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cptndavid wrote: Sat May 08, 2021 1:47 pm Rich , Where do I find the spreadsheet for the iPad?
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"Office 700 Pro" from the app store. It's an open-office suite for iOS and will import XLS and XLSX files directly. Being a real spreadsheet, cells can be formula-driven. In this case the elapsed time is computed from in/out hobbs entries. I plan to make that change in the VOR check log to compute certain values therein.
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If you are interested in having the IPad on your leg with it canted upwards, here's an new way of doing it from MyGoFlight -- https://mygoflight.com/collections/moun ... bmV0In0%3D

Pricey, however. I just use a sock!
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Rich wrote: Sat May 08, 2021 1:57 pm
cptndavid wrote: Sat May 08, 2021 1:47 pm Rich , Where do I find the spreadsheet for the iPad?
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"Office 700 Pro" from the app store. It's an open-office suite for iOS and will import XLS and XLSX files directly. Being a real spreadsheet, cells can be formula-driven. In this case the elapsed time is computed from in/out hobbs entries. I plan to make that change in the VOR check log to compute certain values therein.
BTW, this app can be frustrating to use to create spreadsheets and tweak things like column/cell width. I got the speadsheets the way I wanted in Excel on my Mac and then plunked into the iPad strictly as a data entry app.
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cptndavid wrote: Sat May 08, 2021 1:47 pm Rich , Where do I find the spreadsheet for the iPad?
At Microsoft. $69/yr for individual, or $99/yr for six people buys an Office 365 subscription that provides Office and a terabyte of cloud storage for each person. Install on multiple platforms (Mac, PC, iOS). One of the best values in software today.

And, no, I'm not an MS employee, or former employee! All my gear is Apple.
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Google Sheets (Personal edition) runs as an App on an iPad/iPhone... syncs to the cloud, provides realtime collaboration, and is free. Here's an example (my recent Baja May2021 trip).
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cptndavid wrote: Sat May 08, 2021 1:47 pm Rich , Where do I find the spreadsheet for the iPad?
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Apple's free Numbers app opens and displays Excel spreadsheet files on the iPhone and iPad. That's what I use for my plane's W&B.
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Rich wrote: Fri May 07, 2021 4:48 pm I disposed of the last bits of paper from the cockpit - The time log I've been using and VOR check records are now spreadsheets on my iPad:

Time Log.jpeg
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Ahh 91.171(d) requires you to sign the record of the VOR check... Still, I think you're probably fine.

I usually take a picture of the two bearings on my g1000 and shout the words "voice signature" into the live photo.
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N157DA wrote: Mon May 17, 2021 7:26 pm Ahh 91.171(d) requires you to sign the record of the VOR check... Still, I think you're probably fine.

I usually take a picture of the two bearings on my g1000 and shout the words "voice signature" into the live photo.
With WAAS, you no longer have to do VOR checks if using GPS as your primary means of navigation:
https://pilot-protection-services.aopa. ... ifr-flight

In fact, Garmin now sells IFR navigators that rely exclusively on WAAS GPS with no VOR functionality.
https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/577174
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CFIDave wrote: Mon May 17, 2021 8:12 pm With WAAS, you no longer have to do VOR checks if using GPS as your primary means of navigation:
Make that "sole" means of navigation. If you use VOR you must have the check.

"No person may operate a civil aircraft under IFR using the VOR system of radio navigation unless the VOR equipment of that aircraft—"
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CFIDave wrote: Mon May 17, 2021 8:12 pm
N157DA wrote: Mon May 17, 2021 7:26 pm Ahh 91.171(d) requires you to sign the record of the VOR check... Still, I think you're probably fine.

I usually take a picture of the two bearings on my g1000 and shout the words "voice signature" into the live photo.
With WAAS, you no longer have to do VOR checks if using GPS as your primary means of navigation:
https://pilot-protection-services.aopa. ... ifr-flight

In fact, Garmin now sells IFR navigators that rely exclusively on WAAS GPS with no VOR functionality.
https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/577174
I think this is still pretty murky. First as @midlifelfyer points out, then also in the case of GPS outage and the MON network. The reg says IFR, not IMC and in the case of a GPS outage (I get weekly notices of planned outages in the west) navigating primarily by VOR is quite likely. I routinely get VORs in my clearances, but of course I use the GPS for nav to the VOR. On a few flights I've switched to the VOR for navigation and was amazed to see the CDI centered and the GPS cross track error up to 1nm. Unless you end up in the wrong airspace, CFIT, or get a ramp check that is really focused on the VORs, nobody is going to know.

Does the VOR check implicitly also check the accuracy of the ILS? If so, there is a good reason to keep checking.
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