Welcome to airline pilot forums connect and get the. We also host timesensitive critical data in the cloud, enabling users to download it quickly, reliably, and safely. We humbly suggest that its time to upgrade to a higherrated, easier to use, less expensive app. My renewal for foreflight is in the next few days, but im debating on whether to continue using it or if i should give garmin pilot a. Foreflight ipad app pro plus subscription from sporty. However, i give kudos to the founder for supporting stratux and offering the product for free to cfis.
We have answered many common questions on those pages. I can tell you that i love foreflight for both in flight and especially flight planning. Wingx pro vs foreflight cessna 172 forum cessna 172. The realtime gps data from a single gps pro can be used by up to 5 devices simultaneously any combination of supported ipad, iphone, or ipod touch devices.
This is a website about the simulation game microsoft flight simulator x or fsx, specifically an addon used in the game called foreflight. With the wing x splitscreen option, the pilot can begin briefing the iap without leaving the moving map page. Loyal foreflight user since the first ipad came out. Video user manual walks you through the features of wingx pro7s moving map. Garmin pilot users guide for android user manual pdf. Without going into detail, i finally chose to stay with ff and bought the stratus 2. From the flight planning stage all the way to inflight processes and arrival procedures, we constantly enhance our apps by adding the latest and most innovative navigation features.
Certificated flight instructors cfis get the following for free. But times change and some apps seem to be getting more expensive and more complicated. Ive only looked at foreflight briefly, so i havent done a real ab comparison. This article went on to become our most popular ever, and generated over 290 reader comments theyre still coming in today. External ipad gps receivers for foreflight hd foreflight. I have been quite happy with garmin pilot and the price point for all the features is better than foreflight. The new tablets supersharp retinal display will highlight foreflights already crisp imagery and text, which the company says. I ment to say skyradar and wing x pro have that conflict. I think that thirdparty stuff is a bit friendlier to. I feel like the garmin home location from where you choose maps, planning, etc hides the top level functions while foreflight shows the high level functions as tabs. Hilton software is the prime contractor for dods aeronautical mobile application, used across u. Hi all, my renewal has come up for foreflight and i have not checked out garmin pilot since my free trial expired a couple of years ago. Garmin and foreflight integrate with a single adsb receiver that they helped to design gdl 39 for garmin and stratus for foreflight. I strongly prefer the vectorbased mapping in garmin pilot, to the point i may eventually switch back and buy a gdl393d.
This feature has proved to be a very popular one with users of the aopa flight planner. Pilotworkshops has released a free download of its pilotfriendly foreflight manual. Our testing and all day demos at aopa summit shows that wingx pro7 runs great on ios 5 without modification. Foreflight is announcing support for external gps receivers for ipad, iphone, ipod touch.
Curious why everyone ignores flight guide iefb from the little. Aviation consumers paul bertorelli walks through the features of hilton softwares latest release of wingx pro on the ipad. At this point, foreflight has been around long enough that you know their flagship product. We prefer engineers who are pilots, but that is not required. Like foreflight, this is only available on apple ipadsiphones. Foreflight delivers advanced flight planning capabilities, terminal procedure charts, enroute navigation charts, moving map, synthetic vision, hazard awareness, optional jeppesen charts, a comprehensive library of marketleading weather information and. Organizations have myriad choices for apple, android, and microsoft. How can one upload waypoint files to foreflight or garmin.
Bad elf pro bluetooth gps receiver for ipad iphone overview. Im curious to know if anyone has an opinion and current experience with the latest versions of forefight and garmin pilot. Garmin pilot was added to the list of efb apps that can receive or download a flight plan. Apple users have a bunch of new choices for hardware, and even.
Page 1 page 2 page 3 page 4 page 5 page 6 page 7 page 8 page 9 page 10 page 11 page 12 page page 14 page 15 table of contents page 16 page 17 overview page 18 about this handbook page 19 page 20 page 21 page 22 page 23 getting started page 24 page 25 help file page 26 navigation bar page 27 page 28 page 29 page 30 map pane. If you get the pro version they are pretty well matched on features. The 26page pdf manual shares tips and techniques for getting the most from the app, with a special emphasis on flight plan operations. The wingx user interface works for me, even though its not as slick as foreflghts. A wingx pro7 subscription including wingx rewind an advanced ifr subscription with approach chart georeferencing. The ability to add waypoints, drag and drop your route to add waypoints, etc. The help file will open to context sensitive content users guide the full manual is the pdf formatted users guide for garmin pilot. I felt they were not as intuitive as the other three apps. I cant speak for wingx pro7 because i am completely unfamiliar. These companies argue that, by building the hardware and software as an integrated system, the end result is more features, more stability and more options for upgrades in the future. Pilots guide to foreflight mobile for ipad foreflight. The craft has been merchandised as a variety of toys and models and licensed for use in games, novels and comics. Foreflight hello, i am discarding the near worethless garmin pilot app and i am looking at going with wings x or foreflight.
