Get to play with my new toy today -- samsung galaxy tab s6 and GP

[McMooney]

woot, wifey Santa brought me a new Airplane toy this year 8)

 

I wish the ancient avionics in our planes could be so easily updated.  I swear if I had the cash, i'd figure out a way to get it done.

Edited January 1, 2020 by McMooney
adding screenshot

[carusoam]

Nice pictorial Pirep, McMooney.

Now to find the best way to mount it in the panel or on the yoke. 

Best regards,

-a-

[McMooney]

It's about an inch wider than my ipad mini 5,  thinking it'll fit in the same x-grip.

 

 

[rbridges]

I know, it's crazy how much more advanced the tablets are than the certified units.  

[Raptor05121]

Very nice! I have the S4 and am interested in the new S6s.

[McMooney]

10 hours ago, McMooney said:

It's about an inch wider than my ipad mini 5,  thinking it'll fit in the same x-grip.

 

 

woot, it fits the x-grip

Edited January 2, 2020 by McMooney

[Hank]

Always good to see another true fan here in the fruit bowl! I'm still enjoying my Galaxy Tab A running Avare, works great for me and the price is right!

[midlifeflyer]

1 hour ago, Hank said:

Always good to see another true fan here in the fruit bowl! I'm still enjoying my Galaxy Tab A running Avare, works great for me and the price is right!

 

Not an Avare fan but my Tab A is my main backup and it has been rock solid.

[EricJ]

I have two Tab Es and an ancient Tab 3 that still works wonderfully and is my backup.   I maintain Avare on all three, one of them also has FltPln Go on it in for diversity in case Avare has a system failure of some kind.  I also have my old S4 phone in my bag and it, too, has Avare on it but I'm diligent about maintaining it.   I've let passengers use it to follow the map, see ADS-B-in traffic, etc.

It's a nice ecosystem.   I like it.

[McMooney]

Replaced my s2 tab 8.0 with an ipad mini 5 cellular, due to it running out of space and being dog slow.

Replaced the Galaxy Tab S3 due to it running out of space, GP with all the options is quite large; also GP doesn't like running from the SD card.

 

 

[Hank]

1 hour ago, McMooney said:

Replaced my s2 tab 8.0 with an ipad mini 5 cellular, due to it running out of space and being dog slow.

Replaced the Galaxy Tab S3 due to it running out of space, GP with all the options is quite large; also GP doesn't like running from the SD card.

Then move the other stuff to the SD card . . . . .

[McMooney]

Nothing to move, Just ran out of space.

It only has 32Gb of storage, I like to select all the options.  Hate having to remember to download stuff

Edited January 2, 2020 by McMooney

[Hank]

28 minutes ago, McMooney said:

Hate having to remember to download stuff

Always have to update charts and plates . . . . Sectionals every 6 months, plates every 4 weeks.

[McMooney]

1 minute ago, Hank said:

Always have to update charts and plates . . . . Sectionals every 6 months, plates every 4 weeks.

It's automatic in GP.  about a week prior to expiry, gp will "TRY" to download the next cycle.

 

[Hank]

Just now, McMooney said:

It's automatic in GP.  about a week prior to expiry, gp will "TRY" to download the next cycle.

 

That's a nice feature!! I do my own in Avare, ad select each time what to update

[jwilcoxon78]

On 1/2/2020 at 11:16 AM, EricJ said:

 one of them also has FltPln Go on it in for diversity in case Avare has a system failure of some kind. 

Eric - Have you used, if you are equipped to do so, the AHRS function on FltPln Go App?  I recently had a GTX345 installed and, while I'm able to now access this feature, it doesn't seem to be working properly.  Not sure if it's an App issue or Xponder issue.  Hope to use a free trial for Garmin Pilot this week on a flight so i'll see if that works but thought i'd check with another FltPln Go user.

[EricJ]

1 hour ago, jwilcoxon78 said:

Eric - Have you used, if you are equipped to do so, the AHRS function on FltPln Go App?  I recently had a GTX345 installed and, while I'm able to now access this feature, it doesn't seem to be working properly.  Not sure if it's an App issue or Xponder issue.  Hope to use a free trial for Garmin Pilot this week on a flight so i'll see if that works but thought i'd check with another FltPln Go user.

I haven't, but I should try it with the AHRS in my Stratux.    The Avare app does *not* work with the Stratux AHRS, but I'm not sure about FltPln Go.

[EricJ]

2 hours ago, jwilcoxon78 said:

Eric - Have you used, if you are equipped to do so, the AHRS function on FltPln Go App?  I recently had a GTX345 installed and, while I'm able to now access this feature, it doesn't seem to be working properly.  Not sure if it's an App issue or Xponder issue.  Hope to use a free trial for Garmin Pilot this week on a flight so i'll see if that works but thought i'd check with another FltPln Go user.

Looking now, according to this the Stratux AHRS should work in FltPln Go.

http://stratux.me/#efb-compatibility

[jwilcoxon78]

20 hours ago, EricJ said:

Looking now, according to this the Stratux AHRS should work in FltPln Go.

http://stratux.me/#efb-compatibility

It does work, just seems erroneous.  The attitude indicator doesn't seem to track what's going on so I'm not sure if it's a GTX345 issue or an issue with the App.