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"Stan Prevost" wrote:
That seems to be an overly broad statement. I have put "VFR GPS" in Remarks when filing /U for an off-airways (random) route and had controllers specifically refer to using my VFR GPS to proceed direct to an intersection. Whether they should have done so is another issue. But is sure seemed to make a difference. Your non-IFR GPS has intersections in it? What model is it? Ron Lee |
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"Stan Prevost" wrote in message ... That seems to be an overly broad statement. I have put "VFR GPS" in Remarks when filing /U for an off-airways (random) route and had controllers specifically refer to using my VFR GPS to proceed direct to an intersection. Whether they should have done so is another issue. But is sure seemed to make a difference. In what way? |
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Ron Lee wrote:
"Peter R." wrote: Ron Lee wrote: You should note that if you lose lock (too few satellites) then your display will start flashing (or portions of it). That is not RAIM which determines if you have a signal error. Just to clarify, are you saying that a *VFR* GPS's screen flashes when the GPS loses the required number of satellites for position calculation and that error is not a result of built-in RAIM? Portions do such as position. Take your favorite handheld and look at various displays. Note that some will flash until you get a solid GPS lock. my handheld keeps updating and displaying as though I kept going straight ahead at the same exact speed and course as when it lost the lock. So there is NO warning at all. Gerald |
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Gerald Sylvester wrote:
Ron Lee wrote: "Peter R." wrote: Ron Lee wrote: You should note that if you lose lock (too few satellites) then your display will start flashing (or portions of it). That is not RAIM which determines if you have a signal error. Just to clarify, are you saying that a *VFR* GPS's screen flashes when the GPS loses the required number of satellites for position calculation and that error is not a result of built-in RAIM? Portions do such as position. Take your favorite handheld and look at various displays. Note that some will flash until you get a solid GPS lock. my handheld keeps updating and displaying as though I kept going straight ahead at the same exact speed and course as when it lost the lock. So there is NO warning at all. Gerald What model is this? I've owned a Garmin 195 and Magellan 500 and both started flashing if the lost the signal. I had a older non aviation Gps and as I recall it did not flash when it lost signal. From my experience and that of other pilots I've talked with all the aviation GPS tell you when you lost signal. By the way how does your unit update if you have lost the signal? I can see it freezing and displaying the same info but how would it update? John |
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"Gerald Sylvester" wrote in message . net... my handheld keeps updating and displaying as though I kept going straight ahead at the same exact speed and course as when it lost the lock. Does the distance also remain the same? |
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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message ink.net... "Stan Prevost" wrote in message ... That seems to be an overly broad statement. I have put "VFR GPS" in Remarks when filing /U for an off-airways (random) route and had controllers specifically refer to using my VFR GPS to proceed direct to an intersection. Whether they should have done so is another issue. But is sure seemed to make a difference. In what way? I misremembered the flight on which I received direct to an intersection. On that flight, I had filed a combination of airways and direct VOR. At one point, a controller asked if I could use my VFR GPS to navigate direct to an intersection, bypassing the VOR I was flying on an airway to. Do you think I would have been asked to use my VFR GPS to navigate direct to an intersection if I had not indicated on the flight plan that I was equipped with a VFR GPS? |
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"Stan Prevost" wrote in message ... I misremembered the flight on which I received direct to an intersection. On that flight, I had filed a combination of airways and direct VOR. At one point, a controller asked if I could use my VFR GPS to navigate direct to an intersection, bypassing the VOR I was flying on an airway to. Do you think I would have been asked to use my VFR GPS to navigate direct to an intersection if I had not indicated on the flight plan that I was equipped with a VFR GPS? My statement was made with regard to filing the flight plan. You don't need to put "VFR GPS" in remarks when you file if you want a direct route. Just file direct, ATC will assume you can fly what you file. |
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Ron Lee wrote:
Your non-IFR GPS has intersections in it? What model is it? My Garmin GPSMAP 196 has intersections in it. I sure wish it had airways in there by name too, that would be handy. |
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