and San Diego TAC, SW Sectionals, CA procedures, A/FD Pacific, and Airport Diagrams.Īsare's downloads used about 338MB of data, storing 325 MB in total, 316 MB of that 'data' (9.6 MB for the app itself).Īvare has a handy “find” function I could use, to, for instance, locate an intersection (“DANAH”) and navigate directly to it:
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My back-of-napkin calculations, going by FltPlan Go’s reported download sizes, is 1.2GB in storage used with downloading Victor Law SW, IFR Terminal, L.A. With everything “packed” (local TAC, sectionals, IFR low charts, A/FD pages, approach plates, airport diagrams, etc.), FltPlan Go gobbled up 2GB of data transfer - there were a couple of ‘failed’ downloads (a 573MB sectional chart) that each time restarted from 0. (One caveat: I didn't initially see the "download" button, nor intuit that the icon bar on the left could be scrolled. Roughly the equivalent images in ForeFlight:įltPlan Go definitely has the more polished user interface, too. With these from FltPlan Go (couldn't zoom in any further on FltPlan Go, so they're not exactly apples-to-apples): They look like scans of paper documents (?), rather than rendered vector images. Nexus 7 (2012), 8GB storage, factory reset and used only to compare these aviation apps.Īvare’s charts are poor quality.Just for the sake of completeness, I also downloaded Garmin Pilot, which has a 30 day free trial. (By the hand of a DPE, say.) If I was going to grab the Nexus from my flight bag and fire it up, how useful would it be to (re)acquire situational awareness, find and brief the appropriate approach plate, etc.
My focus is on the apps generally, how usable they are if, say, I was being vectored for an approach and my iPad and G430 failed suddenly. I’m very comfortable with ForeFlight for that, and don’t have a reason to change.
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I’m not going to use an Android app to plan a flight, file a flight plan, get a DUATS briefing, check weather, etc. This isn’t a comprehensive review of the platforms. Thought I’d see what was available that might serve as a backup to my iPad/Stratus setup (the Nexus has a built-in GPS and more screen real estate than my iPhone, and it was sitting in a drawer unused, so why not?). I have an old Android Nexus tablet that was collecting dust.
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