KRNetHeads, It's been kinda quiet lately, and some of you guys are into this kind of stuff, so I'll go ahead and ask. I'm getting ready to buy some kind of large screen GPS display, and I'm thinking seriously about the Navearo TPad 800 (see http://www.navaero.com/t_pad/specs_touch.asp ). It's basically just a radio-width (6.2" wide x 9" tall) external screen for my laptap (which I already carry to collect EIS info). I'd be using my old Garmin GPSMap 95 for GPS info, although I'll probably buy something lighter and smaller for that job as money permits. The big question for me is what software to run. The thing has a touchscreen, and whatever will run on a laptop is accessible through this 800x600 display. True Flight doesn't appear to have road info (which might be important for "I Follow Roads" or during an engine-out landing), and the Jeppesen software doesn't appeal to me for some reason. 0
Any other suggestions as to other hardware or software suggestions are also welcome, but there is a certain appeal in having a screen that I mount to the panel, allowing the "real" hardware and software to be upgraded as technology progresses. I'm planning to spend about $2000 or so, so the TPad800 and a $500 software package would be perfect, connected to my existing equipment. I was thinking about a GPSMap 296, but the thought of having something that expensive become obsolete in a few years doesn't appeal to me. A laptop based system seems much more flexible. Any ideas? Thanks, Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net --------------------------------------------------------------
