"Roger Long"
om wrote:


The Apollo Flybuddy Loran we have panel mounted in the plane doesn't looks
so bad after playing with this unit. Turn it on and it's good to go before
you get to the run up area.

Now that the G-90 has loaded almanac data it will lock on
within 2 minutes. With a cold start, it has to randomly
hunt to find a satellite. Once it finds one, it takes a
minimum of 13 minutes to download an almanac, which tells it
where the other satellites are, then it needs to get
ephemeris data for the satellites, etc. The G-90 works
great in my glider, since it can see the horizon in all
directions, but it's old technology (only 8 channels, and
they are multiplexed) so it's relatively poor in trees or
when hiking, and it occasionally has problems in a high wing
airplane if sat coverage is poor. I love mine, but it fits
my needs. It's been hacked so I can put info under the NDB,
Airport, Intersection, VOR database sections.
Todd Pattist
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