For over a year now I have been running SD on an original iPad and enjoying the benefits of such a good piece of software.

However, I'm now using the latest version of the iPad SD (late Dec release) on the same iPad with iOS 5.1.1 and have found that the SD software constantly crashes out on me. I've tried this on the ground and in air, only to find the same results. Whether I'm in plan mode or GPS navigation mode, it just keeps on happening!

I've restarted the iPad, shutdown all other apps -- all to no avail. On today's flight in MVFR the longest that I managed to keep SD running in Navigation Mode was about 5 minutes and the shortest time was 15 seconds. According to the logs I have about 20 flights logged in the space of 90 minutes, mainly from "unknown to "unknown" , as I tried to restart SD in mid flight.

SD is a fantastic piece of software but I'm not able to rely on this latest iPad release whereas in the previous version I may have experienced a crash on the odd occasion and was happy to live with that.

I've be thinking about purchasing the iPad mini but will be putting that on hold and returning to the Navsgo as my main SD device. What a shame as SD and iPad ae made for each other.

Is anybody else experiencing the same problems?





Biggles -- EGKB

I have been using an iPad 2 for business for a while and thought I would invest in SD to futher exploit the brilliance of the iPad. I have 'played' extensively with the iPad in my house and even taken it for a couple of drives to test it out. I am using it with the Garmon Glo and was initially impressed with the functionality.

Due to work and weather constraints, I was only able to test the SD airborn last Sunday from Cambridge for the first time and was looking forward to seeing it in operation in 3D not 2D!

However my excitement tured to dismay, as between Cambridge and Duxford, I had to re-boot SD four times which was literally every 2 minutes. I never managed a 'Breadcrumb' for more than 2 miles and my log gave me numerous Unknown to Unknown flights!

I can see from this forum than I am not alone with the problem. I have closed all programms down, re-installed SD and upgraded to SD2.5. My iPad is running 6.0.1.

I suppose all I am try to establish is if the problem relates to my iPad or SD and either way, are Apple or SD doing anything to resolve the bug?

Any ideas would be welcome. I even invested in the kneepad iPad holder at £35.00 for a piece of plastic.....