friend looking for low cost backup GPS

[RocketAviator]

Something like Garman 396 & up or 560 or other small unit for a backup in his RV 4

If you have or know of one PM me & I'll put you in touch.

[Marauder]

Something like Garman 396 & up or 560 or other small unit for a backup in his RV 4

If you have or know of one PM me & I'll put you in touch.

How about a free 295?

[rbridges]

does he have an ipad?

[RocketAviator]

does he have an ipad?

He does and that is part of the problem.  He has had some problems with it and does not have an autopilot so when it goes a miss it causes him great grief and potentially an unsafe flight condition.

[kerry]

great deals on ebay for hand held gps's

[OR75]

although the iPad has not been specifically design for use in a cockpit, i do not recall ever loosing signal, even without an external antenna.

if anything, the battery of the iPad lasts longer than most handhelds i have come across ( Garmin, Lawrence)

I am not sure what kind of problems he has had with the iPad, but i wonder if he may not get the same with a handheld.

Also, what does a handheld have to do with the autopilot ?

fly and stay safe

[DS1980]

Dibs on the free 295. I'll pay shipping.

[RocketAviator]

auto - pilot / hand held.  He has the Ipad mounted on the right side of his panel and when the issue happened he was unable / unwilling to take his attention off flying to see / try to get the IPad back in operation.

[OR75]

I still do not see how a handheld will help.

[Hector]

Is he using the iPads built-in GPS, or an external GPS. I've never had the external GPS drop out in the iPad. Maybe a cheap $100 solution.

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[Marauder]

Once I find it and verify that it still works, Lacee has first dibs on it.

[RocketAviator]

Once I find it and verify that it still works, Lacee has first dibs on it.

Thank you sir

[N601RX]

If its been sitting for a while and takes 30 minutes to acquire the satellites the small internal memory battery may need to swapped out. You can buy these from digikey for about $2 and there are some photo guides online on how to change it out. The one in my 396 died a couple of years ago. It takes less than 30 minutes to swap it.