I have been using the Garmin 296 for about 7 months and it does everything that I need. I paid $1695.00 when I bought mine but now they are down to $1495.00. This unit is small and light although the screen is large enough. Very suitable for a KR aircraft.
Bob Stone, Harker Heights, Texas rsto...@hot.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Langford" <n5...@hiwaay.net> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 7:08 AM Subject: KR> laptop based GPS display? > 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 >
