akiley

Hi Geof, Thanks for the reply. I've been following you over on Beech. Saw your photos. I live downtown A2, I rent from Solo/UM Flyers, and Adrian Soaring club. Wish I had crashed your SkyRadar show and tell breakfast! (I'm just about to make the Skyradar plunge and kill XM on my 396, but still waiting for "I'm not sure what")Back to topic. I know FF and WingX probably don't support output from a sim, but I was thinking there might be a way to fool it. You would need to get the serial out from the PC/sim, to a WiFi signal pretending to be an external GPS as are supported by iPad2. Not impossible, but probably unlikely as you say. I've simmed forever and using the Garmin 396, and more recently an old iPaq running soaring software with Condor glider sim, I've found them to be super valuable (and fun) to learn a hand held navigator. Back off topic. I have the XM 50 buck package which I'm guessing has more ways to look at weather than the SkyRadar/ADS-B package. Like winds aloft at all altitudes, individual storm cells, freezing level etc. Do you find you miss much of that stuff, or are things good? I guess with FF and WingX, you can collect and even screen capture lots of that stuff before you takeoff. Can't do that with a Garmin 396!Best ... Aaron

I would LOVE a way to send serial nmea out from my simulators (FSX, X-Plane) to the iPad. I am evaluating two iPad apps for real flying. (WingX and Foreflight) I know there is a WiFi GPS sold that works with the iPad 2 and WingX. http://www.skyradar.net/ It works by creating a wifi hot spot.I use a Garmin handheld GPS that works with sims, but the iPad is obviously a different animal. Any thoughts?... Aaron