Re: Electronic horizon?
- From: David Smith <REMOVE_TO_REPLY.david.smith1@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 9 Sep 2005 16:03:56 GMT
If Bumper is correct and the Garmin 196 GPS driven
attitude display can be used for a emergency cloud
descent then presumably the turning glider on a Winpilot
screen will give the same information, or will it ????
David Smith
At 06:06 05 September 2005, Bumper wrote:
>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
>news:1125888990.752331.165040@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> 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
>>
>
>
>
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