ozone
Well-Known Member
So, now I have gotten my checkride with the local airplane rental place and now I realize that I need a yoke-mounted or similar GPS.
I have looked at:
Bendix/King AV8OR GPS (Americas)
Anywhere Map Travel Companion (ATC) GPS
Lowrance AirMap 2000c GPS
Garmin 296/396/495 GPS (Americas)
What i cannot find (even on the respective websites for these products) is the recurring costs for these devices. I assume that one needs to update the GPS maps just as you would with paper maps. Even if you are going VFR...I would think you would want to update at least 2x/year.
Anyone know what the update subscriptions/updates cost? The only one i could find reference to was the lowrance, which looked liek it was $300/year or $35 per single update.
If folks have experience with any of these GPS units, I would love to hear more!
I have looked at:
Bendix/King AV8OR GPS (Americas)
Anywhere Map Travel Companion (ATC) GPS
Lowrance AirMap 2000c GPS
Garmin 296/396/495 GPS (Americas)
What i cannot find (even on the respective websites for these products) is the recurring costs for these devices. I assume that one needs to update the GPS maps just as you would with paper maps. Even if you are going VFR...I would think you would want to update at least 2x/year.
Anyone know what the update subscriptions/updates cost? The only one i could find reference to was the lowrance, which looked liek it was $300/year or $35 per single update.
If folks have experience with any of these GPS units, I would love to hear more!