At Oshkosh Redbird Flight Simulations released Cygnus, a product built by partner Bad Elf that is designed to spoof your iPad into thinking it is where your flight sim says you are instead of where you really are, allowing you to use popular navigation apps, like Jeppesen’s Mobile Flight Deck, ForeFlight’s Mobile Pro or Garmin’s Garmin Pilot as you fly the sim, allowing pilots to use their mobile device just as they would in the airplane.
The product is available in two forms, the Home Direct version, which goes for $199 that uses a cable to link your iPad and your computer. A professional model, Pro Wireless, costs $599. It uses a Bluetooth connection so you can wirelessly link the iPad to the simulator. Both models connect to a wide variety of flight simulation products, including X Plane, multiple versions of Microsoft Flight Simulator, Lockheed Martin’s flight sim engine and more. Cygnus is available directly from King Schools.
