Ipad overheating. Any solutions?

[Marauder]

How clean are all of your fingers after preflight? Especially when traveling away from home. Untying ropes can be the worst, many tiedowns are sunk into the ramp and full of dirt, which is muddy after rain or heavy dew. Sometimes I have to dig them out to get my ropes through them. Add some oil, dip and sump tanks, check alternator belt and starter security . . . Stuff gets on my fingers. YMMV.

Costco sells handiwipes in little packets.

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[Marauder]

I have been using my min Ipad mounted on the yoke in more than 110 degree environment and it has never overheated. I disagree that a white ipad is girly...

I carry a girly iPad too...

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[midlifeflyer]

I carry a girly iPad too...

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Me too.

I also wash my hands. Here's the instructions.

[Browncbr1]

The back of iPads are just big aluminum heat sinks. If you cover it up, it will overheat. It needs to be mounted so that most of the aluminum has good ventilation. If it's on your lap or the seat next to you, then the heat sink isn't breathing much.

[MyNameIsNobody]

I carry a girly iPad too...

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Black is beautiful...and shows smudges, but that's how I roll. Prefer Black in picture frames, watch faces/bands, cars, motorcycles and shirts-Johnny Cash

[midlifeflyer]

The back of iPads are just big aluminum heat sinks. If you cover it up, it will overheat. It needs to be mounted so that most of the aluminum has good ventilation. If it's on your lap or the seat next to you, then the heat sink isn't breathing much.

 

You still kinda need more. I have a backing for my iPad to protect it from miscellaneous bumps and I still have not had it overheat in flight. Maybe I'm doing something wrong?

[Browncbr1]

You can buy cheap aluminum heat sinks from places like radio shack that you can actually tape them to the back of the iPad with that Amber colored heat resistant tape.

[Skybrd]

I usually keep my I-pad on my lap and at times cover the screen with a map to keep sun light off. I have tinted glass and the mooney seats are lower than Beechcraft airplanes providing less direct sunlight to the screen. I had my I-pad over heat while flying a Beech Debonair. The seats are higher and the sunlight is more pronounced on the pilot and your I-pad sitting on the knee. I also think some window stick on tinting might help in extreme conditions. I would like to see a I-pad cooler assemble to attach the I-pad to protecting from over heating.

[Hank]

Why would the FAA care about anything tondo with Non-Certified Portable Electronic??? This just emphasizes why I never depend on a tablet. Next time your iPad overheats enroute and won't restart, you'll quit laughing at my sectional charts.

[Hank]

Just to poke the bear, Dave, I bet your two ipads cost a lot more than my chart subscriptions . . . EFBs have their place, and for me, it's in planning and "advisory information" in flight. I like being able to see more than it shows, and I like being able to drive from home, work or Walmart straight to the plane and fly, without a detour to get my iPad, which may or may not be fully charged, and may or may not cut out in flight.

[gsengle]

To poke the bear further I'd say that a good implementation like foreflight enhances safety of flight over cumbersome paper.... Much more info faster, alerting, integrated traffic weather TFRs, etc etc. and I have power in the plane so no big deal about state of battery charge... I really do think at this point that paper is inferior. More time fiddling with paper less time looking out the window...

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[midlifeflyer]

I usually keep my I-pad on my lap and at times cover the screen with a map to keep sun light off. I have tinted glass and the mooney seats are lower than Beechcraft airplanes providing less direct sunlight to the screen. I had my I-pad over heat while flying a Beech Debonair. The seats are higher and the sunlight is more pronounced on the pilot and your I-pad sitting on the knee. I also think some window stick on tinting might help in extreme conditions. I would like to see a I-pad cooler assemble to attach the I-pad to protecting from over heating. You would think the FAA would want something like that to insure safety and reliability.

Am I reading this correctly? You want the FAA to maker rules and regulations to tell you how you can and cannot use an iPad? You must really like to be regulated. Or is it you like to make sure others are being regulated?

[Hank]

Am I reading this correctly? You want the FAA to maker rules and regulations to tell you how you can and cannot use an iPad? You must really like to be regulated. Or is it you like to make sure others are being regulated?

I thought there is already a rule: uncertified electronics cannot be permanently mounted nor used for an instrument approach. What more rules are needed? The FAA can't react fast enough to publish rules for every individual piece of uncertified equipment that may be used in the cockpit.

[Skybrd]

Am I reading this correctly? You want the FAA to maker rules and regulations to tell you how you can and cannot use an iPad? You must really like to be regulated. Or is it you like to make sure others are being regulated?

Absolute not, that's not what I mean, I like freedom just like you.

