Hand held GPS

[Shaggy Sheep Driver]

Anyone used a GPS 92? How does it compare to Pilot111? Anyone got a 92 for sale?

SSD

[Sensible]

I use a Lowrance airmap 300 swear by it, never at it!!!

[Nishko]

I've got a lovely Pilot III - the CDI is a nice way to fly. It's a bit pricey, but a very well made bit of equipment. I admit that I don't use it very much, but when I do I always feel pleased that I got it.

Nish.

[Nightstop]

I use a Garmin GPS 92 for vintage aviating. Excellent device, no complaints....just wish I had GPS in my 737 as well!

[matspart3]

I use a 1:500 000 and a Mk.1 eyeball!...then I can still look out of the window too!

[LowNSlow]

So do I matspart but it's still nice to have a fall back position.....

Getting new shiny Pilot III at North Weald tomorrow. Ditching battery eating ancient(?) Magellan.

[Nishko]

Hey! LowNSlow,

Buy some NiCads... The Pilot III is lovely, but still chews Batteries up a little! Well worth getting it though - I really like mine.

Nish

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"...Don't bother arguing with an idiot, he will only bring you down to his level and then beat you with experience...."

[Gerund]

LowNSlow -

Ditto to Nishko, except I'd go further and say that my Pilot III chews up batteries 'a lot'! Quoted time per the manual is "up to eight hours" without use of the backlighting. I reckon "up to six hours" using 4 x AA Duracells would be closer to the mark.

Consider buying the cigarette lighter adapter, if your plane has the required fag lighter installed.

[Rusty Cessna]

LNS mate,

how was the Aerofair, would have gone but couldn't get up to it, anyway, did you get yer PilotIII? If so how much ya pay for it, I might investigate getting one next time there is a suitable airshow, which is.....??


Rusty

[jabberwok]

There's a lot of software on the web for the various GPS models designed to download tracks, routes etc from your unit to a PC (and vice versa). I've just come across a software package at http://www.abnormal.com/~avia_dbm/ which goea a bit further and allows you to alter the aviation database for some Garmin models. The only drawback is that you must already have bought a Garmin database upgrade as the program can only access data on the disks (it can't grab the database in the unit).

It appears to work fine - I've added 75 UK airfields missing from the Garmin unit and stuck the new runway in at Manchester!