Tom,

The Trutrac needs only 3 seconds from switch-on to providing good info. It
doesn't matter if it's level or cranked over in a steep turn. Really pretty
amazing and nothing at all like turning on a mechanical needle and ball or
turn coordinator and then waiting for it to erect properly if already in a
turn.

Since I have both a Garmin 196 and Trutrack in the ASH26E, I've compared
them to each other. Either will keep an experienced pilot right side up in
IMC, or allow one to do a 180 etc, I prefer the display on Trutrack by a
slight margin as the response is a bit faster than Garmin's panel page.

Both are good to have, as there's nothing wrong with redundancy. If I had to
pick one, it would be the Garmin, even though the display is slower. The
Garmin gives more data, including ground speed. Good to have if the pitot
ices up. 'Course if that happened, one would probably have other concerns
too.

bumper


"Tom" wrote in message
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Just be sure to have your T&B on ALL of the time; you will not have
time to turn it on when you need it.

I prefer an aviation GPS with an HSI display.

Tom