Story from an older pilot 74

What would you expect from a Windows OS unit?

Hankal wrote:
I is an AvMap with the Gold upgrade.
Have had my share of problems with this unit. Mostly it is with the up grade
card.
Then I had the unit go bad, another time the power cord had an internal short.
The unit just goes blank with lots of yellow, blue and green lines. If I do a "
Ram clear" the unit works fine again, but I would have lost all my flight
plans.
It is back in the shop. Let's see what they diagnose the problem this time.

What would you expect from a Windows OS unit?

What makes you so sure that it would not happen with a Garmin?

I am assuming you're referring to the IFR panel units. Garmin benefits from
a stringent certifaction and quality assurance process for IFR certified GPS
systems. Avmap does not produce systems for IFR usage. An error like that
occurring on a GNS 430/530 would be big news and most likely end up as an
AD. As for their handhelds (non-IFR), they will benefit from an
engineering/QA staff experienced with TSO-C129 and TSO 146 certification
processes.

Marco


"Hankal" wrote in message
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What would you expect from a Windows OS unit?

What makes you so sure that it would not happen with a Garmin?