When moving map technology first hit the market, the only way you could get it was with an external GPS and a laptop. I had one. I will say this: Carrying that laptop gets old. With all the new cheap technology, may I suggest looking at something in the civilian/boating market that is less expensive and can be mounted on your panel? Will it have airport waypoints? No. But most can be programmed for any along your route. That system you are looking at has a screen and an interface box. That's a lot of "stuff" to be carrying around.
Scott --- Mark Langford <n5...@hiwaay.net> wrote: > 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 > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to > krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at > http://www.krnet.org/info.html > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com
