Garmin530 and MX20

In an article at http://avionicswest.com/archive/shootout.htm#2003 about
Garmin 530 vs CNX-80, many of the pilots said that they would want a
combination of a Garmin 530 AND an MX20. I do not understand. Isn't
the Garmin 530 also an MFD capable of displaying multiple inputs, like
weather and terrain? Can someone tell me why both might be desirable?
Does anyone have experience with an MX20?

-Sami

Sami,
have you had a chance to see a MX20 working in an airplane?
There are MFD's and then there is the MX20.
Awsome resolution. The garmin 530 is not a real MFD, you can get a module to
display weather, it can display traffic using the garmin 330 transponder,
but the MX20 displays what you see on a sectional, with probably better
detail. It can also display approach charts and a variety of other things.
The MX20 is not a GPS, it needs a GPS like a 430/530 or CNX-80 connected to
it. But it can do everything else. the color and detail on the mx20 is
awsome.

Jeff
http://www.turboarrow3.com

"O. Sami Saydjari" wrote:

In an article at http://avionicswest.com/archive/shootout.htm#2003 about
Garmin 530 vs CNX-80, many of the pilots said that they would want a
combination of a Garmin 530 AND an MX20. I do not understand. Isn't
the Garmin 530 also an MFD capable of displaying multiple inputs, like
weather and terrain? Can someone tell me why both might be desirable?
Does anyone have experience with an MX20?

-Sami

Any ideas when this much-discussed WAAS upgrade is coming for the
Garmins? Are we talking 30 days away, or more like 30 months. If one
is considering upgrading avionics right now, and if the WAAS upgrade is
happening soon, it seems it would pay to wait until the garmin are
shipped with integrated WAAS capability so you do not have to pay for
removing the device, upgrading it, and such. Anyone know the plan here?
-Sami

Jeff wrote:

Sami,
have you had a chance to see a MX20 working in an airplane?
There are MFD's and then there is the MX20.
Awsome resolution. The garmin 530 is not a real MFD, you can get a module to
display weather, it can display traffic using the garmin 330 transponder,
but the MX20 displays what you see on a sectional, with probably better
detail. It can also display approach charts and a variety of other things.
The MX20 is not a GPS, it needs a GPS like a 430/530 or CNX-80 connected to
it. But it can do everything else. the color and detail on the mx20 is
awsome.

Jeff
http://www.turboarrow3.com

"O. Sami Saydjari" wrote:


In an article at http://avionicswest.com/archive/shootout.htm#2003 about
Garmin 530 vs CNX-80, many of the pilots said that they would want a
combination of a Garmin 530 AND an MX20. I do not understand. Isn't
the Garmin 530 also an MFD capable of displaying multiple inputs, like
weather and terrain? Can someone tell me why both might be desirable?
Does anyone have experience with an MX20?

-Sami

O. Sami Saydjari wrote:
Any ideas when this much-discussed WAAS upgrade is coming for the
Garmins? Are we talking 30 days away, or more like 30 months. If one
is considering upgrading avionics right now, and if the WAAS upgrade is
happening soon, it seems it would pay to wait until the garmin are
shipped with integrated WAAS capability so you do not have to pay for
removing the device, upgrading it, and such. Anyone know the plan here?

http://www.garmin.com/pressroom/aviation/060403.html

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Dave

I've never flown an MX20 so I can't comment on that. But
I would say that if you don't need the display area of the
530 (which you don't if you have an MX20) then you could
save $5K or so and go with a 430. You get all the same features
for less $$$ and panel space. (Actually there's ONE useful
feature you don't get, which is the auto-identification and
auto-"DME" from VORs, which is a very nice feature but
not indispensible).

John

"O. Sami Saydjari" wrote in message
...
In an article at http://avionicswest.com/archive/shootout.htm#2003 about
Garmin 530 vs CNX-80, many of the pilots said that they would want a
combination of a Garmin 530 AND an MX20. I do not understand. Isn't
the Garmin 530 also an MFD capable of displaying multiple inputs, like
weather and terrain? Can someone tell me why both might be desirable?
Does anyone have experience with an MX20?

