Whether you use a tablet for navigating, backing up flight instruments or fetching information on the fly, you know there are compromises. The reflective screen on the iPad doesn’t do we’ll in direct sunlight, full-size models are bulky when mounted on the control yoke and resting the device on a leg or kneeboard creates distracting heads-down time.
When tablet accessory supplier MyGoFlight showed us its Sight Line Display (SLD) solution at last year’s AirVenture, we thought the concept was good, but was poorly executed.That’s because the SLD prototype used cables to connect the iPad and iPhone to a remote portable display. Wires strung over the glare shield isn’t an ideal situation. But now that the concept has gone wireless, we think it offers some utility, but it’s up to app makers to bring the interface to a higher level.