Garmin 430 Terrain Avoidance

[endre]

Does anyone have any information on whether Garmin is planning terrain
data for Garmin 430 and whether it will be upgradable in a current
installation.

[Thomas Borchert]

Endre,

> Does anyone have any information on whether Garmin is planning terrain
> data for Garmin 430 and whether it will be upgradable in a current
> installation.
>

Yes and yes. It's supposed to come out this year. It will require your
unit to be sent to Garmin. Cost was said to be around 1500 $.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

[Frank Stutzman]

Thomas Borchert > wrote:
> Endre,


> Yes and yes. It's supposed to come out this year. It will require your
> unit to be sent to Garmin. Cost was said to be around 1500 $.

The Garmin rep at the Arlington Fly-in said that there are two upgrades to
the 430/530 this year. One is the $1500 WAAS upgrade (that included a
newer, faster processor) and the terrain avoidance upgrade that was
available for $500. It was not clear to me that the terrain upgrade
depended upon the WAAS upgraded, although that is what I would expect.
The display updates are slow enough already without the added terrain
data.

--
Frank Stutzman
Bonanza N494B "Hula Girl"
Hood River, OR

[Thomas Borchert]

Frank,

> The display updates are slow enough already without the added terrain
> data.
>

Some people have told me that a processor upgrade would be included in
the WAAS upgrade.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

[Mike Rapoport]

Cost is supposed to be $500. WAAS is supposed to be $1500.

Mike
MU-2

"Thomas Borchert" > wrote in message
...
> Endre,
>
> > Does anyone have any information on whether Garmin is planning terrain
> > data for Garmin 430 and whether it will be upgradable in a current
> > installation.
> >
>
> Yes and yes. It's supposed to come out this year. It will require your
> unit to be sent to Garmin. Cost was said to be around 1500 $.
>
> --
> Thomas Borchert (EDDH)
>

[Doug Vetter]

Mike Rapoport wrote:
> Cost is supposed to be $500. WAAS is supposed to be $1500.

From what I've heard over the past year that's true. Unfortunately,
they don't seem to have any plans to update the 4xx/5xx to provide the
higher resolution and color depth necessary to properly support terrain
info.

Can you imagine the 296's or G1000's terrain display on the 4xx/5xx?
That would be something to behold. Heck, I think I could justify a
second 430 if that were the case.

But, then again, silly me. This is the publically-traded Garmin we're
talking about. They're too busy buying up their competition, telling
their dealers how much profit they can make, or making up stupid excuses
why they can't STC the G1000 suite, to actually do what their customers
want. Argh!

-Doug

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