Thread: Needed: comparison of popular Aviation GPS units, Garmin, Lowrance, AvMap, etc.
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Old December 25th 05, 04:35 PM posted to rec.aviation.ifr,rec.aviation,rec.aviation.student
Andrew Gideon
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Default Needed: comparison of popular Aviation GPS units, Garmin, Lowrance, AvMap, etc.
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Garmin 480 (not as intuitive as the Garmin 530, but the 480 will do LPV
now, not later).

Why "not as intuitive"? I've yet to fly behind a 480, but my club's
aircraft all have 430s. I'm confortable with them, but I'd not call the
interface "intuitive".

Is it perhaps that you learned the Garmin units first? I didn't (my first
IFRing behind a GPS was the BK units in new Cessnas), and that may make the
difference.

I *am* eager, though, to hear about flying behind a 480 wrt flight plan
entry. The ability to enter flight plans as we've always described them
(waypoint, airway, waypoint, airway...) seems like a fantastic
"innovation".

Is it as good as it sounds?

- Andrew