Re: Handheld GPS adaptible to aviation
- From: "Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm>
- Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 12:07:33 -0600
I think color is important, but I was just given a birthday
present, quite unexpected [the present, the b'day was
expected] of a Magellan Meridian Gold with a monochrome
display. It seems adequate and has a pretty good database
that includes airports. There is no terrain unless you buy
a detailed map database. It will work up to 951 mph and
17,500 meters.
Programming is not something I'd want to do in-flight unless
I had lots of time. I think my son bought it at Wal-Mart
for about $200. It runs 14 hours on 2 AA batteries if you
don't use the light.
I told him I wanted the Garmin 396, it's only $2500.
--
James H. Macklin
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| Hi, I'm a PP-ASEL student. Although the rental planes at
my club have
| pretty good nav equipment, I'm hoping to supplement them
with a
| handheld GPS that isn't expensive.
|
| Mostly, I'm of the "your chart isn't going to lie to you"
school of
| pilotage and frugality. But your chart also doesn't tell
you where you
| are or what direction you're headed. So, I'd like to use
an
| inexpensive GPS with very basic mapping capability as a
supplement to
| VOR navigation for VFR.
|
| Aviation GPS's need periodic map updates. So what I'd
ideally like is
| rather low-end land/marine unit with a basic map (cities,
highways,
| shoreline, other topographic features) that has available
software to
| create my own waypoint database of airports and navaids to
supplement
| the base map.
|
| Anyone using something like that?
|
| BTW, I am familiar with Brian Wade's excellent database
for the
| Magellan 315. But that's not a mapping unit. I'm trying
to do
| something similar but with a low-end mapping GPS.
|
| Thanks
|
.
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