Return-Path: Received: from [65.173.216.71] (HELO mtasmtp1-clev.cle.ms.philips.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.5) with ESMTP id 569784 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 09:57:38 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=65.173.216.71; envelope-from=Rob.Logan@Philips.com Received: from [149.59.200.4] ([149.59.200.4]) by mtasmtp1-clev.cle.ms.philips.com (Lotus Domino Release 5.0.11) with ESMTP id 2004121609570608:13540 ; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 09:57:06 -0500 Message-ID: <41C1A1F3.4080804@Philips.com> Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 09:55:47 -0500 From: Rob Logan Reply-To: Rob@Logan.com User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (X11/20040917) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Lancair Mailing List Subject: Re: [LML] Chelton vs Avidyne References: In-Reply-To: X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on mtasmtp1-clev/P/SERVER/PHILIPS-CLE(Release 5.0.11 |July 24, 2002) at 12/16/2004 09:57:06 AM, Serialize by Router on mtasmtp1-clev/P/SERVER/PHILIPS-CLE(Release 5.0.11 |July 24, 2002) at 12/16/2004 09:57:38 AM, Serialize complete at 12/16/2004 09:57:38 AM Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed What advantage does an image of steam gages on a tv screen have? The unfair advantage of CFS and why I fly a system with "more things that could go wrong" is: vertical guidance. even non precision approaches with CFS depict "boxes" that make it cake to intercept the stabilized approach anywhere (often inside the gate for me :-). It depicts the surrounding terrain when you are outside the protected boxes and when working outside radar coverage you know where the rocks and towers(!) are. (way points have an X on the ground and a lolly pop to your target alt, so if the X is behind a rock, you must maintain alt. if you put the flightpath marker on the X you have the perfect glide slop to hit the X or target alt if inside the 0 in the lolly pop) load a VFR "approach" and get an extended centerline with glide sloop also shown on the mini map so you can setup for the overhead while going direct to the apt. there are lots of little things that 5 years of development bring: mature code. on takeoff it sets the baro at field elevation, and one can easily pick a departure procedure. (along with V routes and stars). Nrst, Apt, com1 will tune your sl30 to that airport you are about to buz. Nrst, FSS is a quick way to ask for weather. Nrst, ATCC if you miss a hand off. slip skid, AOA pitch limiter (stall warning) gear reminder at 500 AGL near an airport. anyway, I can't be trusted anymore, as Kirk has given me some "free" hardware to test. http://d2av.com/ Rob