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Victor Airways in Cessna G1000 T182T
Maybe, if Garmin and Cessna get enough complaints or loss
enough sales, they will add the feature in a software revision. It would be nice. -- James H. Macklin ATP,CFI,A&P -- The people think the Constitution protects their rights; But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome. some support http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm See http://www.fija.org/ more about your rights and duties. "Sam Spade" wrote in message news:Sfd5g.174961$bm6.121638@fed1read04... | Jim Macklin wrote: | It does have all the intersections, so you can program | routes on the airways. | | | As does my Garmin handheld. | | A robust IFR platform should have airways that load as easily as | entering them in an FAA flight plan. |
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Victor Airways in Cessna G1000 T182T
Roy Smith wrote:
Amen. It seems utterly braindead not to have that ability. The cost is minimal in terms of either CPU time or storage space, and the convenience is huge. I absolutely cannot understand why the G1000 does not support that. My guess is that it was an emotional decision on the part of the gentleman who runs the part of Garmin that makes the IFR panel mounts. He got kicked a lot in the shins about the lack of airway databases in the 400500 series. Apparently, they could not add that feature to the 400/500 series (prior to the someday-big-upgrade) because of lack of platform capability. So, perhaps he felt it would make the 400/500 product line look worse to have designed the G1000 with an airway database. |
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Victor Airways in Cessna G1000 T182T
Sam Spade wrote:
Roy Smith wrote: Amen. It seems utterly braindead not to have that ability. The cost is minimal in terms of either CPU time or storage space, and the convenience is huge. I absolutely cannot understand why the G1000 does not support that. My guess is that it was an emotional decision on the part of the gentleman who runs the part of Garmin that makes the IFR panel mounts. He got kicked a lot in the shins about the lack of airway databases in the 400500 series. Apparently, they could not add that feature to the 400/500 series (prior to the someday-big-upgrade) because of lack of platform capability. So, perhaps he felt it would make the 400/500 product line look worse to have designed the G1000 with an airway database. Since noone else has mentioned it: The Garmin GNS480 understands airways... and it *does* make the 400/500 product line look worse, in a lot of ways. DGB |
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Victor Airways in Cessna G1000 T182T
yes it does. more button pushing, but much much more capable.
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Victor Airways in Cessna G1000 T182T
Dave Butler wrote:
Sam Spade wrote: Since noone else has mentioned it: The Garmin GNS480 understands airways... and it *does* make the 400/500 product line look worse, in a lot of ways. DGB True, but the Garmin IFR folks inherited that box, they didn't design it. |
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Victor Airways in Cessna G1000 T182T
Sam Spade wrote:
Dave Butler wrote: Sam Spade wrote: Since noone else has mentioned it: The Garmin GNS480 understands airways... and it *does* make the 400/500 product line look worse, in a lot of ways. DGB True, but the Garmin IFR folks inherited that box, they didn't design it. Inherited = purchased the competition. -- Peter |
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Victor Airways in Cessna G1000 T182T
In article 1146490571.46317@sj-nntpcache-5, Dave Butler wrote:
Since noone else has mentioned it: The Garmin GNS480 understands airways... and it *does* make the 400/500 product line look worse, in a lot of ways. Heh. That's because the GNS480 wasn't designed by Garmin. It was originally a product of UPSAT (aka Apollo, II-Morrow) before they were bought out by Garmin, and was called the Apollo CNX-80. -- Dane |
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Victor Airways in Cessna G1000 T182T
"Roy Smith" wrote in message ... In article , Amen. It seems utterly braindead not to have that ability. The cost is minimal in terms of either CPU time or storage space, and the convenience is huge. I absolutely cannot understand why the G1000 does not support that. I can understand why they don't support Victor airways in the G1000. The G1000 uses Garmin 430's (as black boxes, without the display or buttons) as its GPS navigators. If the Garmin 430 can't do it, the G1000 can't do it. It was a sound engineering decision, but I agree it sure would be nice to have the capability. -Mike |
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