-Sami

that MX20 is on my list to get in about 6 months, if it had a built in GPS I
would have got it over the 430 in a heart beat.

John Harper wrote:

I've never flown an MX20 so I can't comment on that. But
I would say that if you don't need the display area of the
530 (which you don't if you have an MX20) then you could
save $5K or so and go with a 430. You get all the same features
for less $$$ and panel space. (Actually there's ONE useful
feature you don't get, which is the auto-identification and
auto-"DME" from VORs, which is a very nice feature but
not indispensible).

John

"O. Sami Saydjari" wrote in message
...
In an article at http://avionicswest.com/archive/shootout.htm#2003 about
Garmin 530 vs CNX-80, many of the pilots said that they would want a
combination of a Garmin 530 AND an MX20. I do not understand. Isn't
the Garmin 530 also an MFD capable of displaying multiple inputs, like
weather and terrain? Can someone tell me why both might be desirable?
Does anyone have experience with an MX20?

-Sami

Ironic. UPSAT built exactly that MX20 with internal GPS for the
famous Capstone project, but the unit isn't available to us civilians.
---JRC---

"Jeff" wrote in message =
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that MX20 is on my list to get in about 6 months, if it had a built in =
GPS I
would have got it over the 430 in a heart beat.

Yeah.

I haven't flown behind an MX20, but the Garmin. Well. Its got 8 colors. Count 'em. You don't get terrain worth diddley with that. The MX20 will show you sectional-chart-style terrrain and instrument approach plates. And airport diagrams (with your location on them) so you can't get lost.

I have heard, however, that the MX20 is not as sunlight-readable as the Garmin display.


O. Sami Saydjari wrote:


In an article at http://avionicswest.com/archive/shootout.htm#2003 about
Garmin 530 vs CNX-80, many of the pilots said that they would want a
combination of a Garmin 530 AND an MX20. I do not understand. Isn't
the Garmin 530 also an MFD capable of displaying multiple inputs, like
weather and terrain? Can someone tell me why both might be desirable?
Does anyone have experience with an MX20?

-Sami

the garmin 430/530 is suppose to have a terrain data base that is suppose to be out soon, it wont be as good as the MX20, but for a 500$ upgrade, it could be worth it.

"Fred E. Pate" wrote:

Yeah.

I haven't flown behind an MX20, but the Garmin. Well. Its got 8 colors. Count 'em. You don't get terrain worth diddley with that. The MX20 will show you sectional-chart-style terrrain and instrument approach plates. And airport diagrams (with your location on them) so you can't get lost.

I have heard, however, that the MX20 is not as sunlight-readable as the Garmin display.

O. Sami Saydjari wrote:


In an article at http://avionicswest.com/archive/shootout.htm#2003 about
Garmin 530 vs CNX-80, many of the pilots said that they would want a
combination of a Garmin 530 AND an MX20. I do not understand. Isn't
the Garmin 530 also an MFD capable of displaying multiple inputs, like
weather and terrain? Can someone tell me why both might be desirable?
Does anyone have experience with an MX20?

-Sami

Yeah, but I think it gives you big blobs of yellow and red areas instead of a many-color topo chart.

Jeff wrote:


the garmin 430/530 is suppose to have a terrain data base that is suppose to be out soon, it wont be as good as the MX20, but for a 500$ upgrade, it could be worth it.

"Fred E. Pate" wrote:

Yeah.

I haven't flown behind an MX20, but the Garmin. Well. Its got 8 colors. Count 'em. You don't get terrain worth diddley with that. The MX20 will show you sectional-chart-style terrrain and instrument approach plates. And airport diagrams (with your location on them) so you can't get lost.

I have heard, however, that the MX20 is not as sunlight-readable as the Garmin display.

O. Sami Saydjari wrote:


In an article at http://avionicswest.com/archive/shootout.htm#2003 about
Garmin 530 vs CNX-80, many of the pilots said that they would want a
combination of a Garmin 530 AND an MX20. I do not understand. Isn't
the Garmin 530 also an MFD capable of displaying multiple inputs, like
weather and terrain? Can someone tell me why both might be desirable?
Does anyone have experience with an MX20?

-Sami