Flying IFR with Garmins

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 17:56:11 -0700, "John Harper"
wrote:

I guess I just had it drummed into me not to use APP
mode unless you really mean it, and this was the
rationale. I don't know if my a/p does anything
different in APP mode, other than GS tracking.
Certainly the GPS is more sensitive when you get
within 30 miles of the destination. And my a/p
works a lot better in that case for NAV tracking,
which is what makes me think it could be made
to work well in normal mode too.

Well, the reason I started using APP mode for tracking GPS was because that
was the recommendation of the a/p manufacturer! (Stec in this case). And,
being more sensitive, there is less course wandering. Since the signal is
more stable than a VOR signal, it made sense to me to follow the mfg
recommendation.

I never had the (mis)fortune of having someone drum into me anything about
using the a/p :-)




Ron (EPM) (N5843Q, Mooney M20E) (CP, ASEL, ASES, IA)