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JR,
Reading through you addition to the discussion there are several points that i
do object to.
There is no reason to pay a lot of money for a gps, just because your plane
costs
100.000. Arguments like this keep the price up. Paying more money does not
auto-magically make a product better.
There is no reason to pay more money for a gps because you are not an
electronics
expert. The thing to do is read and absorb what the opinion is of more
knowledgeable
people. (Like myself, grin)
A gps may never be the only way of navigation, what ever price etc.
You may never let your life depend on it., etc etc.
Direct answers to the rest of your questions, although most of them are already
contained on other postings:
My globalsat BT338 typically acquires a 3 d pos in 8 secs to 40 secs, depending
of how far it is from the position at switch off. It works under heavy cloud.
There are no cables. The blue-tooth connection is reliable up to 10 meters.
The gps battery lasts 12 hrs, My HP pda lasts 7 hrs with an extended battery.
A navman is a pda with extra road navigation software, which is not needed in an
airplane. Because of it's dedicated road function, it might be quite a struggle
to get PocketFMS working. The built in gps chip is outdated., an external
antenna helps and you will again have a wire to take care of. Never buy a road
gps to run other software, unless there is decent flying software available.
What is missing so far in the discussion is the availability and price of nav
updates.
For me the only acceptable updating method is over the Internet and free,
as is in PocketFMS.
Regards,
Jos Okhuijsen
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