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Richard Kaplan wrote:
> To put this another way, would you prefer to have two Garmin 430s/530s > ($8,000 to $12,000 each) or one Garmin 430/530, a backup Com radio > ($1000), and a used Loran($300)? Lots of high-end singles/light twins > are starting to show up with the dual Garmin 430/530 setup; I honestly > do not understand the utility of this. Someone please help me out to > understand this. > > -- > Richard Kaplan, CFII > rkaplan@umrpc.com > www.umrpc.com/p210 Aside from the fact that they can automatically crossfile, one reason why 430s took off is that they are a complete package. Since you still have to be redundant, and a second radio helps in non-emergency anyways, why not have a second 430 as that backup if you have the money (I dont). What I have heard dual 430/530 users do is play with the data pages on one unit while leaving mapping on the first, or even leave them on different pages all the time, for example one to map, one to show course and data. The 530 of course is just what you do if you have the money. |
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