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| Thread ID: 132190 | 2013-05-10 00:05:00 | Please don't report me to the CAA / FAA... | Renmoo (66) | PC World Chat |
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| 1340511 | 2013-05-10 09:00:00 | Might be because you are in an aluminum tube of death. My GPS (handheld) does not work in the house although the roof is tiled.my garmin etrex H works in the house with with a tin roof, i could get 6 sattelites locked on last night | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1340512 | 2013-05-10 09:08:00 | my garmin etrex H works in the house with with a tin roof, i could get 6 sattelites locked on last nightyour house that big you need GPS to get around? | plod (107) | ||
| 1340513 | 2013-05-10 09:10:00 | my garmin etrex H works in the house with with a tin roof, i could get 6 sattelites locked on last night It will be getting the signals through the windows. The original lower sensitivity model Etrex wouldn't even work reliably under a bush canopy, it was so bad that I used my bush skills to tell it where we were :) The windows in a plane are pretty small, so it is not surprising that the satellite signals are not locked on. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1340514 | 2013-05-10 09:56:00 | You'll find that your phone won't get a lock since you're moving too fast ;) Running GPS test (great app btw) will show you're getting signal but the GPS can't calculate your initial position. If you lock on before you take off, eg on the ground and keep the GPS app running you'll be sweet. Experienced this both flying and on fast trains. My current speed record is 851kph :) I will try to get a signal locked on first on the tarmac then board the plane. Will try that next time! P.S. I might try sitting next to the window and see if it makes a difference. Nek minit, an Air New Zealand official asks PF1 to name Renmoo... |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 1340515 | 2013-05-10 20:51:00 | your house that big you need GPS to get around? Nope it was foggy Wednesday |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1340516 | 2013-05-11 04:22:00 | Nah you'll be fine. There's pretty much no danger of using a phone on a plane (for compliance though I usually put it on flight mode.) and GPS can't hurt since it's receiving . The signals are all ready in the air | The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1340517 | 2013-05-11 05:11:00 | The only useful time I can think of to use GPS on a plane is if using apple maps. | plod (107) | ||
| 1340518 | 2013-05-11 05:27:00 | I use it "just for fun" to get flight data such as speed, heading, altitude and attitude (although attitude doesn't really work unless you're in an obvious climb or roll since there's no way to calibrate it accurately) | The Error Guy (14052) | ||
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