GPS Question.... Yet Again

Thomas,

Also, for stick aircraft or added
felxibility,


Oh, and if you fly out of Carlsbad, as the photos on your site seem to
imply, you WILL fly stick aircraft. Check out Pinnacle's DA40. One
flight and you'll never look back.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 14:52:02 -0800, Mike 'Flyin'8'
wrote:

Garmin 196
-It looks like this device has the ability to set on top of the dash
in the plane with the antenna exposed through the windscreen. So I
would imagine if left on top of the control panel an external antenna
is not necessary. So, would an external be needed?

I don't know what airplane you're flying, but I've never felt the need
for an external antenna with the 296. It works just fine anywhere
inside the Cub (which, to be sure, has overhead glazing).


-- all the best, Dan Ford

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On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 14:52:02 -0800, Mike 'Flyin'8'
wrote:

How do the GPS Yoke mounts work?

The one Garmin supplies is an unbelievably complex gadget that, in any
arrangement I can hook up, is given to shaking. (The Cub of course
doesn't have a yoke.) Much more useful, I found, was the velcro
dashboard mount, but of course that requires that you own the
dashboard so as to put the matching velcro strip on it. I put the
velcro on an inverted picture frame www.pipercubforum.com/garmin.htm
that goes atop the Cub's front seat.



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Mike 'Flyin'8' wrote:

I am leaning towards the Airmap 500 or Airmap 1000,
but I am not totally sold yet. I wish I could find one to play around
with before I drop a pile of money for one.

We're on our second 1000, sold the first one with the C152...

Download the 1000 emulator/simulator from Lowrance:
http://www.lowrance.com/Software/PCS...p1000_demo.asp

I also have a Magellan 315 I keep current through he
http://home.stny.rr.com/bkw/315
Typically they can be found used for around $100...

Carlsbad indeed. I am still a new pilot, so I am not ready to jump out of
my C172 just yet. :-) I am certaily anxious to try some new planes
though.

Thomas Borchert wrote:
Thomas,

Also, for stick aircraft or added
felxibility,


Oh, and if you fly out of Carlsbad, as the photos on your site seem to
imply, you WILL fly stick aircraft. Check out Pinnacle's DA40. One
flight and you'll never look back.

--
Mike Flyin'8
PP-ASEL
Temecula, CA
http://flying.4alexanders.com

Carlsbad indeed.


Are you flying with Pinnacle? I rented there last fall and really liked
the outfit. Very professional. First place I've seen to turn away a
prospective renter after the non-satisfactory check-out (another
German, not very fluent in English and neither, it seemed, in Cessnas).

Their DA-40 isn't much more expensive than the new 172s, if you factor
in the higher speed - and it is a world apart. I'd recommend making the
transition as soon as possible, if only because flying different types
tremendously widens a pilot's horizon. Also, the visibility out of the
"flying bubble" will blow you away, pure and simple.

I might be coming back next fall...

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Mike,

Try the main site at www.cockpitgps.com.

John Bell



Now your past has caught my interest... I did some searching and came
across a site... What do you think of this:

http://www.cockpitgps.com/data/

It looks like this guy has made a database to add into the ifinder for
all airports and navigation points. Very interesting... Might just do
the for 25% the cost. What to user defined waypoints show up as on
the screen? Can you make a special graphic for it?

Thomas,

I fly with a club, Pacific Coast Flyers. I actually live in Temecula, so
it is about an hour drive to the airport. I am thinking of getting checked
out at our local airport (French Valley) F70 to make my drive only 10
minutes.

Are you flying with Pinnacle? I rented there last fall and really liked
the outfit. Very professional. First place I've seen to turn away a
prospective renter after the non-satisfactory check-out (another
German, not very fluent in English and neither, it seemed, in Cessnas).


--
Mike Flyin'8
PP-ASEL
Temecula, CA
http://flying.4alexanders.com

Hey... It is that guy! :-)

Thanks for the information John. I will check it out!

"John Bell" wrote:
Mike,

Try the main site at www.cockpitgps.com.

John Bell

Now your past has caught my interest... I did some searching and came
across a site... What do you think of this:

http://www.cockpitgps.com/data/

It looks like this guy has made a database to add into the ifinder for
all airports and navigation points. Very interesting... Might just do
the for 25% the cost. What to user defined waypoints show up as on
the screen? Can you make a special graphic for it?


--
Mike Flyin'8
PP-ASEL
Temecula, CA
http://flying.4alexanders.com

GPS yoke mounts are the way to go. Setting a GPS on top of the dash is
likely to interfere with your compass.

To be honest, as an emergency backup device, the Garmin 196 does not have
any special advantages over any other aviation GPS. If you were using it all
the time, especially with the new terrain feature, then yes.