-----Original Message----- From: olddaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Glenn Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, April 15, 1998 10:02 AM Subject: Re: GPS
> >-----Original Message----- >From: Glenn Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Ercoupe Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Tuesday, April 14, 1998 9:45 PM >Subject: GPS > > >>Anyone have any information about that GPS unit sold a Kmart for $100 . I >>think someone posted something last week about it. I would like more >>details. Chances are if I go to Kmart and ask the clerk how it works in an >>aircraft I will get a blank stare. >> >>Glenn >I have been using a Magellan 2000 for the last year and by installing it on >a simple aluminum mount (attached to the top dash mounting screws) with >velcro it has proved to be a superb navaid. I have about fifty of my >favorite places to go installed in it ( by using the lat/long of each site). >It provides me with bearing - heading- true ground speed - time to go and >has proven very easy to use after the first couple of days. It has a very >simple "go to" selection that I use almost all of the time. This unit cost >(my wife) a little over $100 on sale - the new unit is a slightly smaller >model now selling for $98 but I've looked at it and it seems to have all the >functions of the one I've been using. It does not have airspace, runways >etc. but it does give you a moving map showing aircraft relation to all the >sites you have keyed in. I think it's a great tool for $400 less than the >aircraft specific models. And mine does not seem to have any limit on the >airspeed - have shown up to 135mph which coincided with my airspeed in a >slight dive with the coupe. > Good Luck > Dan N93775 >> > >
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