I have flown my Mustang almost 13,000 miles with just a $159 Etrex Legend. I really love it except for the few times I have seen bad weather all around me and I didn't have every airport along my path programmed in the waypoints. Those are the times you wish you spent the extra couple hundred bucks.
Brian Kraut Engineering Alternatives, Inc. www.engalt.com -----Original Message----- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net]On Behalf Of michaela Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 11:02 AM To: KRnet Subject: KR> "back up" gps might as well admit... I fly my Aeronca 11AC with a $99 etrex... of course, I max out at 90mph, but as a back up to visual pilotage... it does the trick pretty well.... Tony > -------Original Message------- > From: Ray Fuenzalida <ray_pi...@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: KR> Lowrance Marine > Sent: 21 Mar '06 05:05 > > I bought a Magellan 310 at a sporting goods store. Tried it out just for fun on a recent flight to Illinois. Worked great. American got up to 415 mph on descent and cruised at about 355. Went up to 35,000 above sea level and had a heading the whole way. If I put in the waypoints I had already marked, it gave headings and distance. In other words it looks like a great backup GPS. > Ray > New Orleans > > Steve Jacobs <st...@johnmartin.co.za> wrote: Bought the Marine unit for 80 bucks and re-programmed the sucker for air > usage > > +++++++++++++++++ > > My first attempt at getting a GPS was also a buck saving mission - I opted > for an old non-aviation Garmin (no map). > > It would not work in the plane - everything went to zero. I tried it out in > the car and it worked a treat, so back to the plane, no joy so I emailed > Garmin help desk. > > It turned out that the terrestrial units had a max speed limit (something > like 50 mph). Question is if your Airmap is the same and /or if a > re-program to aviation software will remedy this. > > Steve J > South Africa > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. > _______________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
