Originally Posted by
alex90
Oh the Avidyne440? Interesting - I haven't flown with that one. Any good? Still looks like 90s design similar to the 430. I think I'd probably want the size up though!! :-)
I never had Avidyne on my list of things to look at, but had the opportunity to fly behind a 440-540 combination. It is awesome and the 440 had the WiFi&BT option installed - which gives you a large second touch screen on the iPad, so no need for a big screen panel GPS.
As the 440 also is slide in replacement for the 430W (and only change of antenna for non-WAAS ... compare that to the money you have to throw for 430-650 conversions) it is a very strong competitor to Garmin. I do love the Avidyne FMS derived logics, much more modern compared to Garmin.
Have a look at it, it is worth it.