alex Posted July 3, 2011 Report Posted July 3, 2011 Has anyone looked into this unit, any PIREPS? for $89 a year you get IFR/VFR charts, Airport INFO... GTN what? Quote
PTK Posted July 4, 2011 Report Posted July 4, 2011 I reasearched this a few months ago. It seems to be a fairly priced portable (VFR) that will probably do an average job. If you want a battery and an antenna you must buy EXTERNAL ones. You can plug it in to the cig lighter and you will want a least the antena. All this means higher cost but what's worst, permanent WIRES AND MORE WIRES all over the place. It would get old real fast in my airplane as I like a neat cockpit! Also it doesn't come with a mount. A yoke mount is available but, IMHO, the unit is too big to mount on the yoke so it must sit on the right seat. Maybe an iPAD is better if you are going to have it on the right seat because you can take it with you after your flight. Considering all these points I would rather look towards an Aera and mount it neatly in a panel dock! You need to compare it to other portables and not to the GTN! BTW I just had the GTN750 installed along wih the GMA35 and GTX33. I couldn't be happier with my decision. Check out the not so good pics on my gallery! Quote
danb35 Posted July 4, 2011 Report Posted July 4, 2011 The GTN isn't a valid comparison; it's a portable unit and should be compared to others. I can only go on what I see on their website, but based on that I can't see why I'd want one rather than an iPad + ForeFlight (or perhaps WingX). The cost delta is minimal, and it seems that ForeFlight does quite a bit more already (with even more apparently to come)--and of course there's all the other things you can do with the iPad outside of the plane. BTW, I bought '48Q from a guy at Schaumburg--seemed like a nice airport. Quote
alex Posted July 4, 2011 Author Report Posted July 4, 2011 How much is the yearly subscription to foreflight for ipad. I'm only interested in the electronic charts, plates and FD's. I'm happy with my set up, the gps function is an extra benefit but not the main reason for getting one. The GTN comment was tongue in cheek BTW. Quote
danb35 Posted July 4, 2011 Report Posted July 4, 2011 Foreflight is $75/year; if you want georeferenced plates and taxi diagrams it's another $75 (enroute and sectional charts are georeferenced in the basic subscription, and plates are included without georeferencing). Quote
FlyDave Posted July 4, 2011 Report Posted July 4, 2011 WingX Pro is $99/year and include geo-referrenced airport diagrams. Geo-referrenced plates are $80/year extra. I prefer WingX Pro over ForeFlight. You can try WingX for 1 month for $1. Quote
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