[Seth]

Get a white iPad, don't use on already warm knee and try and keep out of direct sunlight

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When I got my iPad Mini2 as an upgrade over my iPad2, which I'd still be using if it weren't for dropping it last fall, I got a white one instead of a black one for the exact purpose of helping deflect heat (rather not absorb it as quickly).

 

-Seth

[PMcClure]

I used to use my charts for a better sunscreen. The Mooney Visors are so small!! I have had the iPad heat issue bite several times. Most often on warm days when the device is left on the visor. But also even on winter days above a layer and on my knee. Keep it out of the sun and keep a spare is the best advice I can give. I did find that if I put the device up to the vents, it cools quicker. 

[Robert C.]

On a slightly different note...what do you do for glare and reflections?

 

My iPad 2 also overheated and was just too large on a yoke mount, so I just got a 2nd-hand iPad mini 2. Much better on the yoke, but half the time very hard to read due to the light/reflections.

 

Are their glare/reflection reducers that you have tried and like?

 

Robert

[midlifeflyer]

Absolute not, that's not what I mean, I like freedom just like you.

Whew!

[ArtVandelay]

Are their glare/reflection reducers that you have tried and like?

Robert

Yes, but I couldn't tell you brand name, mine is a standard plastic shield that fits over the entire face. It doesn't eliminate direct glare from the sun but does take out secondary reflections. Basically a flat finish piece of clear plastic, bought if off Amazon

[midlifeflyer]

On a slightly different note...what do you do for glare and reflections?

 

My iPad 2 also overheated and was just too large on a yoke mount, so I just got a 2nd-hand iPad mini 2. Much better on the yoke, but half the time very hard to read due to the light/reflections.

 

Are their glare/reflection reducers that you have tried and like?

 

Robert

 

I used a Speck ant-glare when I had an iPad 1 and it worked pretty good. The iPad 3 with the retina display was an improvement. While there is still plenty of glare, it's been good enough that an ant-glare screen was a cure worse than the disease. I'm hoping Apple comes up with a decent anti-glare screen when it's time for the next one.

[Browncbr1]

Tape one or two of these to the back of the ipad  

http://www.ebay.com/itm/100x40x20mm-High-Quality-Aluminum-Heat-Sink-For-Electronics-Computer-Electric-Eq-/161355824865?hash=item25918e7ee1

 

Use one of these kinds of tape:

Copper tape    http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-Roll-Single-Conductive-COPPER-FOIL-TAPE-5MM-X-30M-Electronic-Tool-/230985190703?hash=item35c7ca4d2f

 

Solder tape     http://www.ebay.com/itm/5MM-x-33M-100-Feet-High-Temperature-Heat-Resistant-SMT-Solder-Insulation-Tape-/251365295758?hash=item3a868a068e

 

tapes available in different widths... these are narrow to fit between heat sink fins.. 

 

If you want to get real fancy, you can tape one of these to the heat sink  

http://www.ebay.com/itm/12V-2-Pin-40mm-Computer-Cooler-Small-Cooling-Fan-PC-Computer-F-Heat-Sink-Black-/391212953610?hash=item5b161bf00a

 

 

 

Alternatively, buy one of these and modify it to hold the ipad.. 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/US-Stock-USB-Notebook-Laptop-Cooling-Pad-Heatsink-3-Fan-for-Computer-PC-with-LED-/400833437836?hash=item5d5388e08c

[midlifeflyer]

I thought there is already a rule: uncertified electronics cannot be permanently mounted nor used for an instrument approach. What more rules are needed? The FAA can't react fast enough to publish rules for every individual piece of uncertified equipment that may be used in the cockpit.

 

Don't ask me. The three rules that apply to external electronics and plain vanilla Part 91 ops seem fine to me: no permanent mounting (and that may be more than needed); cannot be used for primary IFR navigation (situational awareness and as a chart medium is OK); and the requirement to make sure it does not interfere with on-board systems (which has happened to pilots from time to time).

[aviatoreb]

Strangely....ipad and iphones will autoshut off and say "over heat" if they are run below 32F.  Which is very annoying esp with my iphone (in general use) (living in the North Country) - only the iphone 5's and up have this problem.  This is a major nuisance since up until this winter I used to use my iphone as a safety device when I would xc ski - I figured if I would ski in the local park if I ever fell down and broke a leg in cold weather, I could call 911.  I will need to get another phone for this purpose.  Ditto if you think you can call for help if you ever have an off field landing in the winter.

[MB65E]

I have your fix!!! It's a New Acclaim with that ever so cool A/C switch!!

[ryoder]

It happened while I was at 9500 feet and the cabin was very cool since I had the bekool AC running from taxi to about 6k. The direct sunlight did it.

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