339A
Well Known Member
Just flew from GLD to MKO today, and on the way my 496 started to give erratic readings on the Altitude... Everything else was right on and seemed to be functioning normally. We were cruising along at 7500 feet and had flown from FTG to GLD with no problems. We were about an hour into the flight from GLD to MKO when we started having altitude swings of several 100 to a thousand feet or more!
I turned on a backup Lowrance Map that I have just to see if the government was messin with the satellites. It was reading right on with only typical varitions.
I tried several things like disabling the WAAS, clearing out the track memory, etc., but nothing made any difference. Has anyone else experienced this? If so, please let me know what you found. I really love my 496 and hope this is not an indication of some kind of failure.
I turned on a backup Lowrance Map that I have just to see if the government was messin with the satellites. It was reading right on with only typical varitions.
I tried several things like disabling the WAAS, clearing out the track memory, etc., but nothing made any difference. Has anyone else experienced this? If so, please let me know what you found. I really love my 496 and hope this is not an indication of some kind of failure.