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firekat · 11-29-2007, 07:15 AM

I loaded your file. At first the margins took up a fair amount of screen real estate and made readability not all that great. I cropped the file in Acrobat by just removing blank margins. This made it slightly better - but not that good.

You can zoom in and the detail is there with no smearing of the text. The thing is then you can't see some of the details of the plate.

I would not say that it would be all that usable. It's going to be pretty hard to beat the paper plate. It's just carrying them all around that's a hassle and that's where the idea of the iLiad/eFlybook is appealing, unfortunately the implementation is just not up to the task just yet. I have an iLiad so I don't know how good the presentation or display is on the eFlybook. Go to their website and peruse their forums. The last time I looked there were not a lot of happy campers.

The bookmarks are not supported. This is one of my biggest complaints as it makes navigation of large PDF files cumbersome at best.

IMHO the iLiad/eFlybook would/could be a major distraction in the cockpit if you are flying any approaches at 120 knots or greater. Stick with the KISS school in this situation.

If you are willing you could always check out EFB solutions. The prices seem to be coming down on systems that are much more capable than the iLiad/eFlybook.

Take Care, Good Luck & Fly Safe!

11-29-2007, 07:15 AM	#3
firekat Groupie Posts: 157 Karma: 314 Join Date: May 2006	I loaded your file. At first the margins took up a fair amount of screen real estate and made readability not all that great. I cropped the file in Acrobat by just removing blank margins. This made it slightly better - but not that good. You can zoom in and the detail is there with no smearing of the text. The thing is then you can't see some of the details of the plate. I would not say that it would be all that usable. It's going to be pretty hard to beat the paper plate. It's just carrying them all around that's a hassle and that's where the idea of the iLiad/eFlybook is appealing, unfortunately the implementation is just not up to the task just yet. I have an iLiad so I don't know how good the presentation or display is on the eFlybook. Go to their website and peruse their forums. The last time I looked there were not a lot of happy campers. The bookmarks are not supported. This is one of my biggest complaints as it makes navigation of large PDF files cumbersome at best. IMHO the iLiad/eFlybook would/could be a major distraction in the cockpit if you are flying any approaches at 120 knots or greater. Stick with the KISS school in this situation. If you are willing you could always check out EFB solutions. The prices seem to be coming down on systems that are much more capable than the iLiad/eFlybook. Take Care, Good Luck & Fly Safe! Last edited by firekat; 11-29-2007 at 07:21 AM.