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Old 26th May 2014 | 10:47
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flyme273
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Battery life:
If ever in a back operating situation: worth remembering that reducing display brightness and switching off WAAS/ EGNOS greatly improves battery life.

For most GA VFR flying applications, I would not consider it necessary to enable WAAS/ EGNOS.

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