Mooney 201 question

Robert M. Gary wrote:

GPSS can now be added on to most of the STEC pilots as an additional
box that sits behind the panel. What you really start paying for is
pitch.

Yep, my original plans were for the STEC 30 but by the time I got
around to putting in the alt. hold, GPSS, and electric trim (which
I really liked in an Arrow I used to fly with it) you might as well
upgrade to the 55X.

Robert M. Gary wrote:


But not if the course reversal is a hold right?

Nope, the 480 does exactly one turn around the hold (unless you
press SUSP then it sits there and goes around until you release it).

The G1000 goes into
suspend mode, I seem to rememeber the 430 doing the same. Unless there
is somethign new in the 480.

Not NEW, different. The 480 remember is not originally a Garmin box.
It is far superior in it's user interface for IFR in my opinion.

Further, unlike the 430/530, it doesn't need to be any button pushing
to start sequencing the missed approach. Once you fly it passed
the MAP it automatically sequences into the missed sequence (it
gets authority for this in that it has a richer set of waypoints
on the missed sequence than just the location of the holding point).

Ron Natalie wrote:
Robert M. Gary wrote:


But not if the course reversal is a hold right?

Nope, the 480 does exactly one turn around the hold (unless you
press SUSP then it sits there and goes around until you release it).

Intertesting. The G1000 is not that good. It crosses the hold and puts
a message above the attitude suggesting an entry. Once it crosses the
hold it goes into suspend mode and then puts the hold at the top of the
sequence. As a result, it crosses the holding fix and then tries to do
a 180 to get back to the fix. As a result, it just wonders around. The
expectation is that you will engage "heading" mode in the autopilot.
However, once you turn back final inbound, it does automatically
unsuspend and sequence after recrossing the holding fix. If you want
multiple holds you have to manually suspend it again.

-robert

"Jon Kraus" wrote in message
...
I don't know about the instrument panel
color. Ours is black. Why you would want
to pay the I'm sure exorborant fee to have
it made tan would make me wonder about
your sanity.

Awh, come on... How expensive can a can of Krylon spray paint be?