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Jay, live weather is NOT trivial. And for all your griping about
Garmin's lack of innovation, they were the innovator on that one (for handhelds). Early on cockpit too. And they did it RIGHT (satellite to plane, NOT ground antennae to plane like King did it). I don't think anyone else does satellite to plane weather, EXCEPT Garmin, do they? |
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Frank Stutzman wrote:
In rec.aviation.ifr Sam Spade wrote: My Garmin 195 has full IFR approaches. Garmin figured out later that wasn't a good idea. I turned the old thing on. It has one fix prior to the FAF, which is usually (but not always) the IF. The Garmine 295, and onward only have the FAF (and runway ot MAP). |
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Doug wrote:
Jay, live weather is NOT trivial. And for all your griping about Garmin's lack of innovation, they were the innovator on that one (for handhelds). Early on cockpit too. And they did it RIGHT (satellite to plane, NOT ground antennae to plane like King did it). I don't think anyone else does satellite to plane weather, EXCEPT Garmin, do they? You mean for handhelds I guess. There are several vendors piping NEXRAD for MFDs. |
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I don't think anyone else does satellite to plane weather, EXCEPT
Garmin, do they? You mean for handhelds I guess. There are several vendors piping NEXRAD for MFDs. Palm/pocket/tablet-PC versions abound. I almost bought one of the tablet PC versions at OSH, but the absurd price tag (and fear of a hard drive crash at altitude) scared me off. We pilots are apparently just too small a niche market for the other main players in the market (Lowrance, AvMap) to jump aboard. It's frustrating, but understandable. But don't get me wrong -- weather is a wonderful tool to have on board, and the 496 is a fine piece of equipment. What I hate is that it could easily be made perfect, with just a few minor tweaks, but (I'm guessing here) Garmin apparently wants to keep the box small enough to use as a dashboard automotive GPS -- which precludes making the changes necessary to turn it into a truly useful aviation GPS. (It really IS a fantastic automotive GPS. I am truly, 100% satisfied with it in that mode. Unfortunately, that represents about 5% of my usage, to date.) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Jay Honeck wrote:
Palm/pocket/tablet-PC versions abound. I almost bought one of the tablet PC versions at OSH, but the absurd price tag (and fear of a hard drive crash at altitude) scared me off. We pilots are apparently just too small a niche market for the other main players in the market (Lowrance, AvMap) to jump aboard. It's frustrating, but understandable. But don't get me wrong -- weather is a wonderful tool to have on board, and the 496 is a fine piece of equipment. What I hate is that it could easily be made perfect, with just a few minor tweaks, but (I'm guessing here) Garmin apparently wants to keep the box small enough to use as a dashboard automotive GPS -- which precludes making the changes necessary to turn it into a truly useful aviation GPS. (It really IS a fantastic automotive GPS. I am truly, 100% satisfied with it in that mode. Unfortunately, that represents about 5% of my usage, to date.) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" Jay, I'm still trying to figure out where you'd put a bigger screen in Atlas? I find there isn't enough clearance between my lap and the yoke on my Six to put it on my lap. Anywhere else obstructs instruments or windows. That's why I like my Garmin III pilot. It's nice and small, and I have it mounted on top of the glarshield in the horizontal position so that it is in my scan, yet not obstructing anything on the panel, and where it is the only view it blocks is that of the long nose of the Six. The 396/496 when I get around to getting one will have to find a spot on my panel...I think I can fit it under the center stack above the throttle and prop controls...maybe. Nothing bigger is going to fit anywhere. Before I bought the III-pilot (I bought it the week it was announced), I bought a Garmin 195. I tried it out for a couple flights, but just couldn't find a spot where it could live where I could still see crucial stuff on my panel (yoke was out, couldn't see the DG or TC with it there, too big to put on the panel between the Loran and the engine controls, no room on my lap, blocked half the sky on the glareshield, etc. So the next day Garmin announces the III-pilot, so I returned the 195 and got that instead. Small has it's virtues. |
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Yes, but are they SATELLITE to receiver weather? Does any other vendor
use the XMradio satellite weather data? |
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Doug,
help me understand your question. Are you discounting the portable PDA/notebook/laptop combinations that use XM Weather and saying that only Garmin has a portable dedicated GPS unit that also displays XM Weather? Jim "Doug" wrote in message oups.com... Yes, but are they SATELLITE to receiver weather? Does any other vendor use the XMradio satellite weather data? |
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"Doug" wrote in message oups.com... Yes, but are they SATELLITE to receiver weather? Does any other vendor use the XMradio satellite weather data? Yes. |
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Jay, I'm still trying to figure out where you'd put a bigger screen in
Atlas? I find there isn't enough clearance between my lap and the yoke on my Six to put it on my lap. Anywhere else obstructs instruments or windows. I flew for years with the AvMap -- easily twice the screen size of the 496 -- on my yoke. Here's a picture of it, installed: http://makeashorterlink.com/?U54D246D6 (The old Lowrance Airmap 300, pictured on the co-pilot's yoke, is long gone, too...) The AvMap DID block some of the lesser instruments. I would have to look around it a bit to see two of the four fuel gauges, and the tach. But the "sacred six" were all unobstructed -- and flying behind that huge color screen was just a joy. The 496's screen is very restrictive in what it can show, by comparison. Size matters. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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"Morgans" wrote in message ... "Doug" wrote in message oups.com... Yes, but are they SATELLITE to receiver weather? Does any other vendor use the XMradio satellite weather data? Yes. http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalo.../fl210True.php |
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