Video user manual walks you through the features of wingx pro7 s moving map. Ive spent months considering how to upgrade my technologydeficient panel to get the best situational awareness bang for my buck, as well as get adsb compliance over with. Foreflight aviations top app basic plus subscription. Weve provided a pdf version for reading online or printing, as well as a special epub version for use in ibooks. Garmin s connectedpanel system is called connext and was initially designed to work exclusively with garmin pilot, but is now compatible with the foreflight app as well. Ive been using foreflight mobile since version 2, and raving about it on twitter the entire time. Download wingx and enjoy it on your iphone, ipad, and ipod touch. No usergenerated comments, a feature we like in foreflight for checking on. Using it as a fsx traffic flight gps, it will bring you an amazing and immersive experience and you can easily set it. Among professional pilots, foreflight clearly has outpaced its rivals, which include hilton softwares wingx pro7, flyq efb from seattle. Please login or register to enable access to the forums.
I have foreflight with a bad elf gps receiver on a yoke mounted ipad. Pilots embrace aviation apps aviation international news. I had both wingx and flyq running simultaneously for part of the flight. Despite stiff competition from foreflight and garmins pilot mycast, wingx pro is still enjoying great sales success, in large part based on the companys willingness to. Hilton software developer of wingx mobile aviation.
I have used both and in my opinion foreflight is more user friendly and allows me to access my information easier and now it even allows you to download maps and go do other things on the i pad while they still load in the background. Some agreed with our conclusions, some disagreed, but we received hundreds of comments thanking us for at least addressing the subject. Im a garmin pilot user because of the droid platform. And if you have a garmin 430 the regular version will do everything you need and then some. I have to say that in order of preference i would say foreflight garmin. The basic subscription of foreflight includes fuel prices and wing x does not.
Were excited to announce the release of the pilots guide to foreflight mobile. There are no user comments here or afd data, which isnt critical, but they are nice. Cfi free and sv free cfi free provides every cfi with a free solution to integrate wingx pro7 and wingx rewind into their flight training. If the garman 696 is not certified for ifr, its less useful than foreflight, which is an approved efb and can be used for flight planning etc. Weve collected a great deal of data about how the ipad and iphone builtin gps receivers work in the cockpit, and quickly came to the conclusion that an external gps receiver option is sorely needed for these devices. Flight stream can enable convenient twoway flight plan transfer, and the display of subscriptionfree adsb weather, traffic, backup attitude, and gps data in foreflight. Foreflight connects to garmin installed avionics via the flight stream 110, 210, or 510 garmins bluetooth wireless gateway.
Garmin avionics that offer this connectivity include the flight stream 110210510, gtx 345 adsb transponder, g3x experimental flight display and most of the new garmin. To the best of my knowledge, it does nearly everything that foreflight does, and the user interface is as friendly. Foreflight vs wingx pro battery life cessna 172 forum. Partners include stratus, garmin, uavionix, avidyne, l3, dynon avionics, freeflight, bad elf, and more.
This video compares 2 popular aviation navigation apps for the ipad. I initially purchased a subscription to foreflight and was happy with its performance. Commercial aviation hilton software is the market leader for general aviation navigation software. Apps like foreflight can update every chart plates, sectionals, en route. Ive tried wing x, foreflight, flyq efb, and the garmin and king apps. The basic version of wing x comes with geo referenced taxi diagrams which are great. Answers to many of your questions can be found in our helpful guides, videos, and searchable database of questions and answers. Wingx has a main menu, similar to garmin, but it is on its own.
For complete details on adsb receivers, see our buyers guide. This user manual covers foreflight mobile hd on the ipad, although much of it applies to iphone users as well. Foreflight has been upgraded to work nicely with the new ipad too. They are depicted as the primary interceptor and dogfighter of the rebel alliance and the new republic. Garmin wants to sell you a portable gps and an mfd. And it really seems to come down to apple vs android. Xwings are fictional starfighters from the original star wars trilogy and the star wars expanded universe. Wingx pro7 aviation moving map, charts, and weather for. The first time the file is accessed you will be prompted to chose a default pdf viewer. Wingx pro7 vs foreflight vs i am jumping on the adsb inout rebate and none of the 978 uat vendors except garmin supports my current garmin pilot app. Foreflight to pair with garmin avionics foreflight to pair with garmin avionics july 16, 2015 by dave hirschman in a move that brings together two former rivals, foreflight and garmin announced a close collaboration that pairs foreflights market leading ipad app with garmins dominant panelmount avionics. I am a foreflight user, but bought subscriptions to wingx and garmin pilot becuase i wanted to really see which i liked best.