Hello Shane,
Thank you for your response.
Shane wrote:Oliver,
Short of the Garmin or Stratus, you should be able to stay with iFly GPS. We work with just about all models. Take a look at the list by tapping Menu - About - Connected Devices and touch Wireless Device. [...]
Sorry, if my post was misleading.
The Bluetooth connection to the XGPS170 is the problem, not iFly. Once the Bluetooth connection to the XGPS has been lost, non of my iOS devices automatically re-connects to the XGPS. I have to go to Settings --> Bluetooth --> manually connect to the XGPS 170. Once it is connected, it works just fine with iFly, except of the random spikes of the airspeed, which are however also caused by the XGPS.
On one hand, this doesn't sound like a big deal. On the other hand however, it is pretty annoying to have to manually re-connect Bluetooth every time the devices get intentionally or unintentionally disconnected. The charging and erratic speed readings are also not what I would expect from a ~$500 device. Other than that Dual confirms at least the re-connection issues and keeps stating that a new firmware will be released 'soon', their support is also not very helpful.
Looking at the list of GPS / ADS-B devices, supported by iFly, the Dual products are currently the only <$1,000 option.
As much as I like iFly, being forced to either use a substandard product, where the manufacturer obviously does not care about their customers or to spend >$1,000 for a reliable solution, just doesn't feel right...