New Garmin 396

"W P Dixon" wrote in message
...
As Chris Rock would say,
" GOOD LORD THAT'S ALOT OF MONEY!!!!!!!" How bout I give you $1.50 and you
just point me in the general direction!

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech


That's kinda the drill my CFI gave me:

Him: "See where you want to go?"
Me: "Ummm, yeah."
Him: "Point the nose that way ... keep pointing the nose that way until you
get there."

:O)

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
Chandler, AZ

I am going to practice a new technique that my girlfriend has taught
me:

- don't buy the thing for two weeks
- imaging how cool it would be, what utility and joy you might get
from it, how frequently/infrequently you will use it, etc.
- visit the website frequently. download pictures and documentation.
learn about it as if you owned it
- if after two weeks you still want it, then buy it.

Since learning this technique I have saved myself from buying all
manner of techno gadgets. In fact, I've bought little more than
groceries in the past six months.

-- dave j

PS -- full disclosu I already own a GPS and I'd say I get it out of
the flight bag for less than 1/4 of my fliying. When it is out, I
always do the same thing: set it down, on the back seat or give it to
pax for entertainment. After all, it's more fun to use my brain to
navigate. And yet... I do consider it an important piece of safety
equipment. It also is good at finding chinese restaurants in strange
cities for those important $100 egg rolls.

What PDA solution can you buy with this capability for $2,500 including the
PDA?

I think Garmin has hit a home run here.

--------------------
Richard Kaplan

www.flyimc.com

"Richard Kaplan" wrote:
What PDA solution can you buy with this capability for $2,500 including the
PDA?

I think Garmin has hit a home run here.

I agree. I've been dreaming about having WxWorx displayed on my 296, and now
Garmin's done it.

Information is scanty, though. How many of the WxWorx features will be
displayed on the 396? I know it will do NEXRAD, but what about, METARs,
TAFs, lightning, etc?

--
Dan
C-172RG at BFM

Dan Luke wrote:

Information is scanty, though. How many of the WxWorx features will be
displayed on the 396? I know it will do NEXRAD, but what about, METARs,
TAFs, lightning, etc?

Here is a relevant quote to Sportys product page (and a marketing email
from them I received today):

"An integrated GXM 30 smart antenna makes the satellite connection,
enabling the unit to receive and process XM Weather and flight safety
products. In addition to offering the outstanding features and operation of
the GPSMAP 296, the GPSMAP 396 allows pilots to display NEXRAD radar,
Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs), METARs, TAFs, Winds Aloft and many
other useful weather products through a subscription with XM Radio data
services. "


http://www.sportys.com/acb/showdetl....roduct_id=9590

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Peter
























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Richard Kaplan wrote:
What PDA solution can you buy with this capability for $2,500 including the
PDA?


Actually it seems to me that this is about what most of the PDA rigs
cost. In theory, you get the added benefit of being able to gain new
capabilities by purchasing a $300 software upgrade rather than a new
$1500 all-in-one gizmo. In practice, someone who bought a Controlvision
system two years ago would likely buy a new PDA if he were to upgrade
to today's latest. Still, you're looking at a little less money.

OTOH, even though I *like* gadgetry, I've heard just enough grumbling
about freezing issues and the like on the CV forums to give me pause
about whether I want to mess with such things while flying. Here, the
Garmin approach wins, and solidly.

-cwk.

wrote:
So... just got an email from Sportys about the new Garmin GPSMAP 396.

It looks pretty cool! A handheld with weather and terrain!

Also interesting are the interface features to get TIS from a GTX330

Here's a question for the propellerheads out the does TIS rely on a
Mode S squawk originating from the aircraft, or is it theoretically
possible to have a Mode S receiver-only? It would be nice to get
traffic without neding to upgrade your transponder, though this thing
is a brilliant way to get many people to do that upgrade without
needing to also go in for a 430/530 rig to get the value.

Ah, but alas, products like this make me yearn for IFR approaches in a
handheld. If only....

The FAA already approves of devices like this as situational awareness
devices. At this point I am coming close to concluding that the failure
to include approaches constitutes a major loss of added awareness and
thus compromises the potential of the device to enhance safety. What do
we need to do to get Garmin et. al. to include them?

"Peter R." wrote:

Information is scanty, though. How many of the WxWorx features will be
displayed on the 396? I know it will do NEXRAD, but what about, METARs,
TAFs, lightning, etc?

Here is a relevant quote to Sportys product page (and a marketing email
from them I received today):

Thanks.

Now I'd like to see Garmin post some close-up screen shots on their site.

Dan Luke wrote:

Now I'd like to see Garmin post some close-up screen shots on their site.

That link I posted has a tab that takes you to additional pictures, and all
of those pictures are close-up screen shots.

--
Peter
























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devices. At this point I am coming close to concluding that the failure
to include approaches constitutes a major loss of added awareness and
thus compromises the potential of the device to enhance safety. What do
we need to do to get Garmin et. al. to include them?

All the Garmin portables since the 195 do have final approach segments for
all IFR approaches; that is a huge help in terms of situational awarenes.

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Richard Kaplan

www.flyimc.com