iFly GPS Forum

Tried submitting this through the website but didn't get any response.   CFII would like me to disable the airplane icon.   Closest thing I can figure out is turn off GPS, but then I lose my tracking and my fuel reminder.  Seems a blank icon would be a very easy solution.

Greg, I'm going to assume you're not instrument rated. EFBs are NOT  for IFR navigation. They are WONDERFUL for situational awareness. Almost too good.  When you're flying a DME arc, it's hard not to look where you're at in relation to the arc, especially when you have to look at the approach plate. Hold entries are another one.

Even if GPS wasn't a thing, an EFB like iFly would be unbelievably useful so you don't have to carry all the paper charts & plates & replace them every few weeks. 

It's not the the CFII doesn't want me to use the tablet, in fact he agrees that it'd be stupid not to, and he uses one both to instruct and in personal flying.   The issue is that DPE's will often ask that the icon be turned off to make sure you're navigating on instrument, not on the tablet, so I need to be prepared to do so.  It seems like it would be an exceedingly simple feature to add, considering we already have star wars icons.

Two other things you could try:

If you're using one of the iFly devices, as I recall, the remote on/off button just turns the screen on and off, but the program/map/tracking/etc remains operational.  If your instructor want's to verify you're not watching the iFly, you could simply turn it off, or give him the remote and he can turn it off and on randomly.

If you drag the screen so the aircraft icon leaves the viewing area, it will stay there until you push the recenter button in the lower left side of the screen, or the "Plane" button on the remote.  Everything else will continue, you'll just not have a moving map any more.