The easiest way to stop the sun affecting your GPS is to move to the UK! Sorry, couldn¹t resist.
My Lowrance 2000C is pretty good even on the very occasional sunny day. Happy New Year everybody! Mike [email protected] www.ercoupe.co.uk Alon A2 Aircoupe A-188 G-HARY -- On 2/1/10 15:23, "Jim Truxel" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I had a 295 I used in my Archer but when I got into the Ercoupe the sun wiped > it out. Also I didn't like it so close to me using the yoke mount. I tried a > sun shade on it which was OK but not to my liking. So I sold it and bought a > Garmin Pilot III on Ebay. Installed it on the top of panel using velcro and > the window center metal bar as the back support. It works OK but sun still a > problem. We recently installed the overhead sun shield panel and that helps. > > Jim > N3439H > KFDK > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: John Craparo <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> To: Donald <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> Cc: [email protected] >> >> Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 5:41 PM >> >> Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Venturi Horn Removal >> >> >> >> >> >> Donald, you will find the Garmin panels to be very accurate. The downside >> is scanning. Steam gauges are easy to glance at while the Garmin is small >> and can be "washed out" by all the sunlight the canopy lets in. I find that >> to be true on my 396. >> >> Keep asking questions, there is a great deal of experience here. >> >> Best, >> John >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Donald <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> I have noticed that, my Garmin 296 seems to have everything one would want. >>> I have not flown with it yet, not sure just how well it works when flying. >>> Comments welcome! >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> --- In [email protected] <mailto:ercoupe-tech%40yahoogroups.com> >>> , James B. Brennan <j...@...> wrote: >>>> > >>>>> > > I would like to lose the draggy vac venturi, is then the answer to >>>>> > > vacumn, an electric vac pump, or just electrical driven AI and DG? >>>> > >>>> > How deep are your pockets? >>>> > >>>> > jbb >>>> > >>>> > then again, some of the Garmin portable GPS systems have similar >>>> > electronic derived instrument displays - >>>> > >> >>
