iPhone or iPod Touch apps for flight planning

[dougc905]

Just wondering if anyone here has used an iPhone app for flight planning. I am looking at the app store and see two that look interesting: mye6b and flighttouch.

Both seem to fullfill the purposes of the e6b and then some. They are relatively cheap so the cost is not an issue. I am wondering about the time required to get up to speed using each app and then whether using the app is worthwhile.

Any comments will be appreciated.

Doug

[RyanF]

I use Copilot, works great, even has GPS support!

[dougc905]

Thanks. Took a look. Copilot seems to be a well developed app.

Doug

[FL020]

anything for blackberry? storm

[paydaymayday]

anything for blackberry? storm

Slight thread 7500... how are you finding your storm? Mine's sluggish, shoulda stayed with the pearl.

[Crobe]

Use FlightTouch for my E6B and AeroWeather for my WX. I Like FlightTouch for the E6B functions as well as climb/descent planning. I does everything and more than the wheel, but much faster and easier to use. I have never taken full advantage of the leg navigation feature, as you have to input the Lat/Long for every waypoint. I found it faster and easier to do it with pencil a map and a ruler.

The W&B feature is my favorite though, once you set it up, you can do a W&B in about 10 seconds. I LOVE AeroWeather! Not only does it have all the NavCan WX stations, but you can get marine buoys, lighthouses, municipal wx stations.

[niss]

Is it still 8hrs bottle to throttle if I drink an iBeer?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3MfQIswl3k

[Sneeker]

Wow this is pretty cool stuff. Yeah Im wondering too if there are versions for the black berry.

[trevor3999]

The one that I use is Pilotwiz. One of the best features, is its able to grab metars and tafs automatically.
Really useful!!!

[Turkey]

Does anyone have any experience with this one?

http://www.hiltonsoftware.com/index.html

[nutmeg]

as the numbers on my old and aging E6B are wearing off i was thinking of getting a CX2. but then knowing that there are probably a dozen iphone aps which does everything wondering if that would be acutually better than a clunky CX2? does anyone use their iphone / or have good aps that they use on regular basis for flight planning - or would it be best to stay traditional. any good aps that you would recommend ?
thanks!

[SuperchargedRS]

Before you drop money on a new pda/phone look into A-GPS vs Standalone GPS, you dont want a assisted unit (not sure about the new ones, but the old iphones need the network to get a fix).

Here is the software I have been using for almost 2 years now (even tried the good pepsi challenge holding it next to a G496!).
http://www.approach-systems.com/

[Dust Devil]

Before you drop money on a new pda/phone look into A-GPS vs Standalone GPS, you dont want a assisted unit (not sure about the new ones, but the old iphones need the network to get a fix).

Here is the software I have been using for almost 2 years now (even tried the good pepsi challenge holding it next to a G496!).
http://www.approach-systems.com/

The 3g and 3gs have standalone gps but need network connectivity to download maps in google maps. As to the question of software I have copilot and mye6b. both work well but mye6b does seem to crash more often.

[canwhitewolf]

Just wondering if anyone here has used an iPhone app for flight planning. I am looking at the app store and see two that look interesting: mye6b and flighttouch.

Both seem to fullfill the purposes of the e6b and then some. They are relatively cheap so the cost is not an issue. I am wondering about the time required to get up to speed using each app and then whether using the app is worthwhile.

Any comments will be appreciated.

Doug

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this one also does blackberry

wingX the 99 dollar moving map for iphone etc looks very useful

http://www.hiltonsoftware.com/?cr=BanMan&kw=Biz

[oldncold]

palm latest fly by nav pro works well

[mattedfred]

i use this for weather and radar

http://www.wxsys.com/