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Garmin GNS 430
We're considering adding a GNS 430 to our panel. The hight of the
display is rather small, and Garmin tells me that the position of the plane is fixed in the center, and can not be relocated to the bottom of the display, which would allow the entire display, rather than only the top 1/2 of the display to show airspace ahead. I think that in the enroute mode, it would be nice to be able to use the entire display for airspace ahead. But I have not actually flown with this unit, and I'd like to know if those of you who have used it find that the display of airspace ahead is adequate and easily visable. I realize that zooming out can increase the area displayed, but at the expense of detail. Thanks for any info you can provide. |
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George Kornreich wrote:
We're considering adding a GNS 430 to our panel. The hight of the display is rather small, and Garmin tells me that the position of the plane is fixed in the center, and can not be relocated to the bottom of the display, which would allow the entire display, rather than only the top 1/2 of the display to show airspace ahead. I think that in the enroute mode, it would be nice to be able to use the entire display for airspace ahead. But I have not actually flown with this unit, and I'd like to know if those of you who have used it find that the display of airspace ahead is adequate and easily visable. I realize that zooming out can increase the area displayed, but at the expense of detail. Thanks for any info you can provide. You can download the simulator he http://www.garmin.com/products/gns430 |
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The airplane is actually 2/3 of the way down the display (you can see 100nm
in front when the range is set to 150nm). Mike MU-2 "George Kornreich" wrote in message om... We're considering adding a GNS 430 to our panel. The hight of the display is rather small, and Garmin tells me that the position of the plane is fixed in the center, and can not be relocated to the bottom of the display, which would allow the entire display, rather than only the top 1/2 of the display to show airspace ahead. I think that in the enroute mode, it would be nice to be able to use the entire display for airspace ahead. But I have not actually flown with this unit, and I'd like to know if those of you who have used it find that the display of airspace ahead is adequate and easily visable. I realize that zooming out can increase the area displayed, but at the expense of detail. Thanks for any info you can provide. |
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I've had one for 4 years, and have never seen this as a problem. As
you say, you can zoom out to see farther ahead, and the airspaces will still show up. |
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"George Kornreich" wrote in message
om... We're considering adding a GNS 430 to our panel. The hight of the display is rather small, and Garmin tells me that the position of the plane is fixed in the center, and can not be relocated to the bottom of the display, which would allow the entire display, rather than only the top 1/2 of the display to show airspace ahead. I think that in the enroute mode, it would be nice to be able to use the entire display for airspace ahead. But I have not actually flown with this unit, and I'd like to know if those of you who have used it find that the display of airspace ahead is adequate and easily visable. I realize that zooming out can increase the area displayed, but at the expense of detail. Thanks for any info you can provide. George, I think the GNS430 is a great instrument, but I also think that the display is too small, causing the problem that you are anticipating. Our flying club airplane has a 430 and 420 in it, thus solving the problem, but at great expense. I wouldn't add a 430 unless I was doing it for IFR work. Then you're stuck with it. I know the previous responders said they loved it, but this is my opinion. I think the 430 display is too small. Clyde |
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The aircraft at the school i attend has at least one sometimes two GNS430's
in each airplane. Nice little gadgets. Interface takes a bit of getting used to (when to push the knob vs when to push enter etc...) but all in all a very pilot friendly device. Got my PPL in a plane that did not have GPS (well one of them had a KLN89, but i never learned to use it). Just about finished my instrument rating, just lack a few mor hours timebuilding and dual XC. Very handy procedures screen, push PROC, select the appropriate procedure and it will load the procedure onto the screen, if its a GPS procedure it will sequence automatically from fix to fix on the way in (does not yet provide any VNAV, hear thats a future update tho) If selected approach is a VOR/ILS overlay it will automatically load the vor/loc freq into the com1 standby box, just a patter of flipping it up, ID'ng and excecuting the approach. Its NO excues for not knowing how to fly withoug a GPS, and is flat out illegal to use as a primary nav for VOR and ILS approaches, but from what i understand it IS approaved for NDB procedures if the AC isnt' otherwise equiped, and can legally fulfill the DME requirements for an airplane not otherwise equiped. But its still great to see your approach layed out on the map, including arc if needed, you just can't load that data over to the NAVhead (well i honestly haven't tried, but since you can't legally use it for PRIMARY nav on anything other than a GPS/NDB approach i haven't bothered). Really nice when you can have DUAL 430s. Load your flightplan/procedures and it will automatically crossfill that data to the other unit, in this manner you can have your navhead slaved to the VOR side of the GPS, have the GPS1 displaying a MiniCDI and nav data for the current segment/leg, and the GPS2 set to the moving map. Best thing i can recommend is to download the "Trainer" from the Garmin website and play around with it some, it isn't full featured but does give a general gist of how the system works. As far as the display is concerned i haven't had a problem with it. It does autodeclutter depending on zoom, but you can override that through three clutter modes by pressing the CLR button while in map. Airplane is actually near bottom of screen so that you still see a good way ahead. It does have an autozooming feature that automagically zoomes the screen to the next waypoint, and steps the zoome down as the waypoint gets nearer (unless you override it by zooming on your own). The screen is a bit smallish, but considering the size of the unit the screen quality is excellent. Good visibility in the daytime, but i find its sometimes a bit on the bright side at night, wish it had more brightness options, has a sensor to automatically set between Day and Night modes, nothing in between. If you want a bigger screen the G530 is almost teh same system as the 430 with a larger screen, but that screen doubles the needed panel space. Color depth is also limited, not that its a major factor, just seems that sometimes it would be great if it could colorcode terrain contours and perform featurs seen on some competetitors products, but overall i think the Garmin is an excellent unit to consider. "Clyde Torres" wrote in message .. . "George Kornreich" wrote in message om... We're considering adding a GNS 430 to our panel. The hight of the display is rather small, and Garmin tells me that the position of the plane is fixed in the center, and can not be relocated to the bottom of the display, which would allow the entire display, rather than only the top 1/2 of the display to show airspace ahead. I think that in the enroute mode, it would be nice to be able to use the entire display for airspace ahead. But I have not actually flown with this unit, and I'd like to know if those of you who have used it find that the display of airspace ahead is adequate and easily visable. I realize that zooming out can increase the area displayed, but at the expense of detail. Thanks for any info you can provide. George, I think the GNS430 is a great instrument, but I also think that the display is too small, causing the problem that you are anticipating. Our flying club airplane has a 430 and 420 in it, thus solving the problem, but at great expense. I wouldn't add a 430 unless I was doing it for IFR work. Then you're stuck with it. I know the previous responders said they loved it, but this is my opinion. I think the 430 display is too small. Clyde |
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George,
But I have not actually flown with this unit, and I'd like to know if those of you who have used it find that the display of airspace ahead is adequate and easily visable. I never found it to be a problem, although I thought it would be at first. -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH) |
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George Kornreich wrote:
We're considering adding a GNS 430 to our panel. The club planes I fly all have 430s, and I like them. However, buying anew I'd at least give some serious thought to the newer unit that Garmin bought with UPS. The 430 is showing its age, and will require some hardware swapping - from what I understand - to become WAAS compliant. More, Garmin appears to be aiming more of their upgrades at the newer unit. Witness that XM weather is available from Garmin for the new unit, but not for the 430. - Andrew |
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