Writing on an iPad

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Has anyone had any luck with writing or drawing on their iPad?

I can't seem to be able to write anything that is legible. It always ends up choppy or a big black blob. I've seen some amazing drawings made on the iPad but I have no idea how that do it.

I do have a stylus but its a cheap iHome one. I've notice that I can't tell where the pen stoke will be because of the large footprint of the pen.
 
I use an app called Jot to write down taxi clearances with my index finger and it works alright so long as I write big.
 
Art VanDelay said:
I use an app called Jot to write down taxi clearances with my index finger and it works alright so long as I write big.
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I use the FF scratch pad for those.

I have been trying to use my mini for class. I tried on my old iPad 1 when I first got it but I kept getting annoyed that it would look like crap.
 
I've used the FF scratch pad as well, between my lousy handwriting and drawing with my finger, I am better off trying to remember a clearance!! :mad2:
I do keep a couple pens and some paper in the cockpit for clearances, only paper I use in flight, other than an occasional Kleenex.:D

ARFlyer said:
I use the FF scratch pad for those.

I have been trying to use my mini for class. I tried on my old iPad 1 when I first got it but I kept getting annoyed that it would look like crap.
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I can't believe FF hasn't added multiple pages to the scratch pad yet. It's so silly not to...
 
I've never embraced the whole scratch pad thing. If I need to write something, I'm normally doing it in an email or text.
 
I use Noteability but when I'm flying I usually use the notepad in WingX Pro 7 (it has 5 pages).
I pull it up in view 2 of the split screen. I manage to write legibly enough to read my own notes. So that's all that matters to me.
 
N747JB said:
I do keep a couple pens and some paper in the cockpit for clearances, only paper I use in flight, other than an occasional Kleenex.:D
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I keep a log of clearances (if any) frequencies, times, squawks, etc on a 4 x 6 note pad using (gasp) an ink pen. It started as a memory aid for freqs and a back-up means of tracking flight time when working with an ancient panel. No real operational reason to do it now other than I'm generally not busy with much else: ADS-B weather/notams on the ipads; lookin' out the window for traffic & position (or GPS); voices in my head as long as I get the frequencies right. I suppose the FAA medical branch will track me down now that I've mentioned voices in my head. It's okay, they go away when I take the headset off.
 
Keep several pens and paper ,to write down clearance,and en route changes. Could never get the scratch pad in ff to be readable.
 
Sketchbook Pro is a pretty good drawing app. ArtRage isn't bad. I have used Upad for note taking.
 
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