G430 Display/Numbers or Pictures?
Mitty wrote:
I'll bet you don't turn your approach plates so they are track up! :-)
The ChartView feature of my MX20 will turn the displayed Jepp approach
plates track-up when the aircraft approaches a point that is within the
coverage of the chart.
In fair disclosure, though, I haven't retained the subscription of this
service, believing the cost outweighs the benefit of seeing the chart and
the aircraft's course overlaid therein.
With regard to paper charts, the more important information (in my opinion)
gleaned from these charts are the frequencies, initial, intermediate, and
final course headings, and minimum altitudes for each segment.
Turning the chart track-up makes it difficult to read this information,
although I will admit to momentarily turning the chart track-up as I
approach the IAF as a guide to situational awareness (more applicable to
VOR and GPS approaches, where course reversals or changes are more likely
to occur throughout the approach).
--
Peter
|