"Mike Spera" wrote:

when the little dude began to paint green/yellow stripes and blobs
marching out of the Nowthwest, my buyer's remorse subsided quite a bit. I
CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE RAIN!!!! Oh yeah, that's what it is supposed to do.

Ain't it grand?

When you think about it, I just bought RADAR for under $2500! Yes, it is
not airborne, tactical, real-time, weather penetration radar.

It's better, IMO.

The bad:

With the external power plugged in, it is a REAL bear to mount or dismount
the unit. The power plug was clearly misplaced right up against the mount.
If you mount it first and then plug it in, you have to do a bit of
gymnastics to get all 3 plugs in there. The plug for the XM is the tiny
USB and it is also hard to locate once mounted.

*sigh*

That's the damned truth. I hate that mounting cradle.

While we are at it, the power plug is VERY tight. I swear I am bunging the
thing up putting it in an taking it out. I hope this gets easier with
time.

It won't. Better buy a spare.

I've now broken TWO power cable plugs just by unplugging them. Last time I
broke one, I bought two so I'd have a backup in the airplane. Horrible
design.

Nitting away, Where is the COVER???? I expect a cover to snap on to keep
the sun off the screen when parked and to protect the screen while in the
flight bag.

Hadn't thought of that. Good idea.

So, today, I may take to the skies to see the thing in action. I'll report
back.

Prediction: you will wonder how you ever lived without it, pain-in-the-butt
power cable and all.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM