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Changing position source mid flight


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My new share-o-plane has a PilotAware fitted on a cigarette lighter adaptor.
Saves messing with a usb battery like my previous rental setup, but being switched on with the avionics master means that it isn’t ready for use for a couple of minutes after startup.
I’ve got quite used to the engine start and off blocks logging, but this requires starting the flight before the engine is started.
Is there any way to start a flight using my iPad’s location services and then switch to the PilotAware once that has booted?
It should have finished booting by the time runup checks are completed...
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I think what B3nn0 is suggesting is using the internal GPS for position data for Navigation and then using the PAW to provide only traffic data (based on it's own GPS source, but not passing that for use in navigation).
I know nothing of the structure of the comms between PAW and SD, to know whether that is even possible!

It wouldn't be much use for those who only have Wifi iPads, but cellular models and Android users would be able to turn the PAW into a pure traffic information module.  

There may be an issue if the PAW GPS dropped mid flight, given there would no longer be an error message displayed, again not knowing the inner workings of the PAW I don't know whether it would still generate traffic data based on a failed GPS location or simply stop working.

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Lerk - 3/18/2019 8:27:45 PM
pilot-byom - 3/19/2019 8:39:17 AM
b3nn0 - 3/20/2019 7:54:54 AM
pilot-byom - 3/20/2019 7:28:36 PM
Lerk - 3/20/2019 8:25:21 PM
Tim Dawson - 3/19/2019 10:39:31 AM
Lerk - 3/19/2019 1:42:05 PM
Skyboy999 - 3/20/2019 7:39:08 AM
Martin Bech - 3/20/2019 9:29:45 AM
Tim Dawson - 3/20/2019 10:51:58 AM
b3nn0 - 3/20/2019 7:21:33 PM
GEAR - 3/20/2019 7:39:02 PM
Lerk - 3/20/2019 12:29:02 PM
Tim Dawson - 3/21/2019 10:28:11 AM
Lerk - 3/21/2019 12:20:55 PM
neilmurg - 3/21/2019 2:47:09 PM
Lerk - 3/21/2019 5:01:38 PM
PaulSS - 3/21/2019 12:10:14 PM
Lerk - 3/21/2019 12:22:02 PM
Tim Dawson - 3/22/2019 12:11:19 PM
Lerk - 3/23/2019 7:37:50 AM
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Tim Dawson - 3/26/2019 10:58:48 AM
Lerk - 3/26/2019 12:53:45 PM
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PaulSS - 3/28/2019 7:30:37 AM
Lerk - 3/30/2019 5:15:26 PM
                         I'm glad you are able to start PAW before the engine as that solves...
PaulSS - 3/31/2019 1:54:45 AM

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