With foreflight, I think skyvector is all but obsolete. I only used it because I didn’t have foreflight.
What the hell is “own ship”?
I’ve come to realize that a man needs to buy at least 5 kneeboards before realizing that it’s a bad idea…
I don’t have foreflight right now so…
I’ve never used an oldschool kneeboard for holding a notepad or sectional chart. So this was a first.
It’s simple as hell, and I would have to agree it’s got to be damn close to universal. Probably even a larger Phablet type device would work in it (would just sacrifice a large percentage of screen space since the retaining piece lay right on the screen).
I thought you were drunk typing…
“Phablet” is an actual word!
Did you actually use it yet? If so what were the results?
This is what it ended up looking like
My Brother flew my Dad and I over to KLHV in his Piper Apache. Only took 1.5hrs to get there with an anticipated 4.5hrs for me bringing the Super Cub home. I had a really good indication of how bad it was going to be for me, as the turbulence was expected to get worse as the day went on. For reference, we flew over at 5,000. Then climbed to 7,000 to get out of the worst of it. On the way home, they climbed to 10,500 MSL. I tried to pull up historical wind data for the day at Lock Haven. It doesn’t begin to tell the whole story, due to the terrain. The wind was out of the North with East-West terrain creating significant turbulence all along the route. On takeoff, I elected not to have the iPad in the kneeboard clip because I thought it may get in the way of control stick displacement. My plan was to follow a valley until 4,500 MSL, then I’d get the iPad in the kneeboard clip to start really navigating. The turbulence didn’t subside until 8,500 MSL though. That was a long time of almost no navigation. The turbulence was so bad at times I had one hand on the stick and the other on a fuselage member. My only focus was Airspeed and attitude control. I didn’t even worry about navigation. As a result, I ended up pretty far southwest from just following the ridgeline. The extra climb, and some extra distance by not flying a good course heading increased my fuel burn by about a half Gallon but my TAS was a bit higher up there. Ended up shaving about 10 minutes off to the first segment to the fuel stop. From there on the turbulence got better as I went West which was predicted and only had to climb to 4,500 MSL on this segment to find tolerable smoothness. With the turbulence a lesser concern, distractions came in the form of traffic to watch in the busier airspace. I just kept an eye out as I descended below the CLE Class Bravo and headed NW to PCW. The air steadily smoothed out and by the time I was over Lake Erie it was completely devoid of any sensation of flight whatsoever. It’s what I imagine flying in outerspace must feel like. This gave me a chance for the first time in almost 4hrs of flying to enjoy the plane I had bought. At 2300rpm this thing is humming along at 105mph indicated. Not too bad for 90hp. Although the trip home wasn’t as enjoyable as I’d imagined, we completed the mission safely, on time, and on budget…. I can’t say it didn’t go as planned?
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You’ve never heard phablet before?!
Yeah, I used it on the way home. It’s as simple and straight forward as I can imagine one being. It fit with the case on the iPad and everything. I’m very pleased with it. I won’t use it but once a year MAYBE as almost all my flight are local.
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I am so happy for you man!!! So glad you got the bird home. I can’t wait to get a ride in it this summer.
Thanks for the trip report. The Screenshot from the new iPad looks great!
Given the slower airplane and no electrical system, this is creeping up on a @JJTEX817 level X-Country… not quite that long, but starting to get to where I wouldn’t put them in the same chapter but maybe the same book.
That’s a long trip for that airplane. Especially going from zero time in the make/model straight into this!
Oh yeah, Jared’s hardcore compared to me!
I have 150hrs in Super Cubs.
Wait what? I didn’t know that…
Where are those hours from?
Raw dogged that entire cross country holding left rudder.
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Legend has it that his left calf is still sore to this day…
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I got those hours from Flying Super Cubs
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No Shit Shurlock! When did you previously have that much access to super cubs?
Flight instructing and the seaplane rating and flying I did.
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