KNS-80

wrote:
: You really think anyone knows how to use that piece of junk?

: I question the safety, even for the few pilots who might know how to use
: it. The VOR system has deterioated quite a bit since the VOR Area Nav
: studies were made in the 1970s. The box works on those old assumptions.

: Bob Gardner wrote:

: Anyone currently flying with a KNS-80 please contact me directly. Thanx.
:
: Bob Gardner

I beg to differ on this subject. Aside from the panel space and somewhat
hefty weight, the KNS-80 makes a great NAV. It is a functional (and almost cosmetic)
superset to the KN-53 STILL BEING SOLD! They can be had for a (relative) song since
everyone is removing them for GPS's. As mentioned before, the IFR GPS is only useful
to the extent you know how to use it. Something as dirt simple as a KNS-80 may not do
a whole lot, but it's extremely easy to use. I don't think ILS's have been replaced
by IFR GPS's quite yet... as much as people want them to.

-Cory

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to the extent you know how to use it. Something as dirt simple as a
KNS-80 may not do
a whole lot, but it's extremely easy to use. I don't think ILS's have
been replaced
by IFR GPS's quite yet... as much as people want them to.

And even when airplanes have an approach-capable IFR GPS unit, in my
experience a good bit of the time the database is not updated at every
cycle.

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Richard Kaplan, CFII

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