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Bill W. - Bonanza |
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Pilot Reports
I think I have tried all of the PDA based applications and I also tried WxWorx in an earlier version using a laptop. The one I am using now is NAVAir which so far has performed extremely well. I am reluctant to get into PC based applications because of the altitude issue since I regularly fly at 12000 and above. ATC direct routing is very easy to get when you are at 14000. No one else is there.
NAVAir's program is responsive and reliable even on the PDA. The weather is always current and accurate. It is like having a radar that can see the whole country. I have tip tanks and my stage legs usually exceed four hours. I want to keep track of what is happening since many changes can happen in that period of time. NAVAir also has the most integrated wiring harness of any system I've tried. There is no clutter and everything is hidden on the Bo.
Lastly, NAVAir uses large finger tip size touch screen buttons that I can always hit accurately in the worst of conditions. There is no fumbling around or trying to pick at small menus with a stylus. So for me, reliability and a friendly user interface are the main things. I want to keep my attention focused on flying the airplane, not playing with gadgets and NAVAir does that for me now. That is not to say that I will not be interested in a PC derived system with an altitude capable "solid state" hard drive. But right now NAVAir keeps me out of the weather and that is my primary focus.
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Got it, subscribed to XM and played with it on the ground. I had to test fly a Bonanza after an autopilot repair and there was a line of CB’s approaching. I flew straight for them. The stormscope 1000 in this plane was "spoking" so it wouldn’t indicate with any precision the actual location of the line. Awesome! I could actually find "holes" through the line without having to patrol for them. The rain boundaries depicted on the map coincided so close to the actual rain that it amazed me. I expected the delay from NEXRAD to be appreciable, but in reality you hardly notice it. I can already tell that this will dramatically increase the utility of my plane and all the other ones I fly. We leave tomorrow for a long weekend in Houston. I feel so much more relaxed knowing that I’ll have the big picture when I have to face the inevitable summer time line.
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