Don't forget that you have two variations on this advice, both of
which I have owned and used prior to moving to WinPilot on an iPaq:

The Garmin GPS Map 76s which has extra features for gliding. An
ideal GPS if you have no interest in using a Pocket-PC in flight.
The Garmin GPS 72 which has no map ability, but is cheaper and has a
lower resolution display that I found to be easier to read in the
cockpit when mounted at arms length. An ideal first gliding
navigation instrument, except that it only stores 2,000 points (eg
5hr 40m at 10 second intervals).

Both are lovely units, but if you are inclined towards computers at
all you may end up where I am!! An iPaq still needs a GPS to drive
it, any Garmin will do, but a 'mouse' type is all that is needed and
is much easier to fit into the cockpit (especially as the 72/76 must
be mounted vertically). If FAI badge work is anticipated, or
competition flying, an inevitable expense will be an FAI logger and
most of these include a GPS that can drive an iPaq Pocket-PC. Some
loggers are 'combined' units also providing you with:

An elaborate vario system (eg: Cambridge 302)
A thermal centering aid (eg: Thermi)
Just a (portable) logger with a basic nav display (eg: Colibri,
Volkslogger)

Hope this helps!

Cheers,

Jim Kelly


"Marc Ramsey" wrote in message
. com...
| Larry Bogan wrote:
|
| The Garmin Legend has 10,000 track points and records GPS
altitude -
| has anyone used it for a flight data logger? How is it in the
cockpit?
|
| The Legend should work fine, but the display is rather small. The
| Garmin GPSMAP 76 has essentially the same features, a 50% larger
| display, and costs around $10 more...
|
| Marc