For you 400 series users, how desirable, annoying, or critical is having a 400 series display nearly in front of you? How much do you depend on its screen vs. having a CDI/HSI for course guidance, especially during an approach?
Here's why I ask. I want to cram a 695 between a D100 and a 430W in a -7. This positions the 430W far enough right that its screen is on the verge of exceeding its clearest viewing angle even though the EFIS's center is displaced 1.5" to the left of my direct forward view. (The positions conform to installation requirements, BTW.) I've fired these things up on the bench and It seems a bit annoying to be looking ....over there...when I've become accustomed to having navigation information in front of me for 40 years.
I could avoid the question by using a smaller GPS, like an Aera, but every GPS in the entire world suffers from poor sunlight legibility in too many instances to be ignored, save the 695/6 which is not too bad. (I've flown a 696 in a -7 for 75 hours, and recently compared many Garmins and B-Ks side-by-side, outside, bright sun, simultaneously. Thus, my feelings about displays.)
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
John Siebold
Here's why I ask. I want to cram a 695 between a D100 and a 430W in a -7. This positions the 430W far enough right that its screen is on the verge of exceeding its clearest viewing angle even though the EFIS's center is displaced 1.5" to the left of my direct forward view. (The positions conform to installation requirements, BTW.) I've fired these things up on the bench and It seems a bit annoying to be looking ....over there...when I've become accustomed to having navigation information in front of me for 40 years.
I could avoid the question by using a smaller GPS, like an Aera, but every GPS in the entire world suffers from poor sunlight legibility in too many instances to be ignored, save the 695/6 which is not too bad. (I've flown a 696 in a -7 for 75 hours, and recently compared many Garmins and B-Ks side-by-side, outside, bright sun, simultaneously. Thus, my feelings about displays.)
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
John Siebold