AeroBatfink
17th Jan 2002, 03:14
Does anyone have any experience of these Palmtop PCs used with the GPS attachment and an Aviation GPS moving map program? If so, what's the best one?
Currently, I'm looking at the <a href="http://www.mobileshop.com/data/compaq.php" target="_blank">Compaq iPaq</a> with <a href="http://www.navman-mobile.com/" target="_blank">Navman GPS</a> option (with <a href="http://www.palmplan.flyer.co.uk/efis/index.html" target="_blank">Efis CE</a> flight-planning and moving-map software), but the whole thing seems extremely expensive. Does the system actually work? Will it be a good idea to do my weights and balances, etc on the same thing I use as a nav aid? Incidentally, before anyone starts, I'm perfectly capable of using more traditional nav aids, and intend to carry on using them - GPS is a backup to these <img src="wink.gif" border="0">
I've got a couple of months until I need to make a decision, so I'll keep looking at the other options, but this seems the best so far...
Thanks,
AB :)
Currently, I'm looking at the <a href="http://www.mobileshop.com/data/compaq.php" target="_blank">Compaq iPaq</a> with <a href="http://www.navman-mobile.com/" target="_blank">Navman GPS</a> option (with <a href="http://www.palmplan.flyer.co.uk/efis/index.html" target="_blank">Efis CE</a> flight-planning and moving-map software), but the whole thing seems extremely expensive. Does the system actually work? Will it be a good idea to do my weights and balances, etc on the same thing I use as a nav aid? Incidentally, before anyone starts, I'm perfectly capable of using more traditional nav aids, and intend to carry on using them - GPS is a backup to these <img src="wink.gif" border="0">
I've got a couple of months until I need to make a decision, so I'll keep looking at the other options, but this seems the best so far...
Thanks,
AB :)