*******Not hardly. Even the panel mounts require manual input. Most of them
will
calculate things like pressure altitude and TAS, but you have to dial in all
the info. As I said, it is a pain.*****

All you need to display a wind arrow is an HSI and an Air Data Computer. All
sorts of airplanes have Honeywell KCS-55A compass systems. Shadin has a low
cost ADC.

Combine heading and TAS and strap them into your Garmin 430/530 and it will
display the wind arrow. At least one truly useful time for that information
is on landing. The arrow will show real time wind shear.

Just bring your checkbook. The new Garmin 1000 system in the new Cessna
182/206 will have all that stuff standard. I do know that Garmin is dragging
their heels, kicking and screaming, in upgrading the 430. They should have
never promised an upgrade for that now antiquated system. An upgrade to the
1000 couldn't cost much more. All the engineering talent is going into the
1000 program. The CNX-80 is a BIG white elephant.

Garmin should offer a 1000 trade up program to the 430/530/80 owners that
they couldn't refuse. It would save a lot of headache. It's already going to
cost a mint to get TAWS, traffic, weather, and VNAV approaches on the older
units anyway.

Karl
"Curator" N185KG