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    In regards to the YL-15 being able to hold...

    In regards to the YL-15 being able to hold altitude with the nose both +25 degrees above the horizon and below anyone have any ideas on how it was able to do so? Being able to reflex the full length...
  2. A lot of class E space is exempted also. Roughly...

    A lot of class E space is exempted also. Roughly the 2020 rule is if you need Mode-C, you need ADS-B out, if you don't need Mode-C you still don't need ADS-B out.Which means there is still a need to...
  3. Free flight would require putting a transmitter...

    Free flight would require putting a transmitter and a GPS in every plane and a receiver and a display in every IFR plane. Which is exactly the same price as ADS-B out for VFR and ADS-B in/out for...
  4. What ever happened to the idea of 'free flight'?

    Just as a reminder free flight was an alternative to IFR control proposed a couple of decades ago that would put instrumentation in airplane cockpits allowing them to know where other airplanes are...
  5. Thread: iPad Mini

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    I just rechecked the specs. The iPad Mini 4 Wifi...

    I just rechecked the specs. The iPad Mini 4 Wifi doesn't have GPS. Often you will get location data on the ground because Apple and other companies have geo-located Wifi routers (yours and your...
  6. Thread: iPad Mini

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    And on the wind correction front. The GPS in the...

    And on the wind correction front. The GPS in the app's gives you your course taking into account wind. You end up finding a compass heading that allows you to hold your course. This is very similar...
  7. Thread: iPad Mini

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    If you do go the iPad route, just remember that...

    If you do go the iPad route, just remember that Wifi-only iPad's don't have a built in GPS. You've got to get the cellular data models to get the GPS. This means you will need to buy something like a...
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    I whole hardly agree. Having a whole year's worth...

    I whole hardly agree. Having a whole year's worth of pilots going to their doctors in May to test fly this process is not going to make the process as smooth or as thorough as spacing them out over...
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