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Title: so who want's an iPad then?
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February 5, 2010 05:29
So it should be possible to connect a NMEA multiplexer via the 30 pin connector. If we had this little device, the iPad would be a perfect all in one solution for navigation and instruments.
Personally i am not convinced by the built in GPS receiver from the iPhone.
I tested iNavX last summer, but the built in GPS was too sloppy/weak for save navigation (at least here in europe).
So i switched back to the mac mini with GPSnavX and use the iphone as a repeater screen via VNC in the cockpit, which works like a charme.
Another thing that makes navigating on the iphone/iPad useless for me without NMEA connection is that you cannot let the autopilot steer to a waypoint.
Such a little adaptor/connector would make the iPhone/iPad a really powerfull navigation tool and you would not need a computer or plotter anymore.
 
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