

Most significantly, the powerful little card also allows pilots to wirelessly (and quickly) update databases on panel-mount GPSs like the GTN 650/750. It also includes a built-in AHRS, which will drive the attitude indicator and synthetic vision display on the iPad.įlight Stream 510: This tiny MultiMediaCard creates a wireless bridge between Garmin Pilot and Garmin panel-mount avionics, enabling flight plan transfer and ADS-B weather display on an iPad. It is also compatible with the GDL 69/69A to deliver XM weather and radio to your iPad.įlight Stream 210: this model builds on the capability of the 110 and adds the ability to transfer flight plans between your iPad and compatible Garmin GNS (e.g.
#Fltplan go efb Bluetooth
Garmin’s connected panel systems have grown considerably in recent years, and the fact that they’re compatible with both the Garmin Pilot app and ForeFlight has attracted a lot of interest from iPad pilots.įlight Stream 110: this installed box, usually installed behind the panel or out of sight, uses Bluetooth to create a wireless link between an iPad and a GDL 88 or GDL 84 ADS-B transceiver to send GPS position, ADS-B weather and traffic to your iPad. There are lots of hardware/app configuration options currently available, and to help you decide which is best for you, we assembled this guide showing all the options grouped by avionics manufacturer. As the technology evolved and ADS-B Out transponders became the new norm, the systems added the ability to wirelessly transmit ADS-B weather and traffic info from the panel to compatible iPad apps as well. When first introduced, the connected systems allowed you to keep your active flight plans in sync between your iPad and GPS in the panel, eliminating the need to enter it twice before takeoff, or modify it in two locations while en route. The concept got off to a slow start, but thanks to new avionics developments from most of the major avionics manufacturers, this technology is now incorporated into most new avionics upgrades and is available in just about every new airplane coming off the line today.

The “connected panel” concept was first introduced around 2011, about a year after the original iPad hit the market, as a technology platform that would allow pilots to set up a wireless 2-way connection between your favorite iPad app and the certified avionics in your panel.
