iPad 17500

we took an iPad and iPhone 4 to over 17000 feet in a non pressurized airplane to test their GPS capabilities

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• foreflight
• 17000
• ft
• feet
• 17.5k
• iPad
• iPhone
• flight

[rdfelty]

On our recent flight to OHS i was occasionally able to get 3G at 8000 feet. Not sure why this happens, but it did. The GPS lost signal a few times, but not often.

[buells2t]

@rdfelty iPad in lap? Plastic airplane? Odd about the 3G, did you get it along enough for weather updates?

It was great seeing you at OSH

[airbus91]

what app

[buells2t]

@airbus91 We used ForeFlight, SkyCharts, and MotionX on this flight. they all performed equally well. I prefer fForeFlight when I'm flying.

[buells2t]

Cell service is relative to distance to tower on this flight we lost it a couple thousand feet off the ground.

GPS works independent of that. Our experaince is that an iPhone 3 G looses GPS about 10000 ft MSL.

The video shows iPhone 4 and iPad which worked fine at the 17000 plus MSL we reached on this flight

[rdfelty]

@buells2t iPad in lap and iPhone in hand. Got 3G at times on both. Some kind of bounce maybe. Metal airplane. Did get a bit of a radar load. Mostly used it to check and send e-mail. Actually ordered lunch for our fuel stop via e-mail! Maybe had it for 10 minutes each time and probably only 3 times on each leg. Seemed to be over larger population centers. Once I got Edge but not 3G.

[miguelgriloDPD]

I myself have the iPhone 3G, HOW do you get a 3G signal, let alone a GPS signal on your iPhone? I've noticed whenever I fly above 1,500-2,000 ft, I loose all signal. Perhaps there's another device you use?