Comments on: An MFD on your knee (Garmin’s 696) http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=588 Online perspective from the editors of "AOPA Pilot". Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:24:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Hamid Farzam http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=588&cpage=2#comment-97654 Hamid Farzam Fri, 26 Nov 2010 20:30:09 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=588#comment-97654 Garmin should bunddle the subscrition price including the XM to $20/month, in order to capture the portable GPS 696 market.

Unitl then, I keep using my 396…………………

]]> By: JERRY DAVIS http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=588&cpage=2#comment-96392 JERRY DAVIS Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:11:24 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=588#comment-96392 WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE TO PURCHASE A GARMIN 696 NEW OR USED?

]]> By: BadDoctor http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=588&cpage=2#comment-71431 BadDoctor Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:31:44 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=588#comment-71431 Someone wrote a reply about all the database updates:

1. FliteChart 395/yr: all USA, every month. No more paper!
2. Jeppsen 295/yr: well, are you using it for Primary NAV?
3. Obstacle 195/yr: do you need this? NO
4. Safe Taxi 195/yr: do you need this? NO
5. AOPA data 50/yr: well worth having. Only $50
6. Terrain 150/yr: do you need this? NO
7. XM 600/yr: yes, you need this!

So price of subscriptions over a 496 is $395 for ALL the US plates, including STARS, DEPS and APPROACHES. I’m just glad to not have to deal with NACO or JEPP updates anymore. I used to use JeppView on a tablet and it was horrible. Why?

1. Microsoft Windows
2. Jeppesen Jeppview

Both dreadful piecese of software that should not be allowed in a cockpit of any airplane. 696 does not crash. Microsoft Windows crashes. 696 interface is predictable. JeppView interface was written by a bunch of 1st graduates over a weekend.

]]> By: BadDoctor http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=588&cpage=2#comment-71430 BadDoctor Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:15:03 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=588#comment-71430 “an IFR-approved GNS480 (a user-hostile abomination)”.

Are you for real? Have you actually used a Garmin 480?
Well, it’s much closer to an FMS than a 430/530. The 480
has had WAAS for several years and has low/jet airways.

430/530 are good too but they have all this other functionality
that is better served by a 496. XM WX is uses very chunky
graphics on 430/530 and limits the functions you can display.

I’d still rather have a 480 for IFR. If you need GPS for VFR…

Yes, I know 480 cannot display XM. It doesn’t even bother.
But for my money I’d rather have 480, with airways, traffic
and transponder remote. And if you add an MX20/200 well.

]]> By: Thomas Kastelic http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=588&cpage=2#comment-50371 Thomas Kastelic Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:00:15 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=588#comment-50371 I think to buy a backuo device to G1000 for Cessna 172SP.

Bendix / King AV80R Vision 3D or Horizon 3D seems to be less expensive than Cesna- s Synthetic Vision Technology update. (which is not available anyway).

Does somebody have some experience:
- is possible to take the 3D out of cockpit and enter the data, routes etc. at home? e.g. to plan a route via PC?
- is there available some route planning tool?
- does it reads the planned routes our of USB stick? (to plan a route, load it to USB stick, and go to pane?)
- where to have it in the cokpit?
- is it sutable for a yoke mount?
- how precise is covered the trerrain also Europe? G1000 is poor with details.
- where to simulate and see how it is working?
Thomas, Slovenia, Europe

]]> By: Ted http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=588&cpage=2#comment-29408 Ted Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:11:07 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=588#comment-29408 Just got a 696 as a really nice xmas present from my girlfriend/copilot. Great for a renter like myself. Only issue is not the weight on the yoke – took several flights without any noticeable issue – but rather the yoke mount that comes with the unit: it sets the 696 several inches aft of the face of the yoke, shrinking the space between you and the yoke. I will have to modify the yoke mount to solve this problem, or get another mounting system altogether. Excellent sat reception, even indoors without an external antenna, achieving full DGPS (10ft accuracy). One major software bug is the battery indicator that shows empty after a full charge and removing the charger – very disconcerting. Hope Garmin corrects it, since the unit sports a long battery life.

]]> By: Hamid Farzam http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=588&cpage=2#comment-25826 Hamid Farzam Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:20:44 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=588#comment-25826 I am just wondering in this day and age who can afford buying Garmin 696 with the following subscription prices.

1. FliteChart 395/yr
2. Jeppsen 295/yr
3. Obstacle 195/yr
4. Safe Taxi 195/yr
5. AOPA data 50/yr
6. Terrain 150/yr
7. XM 600/yr

Flying 50 hours a year cost me $37.5/hr for subscription only.

Is there any bail-out for pilots?

Hamid

]]> By: Joe http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=588&cpage=2#comment-23163 Joe Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:48:40 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=588#comment-23163 Despite having a basemap using Victor airways, a pilot cannot enter a flight plan using the airways. A typical clearance might read “…. V487 V286 CYN V8 ….” It would be great if you could enter the airways into the flight plan but it appears you must enter the individual waypoints. This is extremely cumbersome, particularly flying single pilot IFR and getting an amended clearance in the air. I am astounded this feature is lacking.

]]> By: Ben Tankard http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=588&cpage=2#comment-20768 Ben Tankard Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:19:19 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=588#comment-20768 Will the 696 display the entire GPS approach or just the final approach fix like on the 496 ?

Ben Tankard

]]> By: Ben Tankard http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=588&cpage=2#comment-20767 Ben Tankard Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:18:24 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=588#comment-20767 Will the 696 display the entire GPS approach or just th final approach fix like on the 496.

Ben

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