GPS Data logger

[Ou grote]

...didn't work while flying

Should work if u put it under the windscreen.

 

[koffiejunkie]

Should work if u put it under the windscreen.

By "flying" I meant 33,000 ft in a 300 tonne passenger jet. Not doing 160 on the N1 through Midrand. Although, if you've ever done that in a '96 CitiGolf, you'll know it feels just like flying

 

[Ou grote]

By "flying" I meant 33,000 ft in a 300 tonne passenger jet. Not doing 160 on the N1 through Midrand. Although, if you've ever done that in a '96 CitiGolf, you'll know it feels just like flying

Oh, that flying.
It should work in the air though.

I take pics when I go flying and sometimes forget where I took them, was looking into getting one a while back, but rather want one that's built into a camera.

 

[koffiejunkie]

It should work in the air though.

I take pics when I go flying and sometimes forget where I took them, was looking into getting one a while back, but rather want one that's built into a camera.

I don't think it's so much to do with altitude. It keeps signal until a certain speed. I think it's just not capable of switching between satellites that rapidly, it takes a while to lock onto enough to get a position anyway.

Would have been nice though.

 

[Ou grote]

I don't think it's so much to do with altitude. It keeps signal until a certain speed. I think it's just not capable of switching between satellites that rapidly, it takes a while to lock onto enough to get a position anyway.

Would have been nice though.

I usually fly at around 180km/h, depending on windspeed.

 

[koffiejunkie]

I usually fly at around 180km/h, depending on windspeed.

Well, the Airbus A320, which is the last plane I flew in, takes off at around 170 mph or 270km/h and the AMOD kept the signal for the 4-5 minutes of the flight. Considering that these aircraft cruise at around 800km/h, and I would guess it takes around 10 minutes to reach it, I'm guessing the AMOD can handle it up to around 350-400km/h.

 

[koffiejunkie]

Coming to think of it, if I still have those logs I can work out the speed. I have the coordinates in intervals of 1 second

 

[Ou grote]

Coming to think of it, if I still have those logs I can work out the speed. I have the coordinates in intervals of 1 second

As long as the pilot knows where he is...

 

[bwana]

So far it's still VMWare Fusion to get the track off the device (followed by GPSPhotoLinker before importing the files into Aperture).

 

[koffiejunkie]

I flatly refuse to buy any hardware that require windows to function 100% - it's a matter of principal...