Experience wanted with Garmin GNX 375
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Experience wanted with Garmin GNX 375
Hi All,
We've acquired a second PA28 with 2 x GNC 255 and a Trig mode 'S' only transponder in the middle stack. It's also got a working ADF and DME. There's an ILS and also a VOR display driven by the 255s.
What it lacks is ADS-B 'in' and 'out' and a moving map GPS, all of which we have in our other PA28.
Our students especially find it really fiddly to change the squawk in the Trig unit especially compared with the ease on our Garmin transponder in the other a/c.
Now, I've been looking at the Garmin GNX 375 as an 'all in one' solution rather than go for the more expensive 650 with its various options.
All the newer Garmin units use 'touch screen' for changing values and the question for me is:
How hard is it to change a code compared with the row of buttons on the older Garmin transponder?
There seem to be 2 more button presses and of course in turbulence it's harder to hit the spot.
Thoughts, please? Any other solutions?
Any solutions must be fully certified, no things stuck on windows or trailing wires or tablets obscuring the view of the instruments.
Thanks
TOO
We've acquired a second PA28 with 2 x GNC 255 and a Trig mode 'S' only transponder in the middle stack. It's also got a working ADF and DME. There's an ILS and also a VOR display driven by the 255s.
What it lacks is ADS-B 'in' and 'out' and a moving map GPS, all of which we have in our other PA28.
Our students especially find it really fiddly to change the squawk in the Trig unit especially compared with the ease on our Garmin transponder in the other a/c.
Now, I've been looking at the Garmin GNX 375 as an 'all in one' solution rather than go for the more expensive 650 with its various options.
All the newer Garmin units use 'touch screen' for changing values and the question for me is:
How hard is it to change a code compared with the row of buttons on the older Garmin transponder?
There seem to be 2 more button presses and of course in turbulence it's harder to hit the spot.
Thoughts, please? Any other solutions?
Any solutions must be fully certified, no things stuck on windows or trailing wires or tablets obscuring the view of the instruments.
Thanks
TOO
Not that bad, in turbulence, you can "anchor" your hand to the panel or the unit's frame, say, with pinky and ring finger, using index finger to hit the touchscreen buttons. Really, you don't need to change transponder codes that often during a flight anyway.
There is a downloadable trainer app from Garmin (free, I believe) for ipads. Also youtube videos showing the unit in use. It's a good box, like any new avionics, requires some getting used to. Whether it will work for you or not is your choice. Note that, to be legal for IFR use, it must be installed to play course indication on a CDI, should be no problem (for the install shop) to use one that your 255 is wired to.
There is a downloadable trainer app from Garmin (free, I believe) for ipads. Also youtube videos showing the unit in use. It's a good box, like any new avionics, requires some getting used to. Whether it will work for you or not is your choice. Note that, to be legal for IFR use, it must be installed to play course indication on a CDI, should be no problem (for the install shop) to use one that your 255 is wired to.
