Well I just got my Sporty's September 2006 catalog and I see the AvMap EKP IV write up and image on page 109. Now, I have seen the EFB write-ups etc. and I saw Paul Dye's comments a while back about a product that only shows the approach plates, etc. (no GPS and other bells and whistles). The product that Paul described seems like it would be fine for my applications. Jeppessen has gotten so expensive it is clear to me that they do not want my business and I have difficulty reading the small print in the cockpit at night anyway (need the white light) and them having two approach formats in the books at the same time is awkward. I make cross country trips frequently enough that I am always buying FAA Terminal Procedures Publications (approach plate books) and En Route Low Altitude Charts to supplement my Jeppessen subscription for Oklahoma/Arkansas/Lousiana coverage (you don't get to pick the states you want of course). So I am constantly working around the differences in the FAA charts/plates and the Jeppessen charts/plates as well. All this conspires to make me want a compact single format per application system but I have been around development projects long enough to know many will not survive, there are a lot of clumsy implementations, extra hardware is required, wires are exposed in the cockpit, updates are expensive, operationa heat is a problem, etc. etc.
This thing in Sporty's is advertized as a strap on your leg affair that requires ony power and an external antenna. I could live with that but I suspect this is not the whole story. I would like to hear candid inputs from others that are not as timid as I - people that have made the plunge - so I can make a more informed decision.
Bob Axsom
This thing in Sporty's is advertized as a strap on your leg affair that requires ony power and an external antenna. I could live with that but I suspect this is not the whole story. I would like to hear candid inputs from others that are not as timid as I - people that have made the plunge - so I can make a more informed decision.
Bob Axsom