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Old 12-21-2019, 04:26 PM
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I have an 8.4" HX available, should you want to go that direction.
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Old 12-21-2019, 06:42 PM
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First off, epic feedback all!! Thank you all so much for taking some time to answer my beginner pilot questions! I did talk to GRT and they said they can no longer upgrade my HS's to HX status. The faster processor, more ram, and all the other advantages would be sweet. As far as I know, I am not able to display traffic and weather on my HS's. If I am wrong on that, I might need to learn how to do it. I would really like to have adsb info as well as synthetic vision on the PFD. The Sport EX screens would fit without too much trouble. The screws just mount a touch wider and over the screen is much bigger in almost the same space. I think with the EX's it would not be quite plug and play though. Thanks for all the feedback on the geo referenced plates. Sounds like my ipad mini is the way to go for that. I am still contemplating. But the feedback is greatly appreciated!
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Old 12-21-2019, 07:27 PM
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I can't say that synthetic vision is all that important for IFR. The instances where I have looked at it in detail were all VFR night flights while returning home to the mountains and flying lower than the local OROCA off route obstacle clearance altitude. If I chose to fly IFR on those occations I probably would not have paid attention to the vision.

Your current screens will display ADSB data. My hand crank WS units do as does the new EX. Just have to be picky about RS232 port selection on the old units.
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Old 12-21-2019, 09:48 PM
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SL30: To show the from/to bearing to the standby VOR: starting from the com display, push the nav button. The display goes to nav. To the left of the standby frequency you will see an ‘S’ for standby. Push the nav button a second time. The S changes to an M, for monitor. The bearing to/from the standby vor will be shown on the right side of the SL30. Push to/from to toggle between the two. I think the HS will accept two frequencies, so the OP will have to choose between one vor from the 650 and two from the SL30. The second vor will display as a RMI needle on the HSI display.
There are some adsb-in boxes that will display on your HS, but not the Garmin ones. You need an in box that outputs to RS232 (do you have a free port?). GRT has a list of compatible boxes on their web site.
As others have said, you have more than enough to train for the ifr rating. Get it with what you have, then decide if you want upgrades.
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Old 12-22-2019, 04:16 PM
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First off, epic feedback all!! Thank you all so much for taking some time to answer my beginner pilot questions! I did talk to GRT and they said they can no longer upgrade my HS's to HX status. The faster processor, more ram, and all the other advantages would be sweet. As far as I know, I am not able to display traffic and weather on my HS's. If I am wrong on that, I might need to learn how to do it. I would really like to have adsb info as well as synthetic vision on the PFD. The Sport EX screens would fit without too much trouble. The screws just mount a touch wider and over the screen is much bigger in almost the same space. I think with the EX's it would not be quite plug and play though. Thanks for all the feedback on the geo referenced plates. Sounds like my ipad mini is the way to go for that. I am still contemplating. But the feedback is greatly appreciated!
Guess what, you can display traffic and weather from an adsb source on your HS. I have the even older Horizon WS model and use a Flightbox Stratux as my input source for this data. GRT has instructions for how to accomplish this.
http://grtavionics.com/media/StratuxSupplement.pdf

Works Great!
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Old 12-24-2019, 10:15 PM
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Guess what, you can display traffic and weather from an adsb source on your HS. I have the even older Horizon WS model and use a Flightbox Stratux as my input source for this data. GRT has instructions for how to accomplish this.
http://grtavionics.com/media/StratuxSupplement.pdf

Works Great!
Thats some good intel right there! I'll have to check and see if I have enough ports to make it happen. Thanks for all the advice!!
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