ORIGINAL: mugenkidd

So I saw an advertisement for an app for the iPhone that allowed the user to track their sports workout with GPS. In seeing this I was intrigued as to how well this would work if used in an RC jet as an on-board telemetry. So yes I placed my iphone in my jet, checked my radio for any interference and when all checked out fine I flew my jet with the iphone in it while running the app. I think the results were fantastic see the pics below. The jet was my boomerang elan with a black mamba turbine. The app is free and is called Sports Tracker. If you don’t mind risking your phone in flight it may be a good way to check out the performance and flight path of your jet or any other RC car or plane, I would just advise to do a thorough check for radio interference before attempting a flight!!

In looking at the distance and on the image with google maps those speeds and distance includes my drive home because I did not turn off the app and it continued to record my drive home. One neat feature is that it will auto stop if the speed is below a certain set point, either 1 or 3 mph. The only thing that is confusing is that the screen with the summary it says my top speed was 143.5 however on the screen that had the lap times it showed my speed at the 3 mile mark to be at 194.7 and 154.4 at the 2 mile mark. Anyway I thought it was pretty neat and others may also be interested in it.