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Tim(at)MyRV10.com
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Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:04 am Post subject: Avidyne vs. Garmin

Was scrounging the net for some info today and fell

into this article.  For the high-end EFIS shoppers

it might be a good read.



http://philip.greenspun.com/flying/avidyne-versus-garmin



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GRANSCOTT(at)aol.com
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Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:39 am Post subject: Avidyne vs. Garmin

Tim having a few more hours than Mr Greenspun in the G 1000  system, one of his comments he lists as a negative on the G 1000 system  concerns winds/direction while on an ILS...saying that this information is only  on the MFD...while that's true one can do a thrumbnail insert in the PDF which  apparently with his only 3.4 hours of time he did not read this or set this  feature up.  The MFD thumbnail sits to the left of the EHSI and while  probably not as convenient as having an overlay "white" line it does give you  information in front of you.

  

 The G 1000 system I fly has a King Auto pilot which I'm sure is not as  convenient as an integrated auto pilot such as the STec 55 system...FYI.

  

 Patrick

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ajhauter(at)yahoo.com
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Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 1:47 pm Post subject: Avidyne vs. Garmin

Great article Tim,

Can you expand with your experience on the paragraph about Chelton's 



"The Avidyne and the Garmin show you an artificial horizon and some data that will let you use your 50 hours of instrument training to figure out how to follow an FAA instrument approach procedure. As long as there are big computer screens in front of the pilot, why not just show the terrain and a "highway in the sky" series of successive boxes through which you ought to fly to get to the runway? Microsoft Flight Simulator can do this for less than $50, so why not have it in your $250,000 airplane?

NASA had the same idea and their contractor, Chelton Flight Systems, makes a primary flight display that does these things and is certified for certified airplanes. People retrofit the Chelton to Beechcraft Barons and similar high-end aircraft and it comes from the factory on a lot of turbine-powered helicopters. An inexpensive similar system for experimental airplanes is available from www.bluemountainavionics.com.

The Garmin G1000 might some day be upgraded to work like the Chelton, but don't hold your breath.

People who have flown the Chelton say that is probably the best system out there, but unfortunately it is substantially more expensive than the Garmin and Avidyne products, supposedly mostly due to the fact that a more expensive technology is used to determine aircraft attitude."



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Tim(at)MyRV10.com
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Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 5:07 pm Post subject: Avidyne vs. Garmin

Sorry, I really can't comment  much on it. I didn't

 write it. I also have no time behind the Avidyne  or the G1000

 so I Can't comment much on those  either. I just have time behind

 my chelton, so I can only expand on, the  Chelton stuff from

 what I have seen. I Can say that  the HITS was Something that

 I originally thought was kind of  dumb and figured I'd turn it

 off on mine. But, after flying  with it, I find it truly amazing,

 and incredibly Safety enhancing too.  I've recently started flying

some fully AP coupled approaches and am now fully amazed.

I hope to have some photos and  videos when I get time.

 Personally I was Surprised at the amount of things  the writer

found to criticize. I always  thought the Avidyne was my choice

 of those two.... but now I'd say  between the two in the article

 I may lean towards the G1000.  But, I'm glad I didn't have

those options back then, because I like my choice now.



Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD - Flying

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ajhauter(at)yahoo.com wrote:

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		   Great article Tim,

 

 Can you expand with your experience on the paragraph about Chelton's 

 

 "The Avidyne and the Garmin show you an artificial horizon and some data 

 that will let you use your 50 hours of instrument training to figure out 

 how to follow an FAA instrument approach procedure. As long as there are 

 big computer screens in front of the pilot, why not just show the 

 terrain and a "highway in the sky" series of successive boxes through 

 which you ought to fly to get to the runway? Microsoft Flight Simulator 

 can do this for less than $50, so why not have it in your $250,000 airplane?

 NASA had the same idea and their contractor, Chelton Flight Systems 

 <http://www.cheltonflightsystems.com/>, makes a primary flight display 

 that does these things and is certified for certified airplanes. People 

 retrofit the Chelton to Beechcraft Barons and similar high-end aircraft 

 and it comes from the factory on a lot of turbine-powered helicopters. 

 An inexpensive similar system for experimental airplanes is available 

 from www.bluemountainavionics.com <http://www.bluemountainavionics.com/>.

 The Garmin G1000 might some day be upgraded to work like the Chelton, 

 but don't hold your breath.

 People who have flown the Chelton say that is probably the best system 

 out there, but unfortunately it is substantially more expensive than the 

 Garmin and Avidyne products, supposedly mostly due to the fact that a 

 more expensive technology is used to determine aircraft attitude."

 

 aj

 

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