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If you are ever in Portland Oregon and would like to try both units with a person that has lots of experience with both of them give me a call. We are located about 5 miles from Van's and have both an IFD540 and GTN650 in my personal RV-10.
End user firmware updates Avidyne has always made every IFD540 firmware upgrade available to end customers at no charge. User defined holds Avidyne has always had it in the IFD540. Ability to fly radius to fix type approaches While the IFD540 has the accuracy to fly RF approaches, the bigger issue is that RF approaches require the pilot, aircraft and FMS to be certified to fly RF approaches. Recently Garmin added support for RNAV approaches with RF Legs, but it still has a bunch of caveats: https://bruceair.wordpress.com/2016/...s-and-rf-legs/ Ability to load another approach while flying a missed approach segment Avidyne has always had this available on the IFD540, you can load many more than two approaches. Dynamic curved flight plan segments based on speed The IFD540 supports this Animated NEXRAD for those that have weather receivers The IFD540 does not currently support this. Real time fuel range rings Avidyne has always had fuel range rings on the IFD540. LPV+V support Avidyne added LP + V support to the IFD in July 2015. Advanced airway navigation including preview capability The IFD540 has always had procedure preview that actually lets you see the preview before you load the plan, not after the flight plan has been loaded. Remote control/integration capabilities Avidyne and Dynon/Advanced Flight Systems have and will continue to work together to create better system integrations. If you have noticed already, the AF-5000 EFIS has the same flight plan coloring as the IFD540. The IFD540 also has a number of remote control features with the remote Bluetooth Keyboard that are very useful. . Rob Hickman Advanced Flight Systems Inc. N402RH RV-10 |
What makes the world go around is that we all don't like the same thing. :)
That being said, yes I did an article for KP regarding these 2 units. When I wrote it the Avidyne unit was much fartehr ahead in capabilities than the GTN series, by a long shot. However, since then, Garmin has come out with another s/w release which is almost on par with the IFD series. But, I certianly enjoyed having the features onthe IFD for quite a while before they were available on the GTN. I do get to install and flight test both the Avidyne and the Gamrin series. They are both very powerful in their own ways. I still find the IFD series much more user friendly when in flight due to the dedicated front panel keys, as opposed to having to hit HOME or BACK to get to the same functions in the GTN series. Yes, one can point out that the GTN has more display real estate, but quite honestly, after I load a flight plan I am never really looking at the GPS. There is so much more information available on the EFIS screens these days. I could see how the larger screen of the GTN series would be an advantage to someone who doesn't have EFIS. It's also cool on the IFD to see it capture the VOR's along the route and display ID, radial, and distance. Vic |
Quick update on this topic - I bought an IFD540 from Stein along with some other bits to go in the panel. I also picked up a TAWS annunciator from eBay, since the IFD540 has support for FLTA built in. Really looking forward to getting it installed in the next several months, but gonna keep flying until it gets cold before taking the plane offline.
Incidentally, later mods of the MidContinent MD41-1208 annunciator can be found on eBay for $40 (that's what I paid for mine). Although it's marked as a 28v unit, it functioned absolutely fine on the bench at 14v - in fact it was still visibile/operational down to under 10v. |
Avidyne IFD440
Stein has a very good trade-in deal on the Garmin 430W for the IFD440 going on right now which I am seriously considering. I wonder if anyone who has experience with the Blue Tooth/WiFi module and the external keyboard would chime in here and tell us if this is a worth while option @ $900.00
I use the iPad Mini with FltPlan Go and I understand that the IFD440 will communicate with this flight planning App. Any and all thoughts and suggestions are appreciated. Thx. |
Another IFD wifi point of consideration...
I just did the trade-in of my 430W for the IFD440 and will be getting the wifi option because i am looking forward to the IFD100. The IFD100 is a free app for your ipad to that will let you see and control everything on your IFD400 in a much larger format.
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Hi Brad
Pretty sure we communicated on this forum but can't recall why?:-) Dan |
Ifd 100 jeppessen subscription needed? For the ifd440 I AM CONFUSED
I just received my IFD440 yesterday and havent installed it yet. I have hard time understand if i need additional subscription with jeppesen to use the ifd100 to enter the flight plan in the IFD440. ( i dont need the approach plate on my ipad. Just need to be able to use the ipad IFD100 app to enter my flight plant etc and not using the touch screen of the IFD440. )
Anybody know that. When i email jeppessen, they want me to buy a MDF subscription and say to me that it doesn?t work with the ifd 440. I need a ifd540. They don?t seem to know what i mean when i talk about the ifd100 app Thank you |
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Thank you Dan. That what i wa thinking
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