Teacherjh wrote:


I've never noticed at what point in the GPS startup the VOR receiver in
the 430 starts working.


I'm talking about a standalone steam gauge VOR.

I understand. But the issue you've raised is comparing a glass panel to a
"steam gauge" panel. One variable in this comparison is how rapidly the
VORs will come back online. That's the issue to which I don't know the
answer...but I can check easily enough.

This isn't just for you. You've made me curious, since half my VOR receiver
capacity is in a 430.

And while true, glass or
no glass, GPS needs to acquire satellites, my point is more along the line
of "it's not true that new is always better in every way" - glass or GPS
or Windows.

I don't want to fall into a Windows debate here, but suffice it to say that
Windows fails your "new" test. It's only recently entered the 1980s in
terms of operating system (as opposed to all the other nonsense shoved on
top) technology.

Still, I agree in general that new does not imply better. On the other
hand, I do believe that Glass Panels are an improvement over Steam Gauges.
I've yet to try them myself sob! but every serious review speaks both of
the learning curve and the lack of interest in going back.

- Andrew