Is XM weather worthwhile?

"Fred Wolf" wrote in message
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Isn't there too much clutter and wires hanging all over in the cockpit...
where do you mount the tablet/ display

fred

Not if you take the time to do some cable management. I basically made a
wiring harness to connect the various devices. I used spiral cable wrap and
worked things out so that there is only one cable bundle going to each
device. I routed the cable bundles so that they are out of the way, under
seats, etc. The bundles are velcroed to the carpet where appropriate. The
only cable bundle that comes into the working space of the cockpit is the
one that goes to the tablet. The tablet sits in my lap and has replaced my
kneeboard.

--Galvin

As others have said, it depends on how and where you fly. In the
midwest, I have found that when the weather gets bad it can be hard to
find a FSS that has time to talk - "Arrow 27D, you're no. 4 for
weather" so the metars and nexrad become indispensable if you don't
have a stormscope. Around the great lakes, a stormscope won't show
snow showers. AnywhereMap (control vision) has a $2200 PDA system for
which you can get TAF, METAR, and NEXRAD for $30/mo from XM radio.

wrote

AnywhereMap (control vision) has a $2200 PDA system for
which you can get TAF, METAR, and NEXRAD for $30/mo from XM radio.


Check on that $2200 price. :-)
--
Jim in NC