Some views of my AvMap EKP-IV

Anybody who's interested in how the new AvMap EKP-IV looks when mounted on
a Cherokee yoke, feel free to look at:
http://www2.ari.net/jmasino/private/panel1.JPG
http://www2.ari.net/jmasino/private/panel2.JPG
http://www2.ari.net/jmasino/private/panel3.JPG

I can't say that I'm exactly over joyed with it's software design, but
it's probably just a matter of getting use to it (after many years behind
a Garmin). One small problem that I notice is that, either the high
resolution screen or the embedded processor, is causing some high pitched
noise on my com radios. Not enough to break the squelch, but if a distant
aircraft with a weak signal breaks my squelch, the AvMap noise become
apparent. Not sure if I can put up with that or not. I may try to loop
the com radio's coax through a toroid a few times, or fabricating a
grounded aluminum "cradle" between the unit and the yolke mount, in an
attempt to shield my radios. I'm not really sure if that'll help or not.

I'm also finding that a large high resolution display leave one open to
information overload. I haven't quite tweaked all the display options,
for different zoom levels, to my liking yet. The AvMap also insists on
drawing a course line to your GoTo waypoint, and you can't seem to turn
that function off. It's a great feature if you're going on a trip, but if
you're just up flying around boring holes in the sky, you end up with a
black line drawn across your screen that has no useful purpose.

---Jay


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Flown it at night yet?
How bright is it at minimum setting?

Flown it at night yet?
How bright is it at minimum setting?



I find it very pleasing to the eyes.
However my unit is mounted on a rail mount.
Hank 172 driver

Hankal wrote:
Flown it at night yet?
How bright is it at minimum setting?

I find it very pleasing to the eyes.
However my unit is mounted on a rail mount.

Is that the RAM rail mount?

I find it very pleasing to the eyes.
However my unit is mounted on a rail mount.

Is that the RAM rail mount?

I did not state "RAM" mount
It is a rail mount, fits on the seat rails and can be adjusted to fit at pilots
disgression

Hankal wrote:
I find it very pleasing to the eyes.

However my unit is mounted on a rail mount.

Is that the RAM rail mount?

I did not state "RAM" mount
It is a rail mount, fits on the seat rails and can be adjusted to fit at pilots
disgression


Is there another "brand" that manufactures one?
RAM is the only one I am familiar with.

john smith wrote:
Flown it at night yet?
How bright is it at minimum setting?

No, I haven't, but you can lower the brightness to near darkness, so I'm
sure you can adjust it to your liking.


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I too picked one up about two weeks ago, but haven't had a chance to do
anything but short local flights with it yet. I'm gonna try for a lengthy
cross-country tomorrow (weather permitting) and will post my impressions
tomorrow night after wringing it out a bit.



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"Jay Masino" wrote in message
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Anybody who's interested in how the new AvMap EKP-IV looks when mounted on
a Cherokee yoke, feel free to look at:
http://www2.ari.net/jmasino/private/panel1.JPG
http://www2.ari.net/jmasino/private/panel2.JPG
http://www2.ari.net/jmasino/private/panel3.JPG

I can't say that I'm exactly over joyed with it's software design, but
it's probably just a matter of getting use to it (after many years behind
a Garmin). One small problem that I notice is that, either the high
resolution screen or the embedded processor, is causing some high pitched
noise on my com radios. Not enough to break the squelch, but if a distant
aircraft with a weak signal breaks my squelch, the AvMap noise become
apparent. Not sure if I can put up with that or not. I may try to loop
the com radio's coax through a toroid a few times, or fabricating a
grounded aluminum "cradle" between the unit and the yolke mount, in an
attempt to shield my radios. I'm not really sure if that'll help or not.

I'm also finding that a large high resolution display leave one open to
information overload. I haven't quite tweaked all the display options,
for different zoom levels, to my liking yet. The AvMap also insists on
drawing a course line to your GoTo waypoint, and you can't seem to turn
that function off. It's a great feature if you're going on a trip, but if
you're just up flying around boring holes in the sky, you end up with a
black line drawn across your screen that has no useful purpose.

---Jay


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Jay and Teresa Masino ___(_)___
http://www2.ari.net/jmasino ! ! !
http://www.oceancityairport.com
http://www.oc-adolfos.com

"Jay Masino" wrote in message
...
Anybody who's interested in how the new AvMap EKP-IV looks when mounted on
a Cherokee yoke, feel free to look at:
http://www2.ari.net/jmasino/private/panel1.JPG
http://www2.ari.net/jmasino/private/panel2.JPG
http://www2.ari.net/jmasino/private/panel3.JPG

Do you use the timer on the panel behind it? It looks to be completely
obscured by the AvMap. That would be the AI in my plane.

Jeremy Lew wrote:
Do you use the timer on the panel behind it? It looks to be completely
obscured by the AvMap. That would be the AI in my plane.

Rarely, but the times I have (when it was "blocked" by my GPSMAP 195) it
was actually rather simple to look around the GPS. When you're in flight,
the yoke, and the GPS, are actually a little closer to you.

--- Jay



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