Hi.I always find it very annoying when flying, I always have to press Alt+Enter, go to the internet and search for charts on Google. No problem actually, but I would prefer to view charts while flying. So what's the best way to do this? And iPad, or seperate cheap laptop? I also tried connecting my TV to my graphics card together with my monitor. All worked fine, but when I started to play FSX and switched to full screen mode, everything on my TV went blank and couldn't view my charts anymore.So what's the best way to view charts? A TV (if so, please tell me the settings in Control Panel), a laptop? An iPad? Or will an iPhone do the job, or it to small? Thanks!

i use an ipad. I also use it for some of the tutorials so I can follow along. Probably the most convenient way but a cheap laptop should do the trick as well.

I am thinking about a dual monitor setup. That's even cheaper than a cheap laptop I guess...Robert

I have a 10 year old compaq that sits to the side of my main PC that I use for charts, streaming live ATC and web browsing during long flights. A laptop or notebook computer would work even better (old CRT monitor takes up a lot of space!)

iphonemitch bowman

I couldn't do it without printed charts, otherwise EFB on a second pc (or monitor)

Hey bud,I agree with the guys above for the most part but I think an EFB would probably much better suit ur needs. I know of two that are available at the moment. One is from FSwidgets and the other from Aivlasoft. check these out FIRST.Cheers,-Nate

I am thinking about a dual monitor setup. That's even cheaper than a cheap laptop I guess...Robert

if you run in windowed mode your fps will get killed.

...sorry, to clarify I mean first as in before you purchase a second computer or ipad

What about an iPhone? I was thinking about buying one anyway? Or a Samsung Galaxy S II or whatever? Would that be good? Or is it too small? (I know you can zoom in but still...)

You can also get a $199.00 Kindle Fire, or a $249.00 Barnes and Noble Tablet that will both display charts. All you need is a wifi connection to access the charts from a website.

Hi,If you have a second monitor get 'EFB' from aivlasoft, its really excellent.I think that you can have a Free 30 day trial too.I used it once and bought it, it's that good, give it a go.Cheers -

I use my laptop for charts and also for Topcat take off calcs. Am happy with that as many airlines use laptops for their performance calcs. I have just upgraded my FSX computer and am slowly installing my add ons but am going to install Active Sky evo onto my laptop. That way I can also use my network to print weather reports whilst am flying.I also run two monitors on my FSX computer. I run FSX in the non windowed mode( I prefer the look) and I drag the ATC window, logs or in planes with an engineer's panel the 2d engineer panels to the second monitor.

I use printed charts, like most who actually fly do (excepting those rw groups who use EFBs). If not, I use my networked computer (which also runs ASE, SB and so on) and go to AirNav.

if you run in windowed mode your fps will get killed.

I run the NGX in windowed mode with REX ASE UTX Ultimate Taraffic 2 and Aerosoft Frankfurt at 20 FPS.