G1000 vs. Avidyne

wildwezul1 said:
I have about 40 hours in a G1000 and about 3 hours in an Avidyne.. I really like the G1000, but correct me if I'm worng ( and probably am) but for traffic the G1000's TIS requires a ground station, so only works around certain areas, where as the Avidyne works at all times receiving transponder data from its transponder and not using a ground station.

At least this is the way it was explained to me...
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The standard G1000 has a Mode S transponder which requires a Mode S Radar station be within 55 miles to get traffic info.

A true TIS is optional.
 
Diamond had an open house today showing their D-Jet, Twinstar and their single engine. They showed us the Synthetic Visual Technology on the G1000 and it was amazing. The terrain shows up as it is outside. Traffic is displayed in 3D. The coolest part was how approaches have the route displayed in boxes and you basically fly through the boxes.

-Rob
 
I dislike Fly Boxes. Just fly the right profile and you don't need the boxes.

And I've never had any prob with the G1000, but occasionally I'd get an AHRS failure message on the artificial horizon, just for like two seconds it would get the red X.
 
The G1000 does it all. It has the built in GPS, XPDR and audio panel system. The Avidyne requires an external GPS, XPDR, etc, etc. I'm not going to say anything negative about the Avidyne because it's a great addition to an existing setup and I like seeing the approach plates on there!

The Garmin does have a lot of sub menus vs the Avidyne, but it's not intimidating. After a handful of flights it will be known like the back of your hand.

The G1000 hands down. :nana2:
 
airplanerik said:
I've flown both. It's pretty much the same as everyone has said above. The G1000s are definitely more capable than the Avidynes. However, the Avidynes do their job. After one flight, you can be extremely comfortable with an Avidyne display, whereas it might take awhile to familiarize yourself with the G1000.
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:yeahthat:

As a total nerd and thus bearing an innate fondness for sub-menus and obscure but powerful options, I'm partial to the G1000. Still, they're both perfectly capable.

Chocolate or vanilla, either way you're getting ice cream.
 
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