Is it just me or does the new 796 look like a poor mans synthetic vision?
I'd really like to try it. Anyone have one?

it looks pretty cool....has pricing been released yet?

I saw 2500$ for price...and I just bought an Aera 560...dang

And geo-reference charts, XM weather, etc. etc.

Looks awesome, but less awesome than it would have pre-iPad.

http://garmin.blogs.com/my_weblog/2011/09/garmin-unveils-the-aera-796-and-795-portable-touchscreen-aviation-navigators-with-3d-vision.html

I still think there's no replacement for the dedicated aviation-purposed moving map like this. I still use my 496 in the cockpit, even with the iPad.

If the reliability of the aircraft wasn't the question, this would make me much more comfortable flying over the mountains at night.

Awesome, now I don't need an IFR rating to fly in the clouds.... I'll just fly around with the "3D Vision" on!

Looks good, but your stuck staring at a low wing, they can have every airport and mountain in the USA but they cant find a way to let you change it to a high wing?

You can probably change to a high wing. But it will look like a cessna. 

I would change it to a DHC2 Icon & fool myself into thinking I had more $$. Or an oak desk... Then I'd feel right at home

I like that guy's video. he gets right to the important stuff. it's amazing how fast it can process. i doubt if my video edit machine could run through 3D that fast.

i just wish they could do that oak desk thing, or make IFR flying more kid-friendly and let us cross the mountains in the dark riding a unicorn or a lawn chair with helium balloons--that would look really cool. Then, when you're descending your little man will start shooting the balloons. --Ascending i guess he'll have to take a dump or something?

I'll work with Garmin on that. I'll call their support line next. I think they will be up for it even though they can't fix my 396.

Does it have a lift reserve indicator?

Wonderful. Something else to concentrate on instead of looking out the windshield. Just think how cool it would be if they just extended the instrument panel upwards a couple of feet to make room for all this stuff !

So....

If most on here fly nothing but CAVU/no wind/daylight only, just what are you guys gonna use synthetic vision for?

a) flying single-engine at night.
b) flying single-engine at night over the mountains.
c) single-engine IMC
d) single engine IMC at night over the mountains



Gump

GumpAir wrote:So....

If most on here fly nothing but CAVU/no wind/daylight only, just what are you guys gonna use synthetic vision for?

a) flying single-engine at night.
b) flying single-engine at night over the mountains.
c) single-engine IMC
d) single engine IMC at night over the mountains



Gump

It would look cool and chicks would dig it

If most on here fly nothing but CAVU/no wind/daylight only

Still waiting for some of that kind of action. Going by the "mountain at night" posts i need to sell the plane, cause it wouldn't get flown much

Chris

What I want to know is if you consider this thing "cheap", what the heck does it take to be "expensive"?

And, where the heck would you PUT the thing in a cockpit? My guess is prominently displayed, right between the pilot and all the engine guages......

MTV

mtv wrote:What I want to know is if you consider this thing "cheap", what the heck does it take to be "expensive"?

And, where the heck would you PUT the thing in a cockpit? My guess is prominently displayed, right between the pilot and all the engine guages......

MTV

A) no

B) in my case it's too big. I'm using a 695 right now & it's too big. Clamped to the V-brace infront of me like a small flat screen TV. I think I'll go with a 560 instead.

The 796 is about a half inch longer and a half inch narrower than the 696. It's also about half as thick and weighs about half as much. The 796 can be mounted either portrait or landscape where the 696 has to be portrait.

Zane wrote:Does it have a lift reserve indicator?

Awsome!