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I’m looking at a used Ifly 740b.
Does anyone have experience with one?
pros & cons?

Thanks,

I don't have any experience with iFly 740b, but I have two IFLY152

Lyle,

I use one, and so does Ron Stewart and I am pretty sure Kirk Wennerstrom uses one also. I have mine mounted to the instrument panel right above the radio stack. It is very reliable and as far as subscription and updates it gives you the BEST bang for your buck. They are also a long time sponsor of the FLY IN.

I also know that at least one of the two Naval Aviators uses the iFly 740b. (His initials are Jim Campisi).

Lyle,

If you can wait a few weeks on your purchase, the owners of Adventure Pilot (I Fly) will be giving a seminar at Clinton on everything that Adventure Pilot (I Fly) can do and you can get any questions answered by the guy that wrote the software and runs the company.

I don't use the 740b but I do use the iFly app on my tablet and L-O-V-E it !

I use the iFly 740b and love it. I have used several other GPS’s like Garmin, King, Appolo etc as well as Foreflight and so far the iFly is my favorite. I built a dock to mount the iFly in my panel and it works really nice.
Here is a screenshot I took from a video my buddy took while we where flying, it shows the iFly 740b installed in my panel.

Loved the app. The updates were WAY cheaper than the bloatware that Foreflight was becoming.

Does it work with the Garmin GLD 50 for ADSB-In?

Lyle,
I have used the 740B and it is a nice unit but it has a slow processor, touch screen doesn't work as smooth as the I pad or modern IPhone.
I went with a series 4 iPad mini which works much quicker and smoother than the 740B.

Adventure Pilot has a new unit (android) but not sure how that one works and it is pricey compared to the iPad mini 4.
The 5 and 6 mini will work also.

get a iPad 4 with min 64g memory with cell phone capability (has a built in GPS) and you don't have to activate cell service.
I also use the iLevil Astro + (love there traffic app section of ilevel app (works only with iPad not android, needed since I'm under class B airspace) and you can run 6 units WiFi off it.

I only use the apple products because of the ifly app. and the Astro + (ads-b in traffic).

The IFly app is outstanding. (asked them to please overlay the vector chart over the sectional to make it easier to enter way points and navigate with older GPS navigators). This also would make it easier to put in vor's in your nav radios quicker if there is a GPS outage or a military Jamming of GPS (happens around white sands). He said it would be added to the wish list for iFly to make it similar to the Fore flight feature.


PS: if you are worried about it overheating when flying get a X-Naut cooling unit for the iPad that works and is not too expensive.


Mike