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scottmschmidt(at)yahoo.co
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 Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 7:44 pm Post subject: Trueflight 190 |
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I am actually in the process of purchasing that system. After reading about and talking with them I am very impressed with it and I recently received a free Samsung Q1 and thought I might as well give it a try. It has all the weather that the 496 has plus more, and you can get all the approach charts, taxi diagrams, and low IFR charts on it. Your plane can overlay on all the charts I just mentioned as well. The also have all the IFR approaches loaded into the system so you can fly the approach on the moving map. They said within the next couple of week they will have forward 3D synthetic vision with HITS. Later this year they will have outputs for digital autopilots. For around $2500 for a total system they seem pretty cool. www.aviationsafety.com
Weather for my plane is something I have really struggled with over the past year. My options have been a Garmin 396 or 496, WSI for the Chelton, Grand Rapids XM weather, Anywhere map, True Flight, or just WX WORX.
They all have their positives and negatives.
Garmin 396 or 496 - Nice package, good support, simple to use, nice screen, but is a Garmin and they are expensive to keep current relative to the others. From what I hear they shut down guidance when on an approach so you don't use it as a primary source (not a big deal). I also like the fact that I could take this from the plane, throw it in the car or my motorcycle and have dual purposes for it.
WSI for Chelton - By far the most expensive to purchase and monthly subscription is a little more. The huge advantage is the fact that I don't have to have another piece of equipment in the plane and I can see my current flight plan on the screen. But the system is around $5,000 to purchase.
Grand Rapids XM Weather - Looks pretty cool and for $1500 it is hard to beat. The screen resolution isn't the best but for practical purposes it seems like it would do the job. Doesn't have all the screen options that the Garmin or others have.
Anywhere map - This is a do-all system with weather, approach charts and maps. I have played with this system alot at Oshkosh but I think True Flight has a few more features.
WX Worx - Great system if you just need weather, lacks approach charts, IFR airways, maps
True Flight - Has just about everything the other systems plus more. There are things I don't like about the screen setup, but overall it looks pretty complete.
In talking with the them, I had concerns about the hard drive crashing on the Samsung like I have heard with the Motion Computing. Apparently, the Motion Computing suffers from an overheating issue, not a hard drive crashing issue. At the higher altitudes the CPU doesn't have the air required to keep the chip cool. They have tested the Samsung to 19,000 and not had any issues. I don't see flying above that much. I was at 15,500 the other day at gross, and it didn't look like I had much climb performance left.
This selection is as frustrating as planning the perfect panel. Once I get it I will let you know how I like it.
Scott Schmidt
scottmschmidt(at)yahoo.com
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jesse(at)saintaviation.co
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 4:22 am Post subject: Trueflight 190 |
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We have had the Flight Cheetah in N256H for about 250 hours. It is not as
intuitive as the 396 or 496, but the information it gives you is great. I
have not seen another display of weather that is as useful as
TrueFlight's. The fastest and cheapest flight level page is also very
helpful, so you don't have to try to figure which winds will help the best
or hurt the least. When you load an approach, one button switches back
and forth between the moving map with the overlaid approach and the
approach plate so you can become familiar with the procedure and minimums,
etc. I would not have recommended it a year ago, but since we got the
solid state hard drive it has been very stable. It has a few little
quirks, but for $200 a year for updates on everything (navaids,
approaches, plates, software), it's hard to beat. I haven't looked into
their new stuff recently, but this instrument is great for situational
awareness. Scott, I don't think you'll be disappointed.
Jesse Saint
Saint Aviation, Inc.
jesse(at)saintaviation.com
www.saintaviation.com
352-427-0285
Scott Schmidt wrote:
[quote] I am actually in the process of purchasing that system. After reading
about and talking with them I am very impressed with it and I recently
received a free Samsung Q1 and thought I might as well give it a try. It
has all the weather that the 496 has plus more, and you can get all the
approach charts, taxi diagrams, and low IFR charts on it. Your plane can
overlay on all the charts I just mentioned as well. The also have all the
IFR approaches loaded into the system so you can fly the approach on the
moving map. They said within the next couple of week they will have
forward 3D synthetic vision with HITS. Later this year they will have
outputs for digital autopilots. For around $2500 for a total system they
seem pretty cool. www.aviationsafety.com
Weather for my plane is something I have really struggled with over the
past year. My options have been a Garmin 396 or 496, WSI for the Chelton,
Grand Rapids XM weather, Anywhere map, True Flight, or just WX WORX.
They all have their positives and negatives.
Garmin 396 or 496 - Nice package, good support, simple to use, nice
screen, but is a Garmin and they are expensive to keep current relative to
the others. From what I hear they shut down guidance when on an approach
so you don't use it as a primary source (not a big deal). I also like the
fact that I could take this from the plane, throw it in the car or my
motorcycle and have dual purposes for it.
WSI for Chelton - By far the most expensive to purchase and monthly
subscription is a little more. The huge advantage is the fact that I
don't have to have another piece of equipment in the plane and I can see
my current flight plan on the screen. But the system is around $5,000 to
purchase.
Grand Rapids XM Weather - Looks pretty cool and for $1500 it is hard to
beat. The screen resolution isn't the best but for practical purposes it
seems like it would do the job. Doesn't have all the screen options that
the Garmin or others have.
Anywhere map - This is a do-all system with weather, approach charts and
maps. I have played with this system alot at Oshkosh but I think True
Flight has a few more features.
WX Worx - Great system if you just need weather, lacks approach charts,
IFR airways, maps
True Flight - Has just about everything the other systems plus more.
There are things I don't like about the screen setup, but overall it looks
pretty complete.
In talking with the them, I had concerns about the hard drive crashing on
the Samsung like I have heard with the Motion Computing. Apparently, the
Motion Computing suffers from an overheating issue, not a hard drive
crashing issue. At the higher altitudes the CPU doesn't have the air
required to keep the chip cool. They have tested the Samsung to 19,000
and not had any issues. I don't see flying above that much. I was at
15,500 the other day at gross, and it didn't look like I had much climb
performance left.
This selection is as frustrating as planning the perfect panel. Once I
get it I will let you know how I like it.
Scott Schmidt
scottmschmidt(at)yahoo.com
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KiloPapa
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Location: Pearblossom, CA
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| Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 9:17 am Post subject: Trueflight 190 |
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Nice write-up. Thanks.
Kevin
40494
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