iFly GPS Forum

Thanks Walter, I will just do that till you get a fix.

Do you have any idea when you might have a way to put XM weather on the Ifly 720?
I know you have ADS-B available now, but I'm just not convinced that is the best weather available at this particular time.

Trying to make some decisions on it now after a flight from Phx, AZ to the Bahamas. Would be nice to have.Looking at the AERA 560 now, but so much would be redundant with the IFLY which is better in the first place.

Thanks,

Barry

Since the sd card update came available I haven't even tried for a wifi update on my 720. My first 720 worked pretty well with the wifi but would never connect to my iPhone as a hotspot. My original 720 fried and the replacement has never been able to hold a wifi connection. This is not really an issue since I use the sd card update. My original plan was to use my iPhone hotspot as a last minute update for weather and TFRs. Ed has told me a couple times to call him and we would work through the issue, but my iFly seldom leaves the airplane. If I would just make a decision on an ads-b unit I would get that info. The sd card route continues to be the method of choice for me.

I do have problems at times getting ahold do the card to get it out. Has anyone had that problem and figured out an easier way to pull it?

Tim: I would suppose you are using this method for removing the SD card, if not let me suggest it: Press the SD card INTO the 720 unit then release and it should pop up out of the slot. Then it should be an easy matter to slip it out completely using two finger tips on the sides. On the matter of an ADSB unit, I am very pleased with the SkyGuardTWX Vision-Pro transeiver (ADSB-OUT), especially the traffic. They tell me they have applied for FAA certification and assured me these units will be "grandfathered in" when certification is received, making them compliant with the 2020 mandate. I pick up FIS-B weather about 1,000 ft agl around KRID & western OH. The integration with the 720 has been flawless. Plus you get a $100 discount as an iFly 720 owner. When I considered a Zaon traffic-only box costs about the same, it was a no-brainer to go with the SkyGuard TWX Vision-Pro transceiver and get full TIS-B plus FIS-B. "Just saying," as a satisfied owner. ===Ralph