By paulyp - 6/13/2012 8:26:42 PM
Today my ipad3 overheated and shutdown mid flight whilst running in navigation mode. The iPad was mounted on my knee in portrait mode and shutdown approx 50 minutes into a return flight from Abberville in France to the UK. Although the cockpit temperature was not uncomfortable, the device was in direct sunlight under the perspex canopy of a DA40. I was wondering if the IPad app is rather processor hungry whilst operating in GPS mode? I intend to reduce the brightness of the display and turn off the 3g funtionality on the next flight to see if that aids the problem.
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By sprucegoose - 6/22/2012 8:45:50 PM
I recently flew 1000nm to the s. of France and back with an iPad 3 plugged in throughout (and very slowly discharging, about 3% an hour) and mounted on my yoke (AA5B). I had no overheating problems at all; I wonder if it needs more air circulation that it might get sitting on a lap?
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