RonLee wrote:
I am thinking seriously about getting the GNS480 and need opinions to
(try and) change my mind. The GNS 430 is nice but the 480 has more
features that I like.

Anybody using one and making approaches?

Yes

With autopilot?

Yes

with GPSS?

Yes

Does GPS altitude REALLY work?

Yes, but it does not matter, since wrong or right, baro altitude is what
the IFR system uses.

I can't comment on the 480. It has WAAS, but so will the 480. The 480
has no HSI, but there isn't room for it on the display, and in any case,
I have a real HSI, and an electronic HSI cannot emulate a true HSI
in any case.

Great, I just started the "real vs. fake" HSI argument again :-)

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