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How to configure iPad wireless settings during preflight
21 September 2012
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It’s important before each flight to properly configure the iPad’s wireless radios, especially when using a Bluetooth or WiFi accessory. This will help to both
maximize battery life and reduce the potential for interference with the panel-mounted avionics. Here are our recommended wireless settings for various iPad
and accessory combinations:
iPad with Bad Elf GPS receiver
iPad with Garmin GLO or Dual Bluetooth GPS
iPad with Stratus ADS-B/GPS receiver
3G/4G iPad when using internal GPS
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Paul
on Sep 28, 2012
at 9:16 pm
How to pair the iPad to gdl39??
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Kayak Jack
on Sep 29, 2012
at 10:22 am
Since setting Airplane Mode to “ON” disables interior GPS, that is the very reason I never set it to ON. Should the Bad Elf thinga-ma-jiggy fall out (and,
it’s a notoriously loose connection at best) I want a back up.
I’m a belt-and-suspenders kinda guy for flight safety.
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Larry Green
on Sep 29, 2012
at 11:40 am
can you use a ‘regular’ bluetooth gps with the ipad or do you need one designed for the apple
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John Zimmerman
on Sep 30, 2012
at 8:51 am
Larry, almost all Bluetooth GPSs work with the iPad. I’ve flown with lots of them. I’m sure there’s one out there that’s unique though.
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Mr Sweetie
on Oct 03, 2012
at 11:12 am
John My iPad won’t make a Bluetooth connection with my old obsolete Garmin 10 but I doubt anyone will be able to find a Garmin 10 these
days either except at a yard sale.
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Ron Simonton
on Sep 30, 2012
at 11:31 am
I am a WingX guy, and wonder why you don’t include WingX and the multiple ADS-B receivers that work with it. Your discussions are almost totally
Foreflight (great application)or Garmin (so-so). I would really appreciate more in-depth on WingX applications.
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Michel Pascal
on Sep 30, 2012
at 7:18 pm
If a put on airplane mode then bluetoot cannot come on sorry but it simply doesn’t work.
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weischens
on Sep 30, 2012
at 7:33 pm
On my iPad2, after I turn airplane mode on, I then go to the General tab (under Settings) and turn Bluetooth back on. It works for me anyway …
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Bob C Leary
on Oct 11, 2012
at 6:14 pm
I have a new I pad and wing x flight program. I bought a Dual GPS. When I first started using them together it was great. The GPS always connect and
has plenty green bars. The GPS also shows connected The wing x shows the GPS is on. The problem I have is getting the wing x to display the GPS
activity on the moving map now. Sometime the GPS at the top of the page goes off and on every 5 seconds for a minute or two then quits completely.
HELP. Is there someone I can call?
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Ray Durkee
on Oct 19, 2012
at 6:35 am
If you did not put the IPAD in “Airplane” mode–leaving the GPS on–while you also had a Bluetooth Dual GPS signal on and connected, which GPS
would be dominant?
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Darryl Rasmussen
on Dec 26, 2012
at 10:52 am
I have a Blu Link system that I use to listen to music and make cell phone calls via bluetooth on my iPhone in a helicopter. Problems doing that?
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John Zimmerman
on Dec 26, 2012
at 11:11 am
No, that works well in helicopters for the most part, because you’re flying lower. Just be sure there’s no interference.
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Darryl Rasmussen
on Dec 26, 2012
at 11:27 am
How about the iPad? Same for using in a helicopter.
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