Advanced iPad Flying: ForeFlight and Stratus Tips

1. John Zimmerman Sporty’s Pilot Shop Advanced iPad Flying ForeFlight and Stratus tips

2. John Zimmerman •  Active GA Pilot Comm/Multi/Inst/Heli •  Vice President Sporty’s Pilot Shop •  Publisher iPad Pilot News Advanced iPad Flying

3. • What’s new in ForeFlight • Advanced ForeFlight tips • Using Stratus and other accessories presentation overview Advanced iPad Flying

4. iPadPilotNews.com Additional resources Sit back, relax and learn! •  How-to articles •  iPad Videos •  Email Newsletter

5. ForeFlight What’s new in the app

6. Revamped Imagery tab What’s New

7. Long range forecasts What’s New

8. Visual ceiling and visibility forecasts What’s New

9. Forecast Discussions, MOS What’s New

10. New graphical briefing What’s New VS.

11. Flight notifications What’s New

12. Stadium TFR details What’s New

13. Logbook What’s New • Automatic log entries from track log • Currency tracking • Attach photos to flights • Customize data fields

14. Logbook - is it legal? What’s New

15. Logbook - getting started What’s New One big catch-up entry OR Web import (plan.foreflight.com)

16. Cloud sync What’s New • Recent and favorite routes, airports and WX imagery • Aircraft Profiles • Flight Plans • Weather Briefings • Logbook

17. Track logging What’s New

18. Flight Data Recording – Stratus What’s New • Stratus automatically records all flight data (up to 20 hrs.) • Records pitch and bank in addition to GPS position

19. Weight & Balance (requires Basic Plus subscription) What’s New

20. Synthetic Vision (requires Basic Plus subscription) What’s New

21. ForeFlight Top Tips

22. Advisors: Route, Procedure, Altitude Top Tips

23. Route Advisor Top Tips

24. Procedure Advisor Top Tips

27. Top Tips Altitude Advisor

28. Activate Leg Top Tips

29. Track-up centered vs. track-up forward Top Tips

30. How to use Track-up Top Tips Use the compass button to switch back and forth between track up and north up Shortcut

31. Customize corridor width and alerts Top Tips

32. Terrain with rubber band flight planning Top Tips

33. Map Touch Action Top Tips • Tap on a chart area to bring a single chart to the front • Eliminates seams

34. Map Touch Action Top Tips

35. Hazard Advisor & Obstacles Top Tips

36. Chart overlays Top Tips

37. Chart annotations Top Tips

38. FBO locations Top Tips

39. Plate NOTAMs Top Tips

40. Auto airport diagram display ForeFlight Mobile More > Settings > Auto Show Taxi

41. Explore the Settings Page! ForeFlight Mobile • Preferences -Map configurations -Map Track vector, distance rings -Hazard advisor -Default views -Airway decoding & Navlog options • Configure audio alerts • Cockpit sharing & sync • Adjust much, much more

42. Included Resources in Documents ForeFlight Mobile • VFR/IFR Chart Legends & Supplements • A/FD supplement (VOR checks, etc.) • Class B supplement and Flyway Charts • Full versions of FAA Handbooks • Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs) Import your own documents

43. ForeFlight Stratus tips

44. Accessory Considerations Backup Power GPS / ADS-BMounting

45. GPS Accessories Add WAAS GPS navigation and position data to your iPad Plug-in model for Lightning Wireless Bluetooth Options Dual XGPS160 Garmin GLO Bad Elf Pro Bad Elf

46. Stratus 1S and 2S ADS-B Receivers • Subscription-free weather • ADS-B Traffic • Built-in WAAS GPS • Dual-band 978/1090 MHz • Integrated AHRS • Eight hour battery life • Totally wireless (WiFi connection)

47. In-Flight Weather Radar 5 – 10 minutes old

48. Coverage at 1500 ft. AGL Stratus Tips

49. Coverage at 5000 ft. AGL Stratus Tips

50. Stratus Tips • Make it a habit to check ADS-B status • Battery life • Age of weather products • GPS reception • LED dimming Checking status

51. Stratus Tips Show ADS-B ground stations

52. Stratus Tips Measure tool

53. Stratus Tips Rubber band flight planning • Don’t fly up to the weather, then deviate 10 degrees here, 20 degrees there • Change your flight plan and miss it all • ATC likes this

54. Stratus Tips Remember the delay

55. Stratus Trafﬁc Tips Traffic filter

56. Stratus Trafﬁc Tips Visual and audio alerts

57. Cockpit route sharing Bonus Stratus Tip

58. Scenario 1 Animate the radar • Phew – the storms are moving out just in time. • Lines always move from west to east, right?

59. Scenario 1 Animate the radar • Wrong! • Storms were sagging south, not moving east as expected • Animate radar to see real trends.

60. Scenario 2 “Unable” • ATC: “I need to vector you southeast of the ILS for traffic.” • Me: “Unable due to weather.” • Information in context: • Radar • Approach chart • Airplane position • Route

61. Video training program from Sporty’s Flying with ForeFlight • 70 Minutes of in-depth video • Pilot’s Guide • Review Quiz • iPad Preflight Checklist • FAA iPad Guidance • App or online course Sportys.com/FFvideo

62. Learn more at iPadPilotNews.com

63. John Zimmerman zimmerman@sportys.com Advanced iPad Flying ForeFlight and Stratus tips @jtzim

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