"Will" wrote in message
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The quality of the visual display on the PC Avaionics
MountainScope product is almost surreal it is so good:

http://www.pcavionics.com

They don't have WX weather yet.

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Will
Internet: westes at earthbroadcast.com


"Paul Folbrecht" wrote in message
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I decided awhile ago I'd like to get a PDA (preferred) or
perhaps a small
tablet for in-cockpit GPS moving map and satellite weather and
a backup,
emergency-only AI as well (not a simple GPS AI but a real
solid-state gyro).

After days of research I can't seem to find a single system
that does
everything I would like with no major negatives.

I started looking seriously at Anywhere Map/WX/AI which looks
pretty good
except for their gyro - seems many users have problems with it.
The other
thing is that there seems to be issues with their customer
service.

I like NavGPS a lot too coupled with the PC-EFIS they bundle
and that all
looks good, but I don't know if there is a satellite WX system
that will
work with their software at all.

I prefer a PDA for size reasons (plane's a 152) but a small
tablet that
could be yoke-mounted would also be Ok. If anybody can
recommend a system
that meets all three of these needs and can be add for less
than $3K all-up
I'd like to hear of it. TIA.


I have AWM (from Control Vision) with Pocket Plates. Works well, however I
hope they can improve the user interface and clean up their menus and
improve their display. Their next revision is expected to be major upgrade.
I don't have the weather package. I downloaded Mountainscope demo from
PCAvionics, it is by far the best terrain display and user interface I have
seen. The only negative is that currently they don't show roads and other
man-made features and the display only shows "track up" and no option to
switch to "North up". This is a major limitation as far as I am concerned.
CV can learn a few things from PCAvionics, otherwise I see this company
quickly taking away some of their customers.