I tried to fly under the hood relying on just the Garmin 196 artificial
panel. It's doable, but there were pretty big deviations and I had to
struggle. In real IFR in an emergency. . .I wouldn't want to be in that
situation. However, it is a nice reinforcer that helps me feel more
confident about my instruments in IMC.



"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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"Julian Scarfe" wrote in message
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"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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Some of the differing perspective in this thread are due to flying in
environments with different demands. I fly in an environment in which
the
requirement is almost always to fly direct towards a waypoint rather
than
track a centerline, and which is sufficiently busy that making
significant
turns to make aggressive radial intercepts is going to raise some
eyebrows
at ATC. You fly in an environment in which the choice is to follow the
airway centerlines or hit rock.

All that said, airways on Garmins would be a nice feature.


Well, I ordered the unit and am pretty excited about getting it.
Sportys said they should have some in this week to ship. I'm really
excited about putting on the hood and seeing if I can maintain the
blue side up using their turn-coordinator display. I think that could
be a HUGE IFR backup. It will also be cool to take the unit out when
you get to your destination and use it to find your hotel.

-Robert