update your data. Foreflight aviations top app basic plus subscription.
Foreflight s design incorporates many of apples standard ios interface conventions, menus and controls, which eases the learning curve. Stratux is free software that enables diy and low cost adsb receivers for pilots. Support center foreflight electronic flight bag and. Also, i dont understand why foreflight feels they have to charge you more for certain features like terrainhazard avoidance and georeferenced taxi diagrams when other apps include those in their basic subscription. Stratus is a wireless, portable ped so no modification to the airframe is required.
Turn your ipad or iphone into the ideal cockpit companion. All the features of foreflight for less money, and with easier access in flight. Foreflight mobile is the critically acclaimed flight planning, flight support, and electronic flight bag efb app for pilots. Often pilots will ask what ipad we suggest to be used with flyq efb. Garmin may have been the largest general aviation avionics company at that time, but they found themselves in the position of playing catch up in the mobile app. I cant seem to make a decision on which one to go with. Flyq efb is a toprated aviation app because it makes your flying easier and safer by thoughtfully integrating powerful features in a way that minimizes the number of screen taps and uses larger fonts to increase readability. Best portable adsb receiver recommendations aviation.
Ive used foreflight for years and its great, they keep adding features. Its hard to change after using one of these apps for a while. Foreflight iphoneipad aviation app pro plus subscription works better than promised. And on the software side, foreflight was just as responsive and released a. Foreflight offers about off for members of safe and nafi. I used to have a lot of apple products, dont like how they handle their accessories and how the products arent capable to be customized like an android which is simple to root. Flyq efb does not currently support that, although they indicated its coming when i contacted them about it. But its tricks, even if they were included in the earlier version, still amaze. For that reason, i prefer to support open source efforts. Odds are youll find more uses for it than just for flying.
Flyq efb for ipad is the big brother to flyq pocket with step up features like a. Flyq pocket combines aviation weather, airport info, fbo info, fuel prices, and flight. Jul 08, 20 the other serious deficiency ive found so far is the lack of detail on special use airspace. Choosing between foreflight, garmin pilot, wingx, and flyq efb is definitely a first world problem. From one of the leaders in aviation comes foreflight mobile a comprehensive efb app. I get foreflight for free from work backup for jeppesen electronic flight bag.
Garmin may have been the largest general aviation avionics company at that time, but they found themselves in the position of playing catch up in the mobile app market. Moreover, while the general population has more android devices than ios. Stratux adsb stratux adsb diylowcost portable adsb. Like several others have done, i am considering using foreflight for planning and filing on the ground and garmin pilot for flying with the gdl39 and the garmin 796. Flyq efb for ipad is the big brother to flyq pocket with step up features like a moving map. To begin, most pilots want to know what screen size they should get. I flew to kosh using foreflight and flyq efb sidebyside. Flyq pocket started out life as freeflight under seattle avionics brand. Nov 28, 2019 in the past i have used avare on an android and was pretty happy with it for the flying i was doing. This can be set in flyq efb from the flights tab in the my profile area or from the my. Ipad versus android or others, foreflight etc modern mooney. Available exclusively to aopa members, aopa flyq is the powerful flight planning app every pilot needs. Droidefb is an aviation navigation app that runs on android, the worlds most popular mobile platform.
Seattle avionics president john rutter said flyq online combines the flight planning of seattle avionics voyager flight software system for windows created in 2002 with the design of the flyq efb created in 2010. Seattle avionics flyq efb app is an easytouse, fullfeatured app that is now joined by two new products, the flyq online product, called, sensibly enough, flyq online, a webspecific portal that goes beyond what the companys ios and android apps can do. These are intensive programs and are guaranteed to make you feel safe when using these amazing technologies. I use it for weather checking, flight planning, flight plan filing and en route navigation, traffic and weather. Probably the most requested preflight feature on wingx was the ability to view internet weather overlaid on the moving map. So i shot a quick video showing you guys some of those features i love and use on a regular basis.
I see a lot of foreflight is better, but not many concrete reasons why. A continual stream of product enhancements means foreflight is the gift that keeps giving throughout the year. Adsb traffic and weather information, and navigation gps position using internal gpyes waas gps receiver are all provided. Some of those app developers, such as foreflight, focused exclusively on devices that run on apples ios platform, which, for all intents and purposes. Another factor here is that jeppesen and foreflight are working together on new products. Its brilliantly easy to use and astonishingly fast. Flyq pocket for android was the last of the apps to be rebranded. I use a samsung galaxy tab s, 8 inch and fltplango. News, tips, and special offer for flyq efb and chartdata users. Flyq online provides pilots free flight planning, fuel prices, aviation weather, detailed airport information, and much more. Garmin pilot is an efb that supports both android and ios platform. Foreflight does what it does thanks to dozens of developers. Stratuxbased adsb receivers are the only fullfeatured receivers on the market that are compatible with every major efb. Ive been using ifly gps on an android tablet, coupled with an adsb receiver for quite some time.
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