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?

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.

I had this happen to mine a couple of times. Although "clear starting it"
always solved the problem, the ultimate fix was a software upgrade that
AvMap did for free at OSH '04.

I'm surprised and disappointed to hear about the other problems. Ours has
been absolutely bullet-proof, and the unit seems to be built like a tank.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Don't hear about GPS failures often.


You must not run Palm Pilots.

Maybe that's why From his original post, it sounded like Hank was using
his GPS for primary navigation in IMC because when it failed, he then went
"VOR to VOR." The [legal] GPS units that allow you to do that rarely fail.

Marco


"WARREN1157" wrote in message
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Don't hear about GPS failures often.


You must not run Palm Pilots.

From his original post, it sounded like Hank was using
his GPS for primary navigation in IMC because when it failed, he then went
"VOR to VOR." The [legal] GPS units that allow you to do that rarely fail.

Marco.
To set the record straight I was using both VOR'S for primary navigation.
I was using the GPS as seconday and intersection awareness.
As a matter of fact the day before my copilot ask me what I would do if my GPS
failed. My answer was VOR to VOR to stay on airways.
Hank

Sorry Hank. Didn't mean to imply that you were not legal. The way you wrote
the post implied that it was an action-reaction.

Regards,

Marco

"Hankal" wrote in message
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From his original post, it sounded like Hank was using
his GPS for primary navigation in IMC because when it failed, he then
went
"VOR to VOR." The [legal] GPS units that allow you to do that rarely
fail.

Marco.
To set the record straight I was using both VOR'S for primary navigation.
I was using the GPS as seconday and intersection awareness.
As a matter of fact the day before my copilot ask me what I would do if my
GPS
failed. My answer was VOR to VOR to stay on airways.
Hank