iPad in DA40
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iPad in DA40
Looking for ideas and solutions on how to use iPad in DA40 - best location, mounts etc.
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Re: iPad in DA40
I LOVE my iPad. It is so cool with foreflight.Victor wrote:Looking for ideas and solutions on how to use iPad in DA40 - best location, mounts etc.
To tell you the truth, it is better not mounting it in my opinion. Initially I wanted to mount it too. I like to pick it up and look at it closely to see the little details on the approach plates, or the charts. I like to hand it to my co-pilot so they can do the same.
I was going to get a knee board for it, but I found no need. The standard case:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC361 ... TY3ODQ5OTY
is perfect as a kneedboard. It has just enough friction that it never falls of my knee.
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Re: iPad in DA40
Hello
Has anyone used the mount as described in Sportys
http://sportys.com/PilotShop/product/15728
Recently an app has been introduced into Australia where all the documents can be loaded onto an ipad, so thinking on getting one of these.
Cheers
Robin
PS only another 3 weeks before my DA 40 XLS is out of its first annual . It went in on March 24th... .
Has anyone used the mount as described in Sportys
http://sportys.com/PilotShop/product/15728
Recently an app has been introduced into Australia where all the documents can be loaded onto an ipad, so thinking on getting one of these.
Cheers
Robin
PS only another 3 weeks before my DA 40 XLS is out of its first annual . It went in on March 24th... .
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Re: iPad in DA40
I have the RAM mount that you linked. Works great, never comes loose even in the bumps. Only complaint is finding a good location for the ipad that doesn't block view out the window or the panel. This is not really anything to do with the mount, but just the size of the ipad in such a small cockpit. If it isn't too bumpy, I find myself just laying it loosely in my lap most of the time.
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Re: iPad in DA40
Same here. I couldn't find a good place to mount it in my steam gauge aircraft where it didn't block view of something important. When I'm not using it, I slide it between the center console and the copilot's rudder cable tube. That is a handy storage location - out of the way, yet easily accessible.Erik wrote:I LOVE my iPad. It is so cool with foreflight.Victor wrote:Looking for ideas and solutions on how to use iPad in DA40 - best location, mounts etc.
To tell you the truth, it is better not mounting it in my opinion. Initially I wanted to mount it too. I like to pick it up and look at it closely to see the little details on the approach plates, or the charts. I like to hand it to my co-pilot so they can do the same.
I was going to get a knee board for it, but I found no need. The standard case:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC361 ... TY3ODQ5OTY
is perfect as a kneedboard. It has just enough friction that it never falls of my knee.
Steve
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Re: iPad in DA40
Still researching
Just found this
http://www.forpilotsonly.com/iPro-Aviator.htm
looks interesting...especially being able to write down clearances etc. Note the comment from the Diamond flyer
Cheers
Robin
Just found this
http://www.forpilotsonly.com/iPro-Aviator.htm
looks interesting...especially being able to write down clearances etc. Note the comment from the Diamond flyer
Cheers
Robin
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Re: iPad in DA40
Same for me too.Erik wrote: I was going to get a knee board for it, but I found no need. The standard case:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC361 ... TY3ODQ5OTY
is perfect as a kneedboard. It has just enough friction that it never falls of my knee.
I bought stuff to make one myself but I eventually prefer the Apple case. Here is a link to a site explaining how to build an iPad kneeboard:
http://dreamschooner.wordpress.com/2010 ... kneeboard/
When I don't use it, I stuff it between my left leg and cockpit side.
BTW, since last 4.1 IOS update I can't lock the screen in portrait or landscape mode anymore, which is annoying when you look at maps and move your iPad.
Does any one know how to fix that ?
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Re: iPad in DA40
... double click, scroll to the left. This is where the icon for locking the orientation is now.
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Re: iPad in DA40
I think the latest iOS update gave you the option of using then button next to the volume control as an orientation lock again.
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Re: iPad in DA40
Great, thank you Gerhart, I am happier now !gsontheimer wrote:... double click, scroll to the left. This is where the icon for locking the orientation is now.
Tim,Tim wrote:I think the latest iOS update gave you the option of using then button next to the volume control as an orientation lock again.
I haven't installed IOS 4.3 yet. I will check that because I find the physical button easier to use.
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