VWGhiaBob
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So after reading all the great reviews of Foreflight, I decided to use it for my cross country yesterday from KVNY to KMHV. (As an aside, KMHV rocks...no traffic, an amazing airliner "boneyard", long runways, etc.).
Well, shortly after take off, Foreflight "froze" and stopped tracking my flight. "Oh s&(*" came to mind. I finished the trip with dead reckoning, as there's no convenient VOR at KMHV.
Question is...did I do something wrong? One person told me I shouldn't have turned off Wi-Fi, because that turns off GPS. But in another forum, there's a recommendation to turn off Wi-Fi to save battery life (Foreflight drains a battery faster than any other app I've used...as I've read in other postings here).
I thought Foreflight was FAA-approved for navigation. Do folks really use it for nav, and is my experience isolated? Or should I buy one of the external GPS / Weather trackers???
Thanks for any advice!
Well, shortly after take off, Foreflight "froze" and stopped tracking my flight. "Oh s&(*" came to mind. I finished the trip with dead reckoning, as there's no convenient VOR at KMHV.
Question is...did I do something wrong? One person told me I shouldn't have turned off Wi-Fi, because that turns off GPS. But in another forum, there's a recommendation to turn off Wi-Fi to save battery life (Foreflight drains a battery faster than any other app I've used...as I've read in other postings here).
I thought Foreflight was FAA-approved for navigation. Do folks really use it for nav, and is my experience isolated? Or should I buy one of the external GPS / Weather trackers???
Thanks for any advice!