Ipad mini question

[Ozone]

I have an Ipad mini G2 that's getting a little long in the tooth. I am loathe to get a new Ipad because I have a RAM mount for the mini and I also fly gliders, which dont have a lot of extra room for a "normal' Ipad.

I want to buy a refurb ipad mini4, but i am wondering if folks are seeing the same slow-down that I see when i fire up my G2 mini with an aviation map program (i use fltplan go).

 

[Hang 4]

I just bought a new mini 4. No slowdown of either garmin pilot or WingX pro. Price was only 299 @ Best Buy for a 128g. I can’t tell a difference between it and my iPad Air

 

[Ozone]

I just bought a new mini 4. No slowdown of either garmin pilot or WingX pro. Price was only 299 @ Best Buy for a 128g. I can’t tell a difference between it and my iPad Air

Do you just mate it with an external GPS? I ask, because I have a bad elf that would work.

Or, do you link it to your cellular hotspot?

 

[AggieMike88]

I have an iPad Mini Retina (I think that would be a "2", correct?).

Compared to my current gen iPad Pro 10.5", it is slower when you ask ForeFlight to do the same task. But not so slow that I would call it unusable. For the way I use the iPad in the cockpit, it would still be a workable option.

What helps is that I have removed every app from the Mini that I no longer need for aviation. And before I get moving down the taxiway, I closed all other apps and did the "home button and start button" reboot.

 

[olasek]

I also have had very good experience with IPad mini 4, however I don’t pair it with any GPS, I only use it for flight planning and as an EFB in flight, map panning is very fast and smooth but it is even faster in ForeFlight than in FltPlan Go.


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[Eric Gleason]

I'm experiencing good performance with a mini 4, ForeFlight, and iOS 11.3.1. I plan on not upgrading the OS very much more to keep the performance from degrading.

The dimensions of the 4 are a bit different from the 2/3. I don't think the RAM mount you have will work with the 4.

The mounts themselves are relatively cheap, though, and there's still a decent market for used 2s on eBay. I sold my old 2 and bought a used 4 for only about $75 more.

 

[iamtheari]

I fly with a mini 4 WiFi-only and a Stratux. I normally use ForeFlight but I also have FltPlan Go installed (I would use it to fly in Canada and really should practice with it more first). I actually keep the OS updated. I am happy with the performance.

 

[James331]

Let me guess, you updated the ios

 

[Hang 4]

Do you just mate it with an external GPS? I ask, because I have a bad elf that would work.

Or, do you link it to your cellular hotspot?

I link it to the flightstream 210 in my Garmin stack for primary via bluetooth and have a Stratux for a backup using Wingx Pro (wifi link). Both provide GPS and ADSB in.

 

[bnt83]

I have an Ipad mini G2 that's getting a little long in the tooth. I am loathe to get a new Ipad because I have a RAM mount for the mini and I also fly gliders, which dont have a lot of extra room for a "normal' Ipad.

I want to buy a refurb ipad mini4, but i am wondering if folks are seeing the same slow-down that I see when i fire up my G2 mini with an aviation map program (i use fltplan go).

I have a mini4 125GB cellular version, just bought it and has newest iOS, I use Garmin Pilot and don't notice any issues. I would get another.