iFly GPS Forum

i never had a gps before where i needed to update before every flight [TFRs, weather], so, my ifly740 comes home from the airport, rather than being left attached to the plane.  i wonder a what point the power, usb, and antennae plugs are going to wear out?  i still have my lowrance as backup, even tho the database is years out of date, but, 12 years later no issues because it stays in place.  i wonder how the ifly is going to handle hundreds of plugging in.

Kevin,
I have a 720 and a 740b. If you just need to update weather and TFRs, get a ping ADS-B in to update them while in the air. Works great. The weather at each airport and winds aloft alone are worth it to me. If you are planning to get ADS-B out and in later for the mandate. you may want to wait.

I have my gps mounted on a suction mount and regularly take it home for large updates (maybe once a month). There is also wifi in my hangar and also in the main hangar at the airport. An easy way to update is to turn on in hangar, start update and then have coffee with the other pilots. That way you don"t unplug anything.

The 7xx works quite well without an antennae, so I don't use it. The power wire is all IO have to unplug when I do take it home. Have not noticed any problems yet but guess it could happen..

As mentioned you can take sd card home and update at home on your computer; but I Love the wifi update process over the sd card update process so I don't remove the card.

You don't get winds aloft via ADS-B.