G1000 vs Steam guages initial thoughts...

More likely Linux or a machine code.


"Robert Chambers" wrote in
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| Probably microsoft under the covers.
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| Jim Macklin wrote:
| Looks like a good application, the system drives what
type
| of display, a mechanical or electronic?
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| "Matt Barrow" wrote in message
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| | "Jim Macklin"
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| | news:6mVJg.6550$SZ3.5989@dukeread04...
| | The G1000 is less expensive for a airframe
manufacturer
| to
| | install. The big screens and moving maps are easy
to
| | interpret and getting lost in the middle of an
approach
| will
| | be hard to do. [As long as it works]. But when you
| learn to
| | navigate with no dials or steam gauges, you train
your
| mind
| | to act as a "moving map" and you know the situation.
| | ...
| | The solid state gyros are the best thing IMHO, the
| weakness
| | in the small GA airplanes is the poor sensitivity
and
| | accuracy of the gyros and the small size of the
| displays.
| |
| | Something like this might be more better!
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http://www.xbow.com/Products/product...ls.aspx?sid=59
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