Not quite RV but ...
A friend of mine called to tell me he lost GPS signal to BOTH his Garmin 430 AND his Garmin 496.
(He was flying in a Bonanza ...metal like RV's
)
Seems he experienced it after about 12 minutes of flight. They both came back eventually but it was clear to him that the GPS signal got "weaker and weaker" until there was none being "received". Not sure yet as to what caused it to come back. A series of tests will be done later but I figure I would appeal to this group for opinions. Some RV flyer MIGHT experience this one day as well.
Two points of note:
1. Plane recently waxed
2. Runway/taxiway recently repaired/"blacktopped"
And thus, there was a layer of wax and then a layer of "carbon" on the metal plane.
Has anyone in RV-land experienced this?
Any ideas as to what may have happened?
James
A friend of mine called to tell me he lost GPS signal to BOTH his Garmin 430 AND his Garmin 496.
(He was flying in a Bonanza ...metal like RV's
Seems he experienced it after about 12 minutes of flight. They both came back eventually but it was clear to him that the GPS signal got "weaker and weaker" until there was none being "received". Not sure yet as to what caused it to come back. A series of tests will be done later but I figure I would appeal to this group for opinions. Some RV flyer MIGHT experience this one day as well.
Two points of note:
1. Plane recently waxed
2. Runway/taxiway recently repaired/"blacktopped"
And thus, there was a layer of wax and then a layer of "carbon" on the metal plane.
Has anyone in RV-land experienced this?
Any ideas as to what may have happened?
James