Ol Shy & Bashful wrote:
I left my older 12XL with new friends in Uganda and am looking for a
replacement. I've been looking at the 60csx but now that they have
been discontinued and at least 8 year old design, does anyone here
have recommendations for a replacement? I've also been looking at the
Colorado 400T as a possible.
I'm not crazy about a bunch of whistles and bells/games/camera/ etc. I
want a solid GPS that I can use at home as well as in the bush and in
foreign climes. I do a lot of international travel and that GPS gives
me a warm fuzzy feeling just like my Steri-Pen water purifier.
The unit will be used equally in the air in GenAv and helicopters as
much as land nav. I've been trying to find groups discussions on GPS
but not much luck with what I'm looking for.
Thanks for any insights.
Ol S&B

Not sure that my note will be relevant to your question.
I recently bought a C-150, and was taken with the idea of
a HSI/ADI look alike (i.e a device that would show heading, desired
track to destination, cross track error, ETE and some feel for
orientation like a horizon - driven from turn rate)

I consulted the folks on rec.aviation.soaring who are early adopters
and found that a PDA with a GPS "mouse" i.e. a GPS antenna/processor
that emits NMEA codes for the usual GPS outputs, to plug into a USB
connector was the usual configuration, when loaded with the appropriate
application.
During the course of this development, I received a note from someone
who purchased a Garmin purpose built PDA with a built in GPS antenna and
processor, such as the one I bought: an iQue M5.

He found the display was small and hard to see in sunlight, and he
preferred a Garmin 95.

I found much the same - I can use a Garmin 90 much more easily with its
even smaller display - the bold black and white display gives me the
cues I need to get to a target airfield reliably - I use an amplified
antenna with it, so I can optimise both the antenna and the display
position.

It is nice to see the ADI display on the Garmin Q5 when I can see it....

What I value above all is an accessible list of any and every airfield
that I would want to visit, selectable with lat/lon and luxury details
like frequencies, is nice to have too.

Brian W