Video: iCub - An Airplane Wrapped Around an iPad (Plus an iPhone)

Video: iCub – An Airplane Wrapped Around an iPad (Plus an iPhone)

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Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 12:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

The iCub is a Light Sport Aircraft (LSA), a Cub clone designed to integrate with an iPad and iPhone.
The iPad functions as the iCub's primary navigation device and monitors data from its Rotax 912 engine.
The article features a video tour of the iCub from the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo, including an interview with Bill Canino from the company.

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If there aren’t enough iWidgets in your life, here’s one more: the iCub. It’s basically a Cub clone LSA built around the network and display capabilities of an iPad and an iPhone. The iPad serves as the airplane’s main navigation device, plus it also receives and tracks data from the Rotax 912 engine. At the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, AVweb talked with the company’s Bill Canino, and this brief video offers a tour of the airplane.

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