Carbon8 Posted March 25, 2019 Report Posted March 25, 2019 (edited) So I just cut the check with my shop for my light panel overhaul. Adding dual G5's, a GNC255 and a GTX345r to connect to my GTN650 as well as a flight stream 210. With the announcement today I am curious if I should just ditch the 345r and get the new GNX375 for a second GPS nav, transponder, weather, and traffic. As well as just then getting the flight stream 510. Not clear on what the main differences are yet, mainly will the 375 connect to foreflight? Online it only says garmin pilot and fltplan Thoughts? Edited March 25, 2019 by Carbon8 Quote
johncuyle Posted March 25, 2019 Report Posted March 25, 2019 FS510/210 will connect to Foreflight. They will probably disable BT on the 375 in favor of running ADS-B in through the FlightStream. GTX 375 does make for an interesting option if you want a second GPS and you need ADS-B. That appears to be exactly its niche. GNC255+GNX375 is about the same price as a GTN650, and about the same capability, except it adds XPDR. G5 can only be connected to one nav source, unless they removed that limitation and it got lost in the wall of new product announcement. I added FS210 and GTX 345R last year, and already had a GTN650. Planned to do GFC 500 next year, but was never really sure what (if anything) to do for a backup nav/radio. Probably not helpful, but if I hadn't just done FS210/GTX345R, I would probably be considering the exact same thing. Quote
MIm20c Posted March 25, 2019 Report Posted March 25, 2019 From a quick read it looks like the only reason to buy the 510 for the 175/375/g3x is to do wireless updates. Everything else is already included like two way communication with ForeFlight. Quote
Carbon8 Posted March 26, 2019 Author Report Posted March 26, 2019 1 hour ago, MIm20c said: From a quick read it looks like the only reason to buy the 510 for the 175/375/g3x is to do wireless updates. Everything else is already included like two way communication with ForeFlight. Without the 510 the Bluetooth will only talk to garmin pilot or fltplan. Need the 510 to connect to foreflight. 1 Quote
MIm20c Posted March 26, 2019 Report Posted March 26, 2019 3 minutes ago, Carbon8 said: Without the 510 the Bluetooth will only talk to garmin pilot or fltplan. Need the 510 to connect to foreflight. You’re probably right. I was looking at the g3x info. Quote
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