Back up instruments

[Bob Cook]

Francisco

The palm units sound great..... however........

1)you need and instrument(s) that is readily available and not something you pull out of a flight bag.

2) where do you put it?

3) Is it approved?

4) Are you willing to "trust" it!

5) Damn batteries again.... are they fresh and will they last?

They do work great but until the system is incorporated into a 2 or 3 inch format and readily available I rather doubt it is a substitute. People keep forgetting these are TOYS!

Try partial panel with the one of the yoke mounted garmins such as the 295 and you will find you can have an AI failure without a problem as an alternative to a backup electrical AI. More important, practice using one so you can have some confidence in managing a failure. Again, practice and have fresh batteries.

I lost my KI525 (DG) IFR out of MCO and climbed thru 11k ft using the 295 rather than heading back and doing an ils. It worked great. I had practiced with it before and had the confidence to continue. The update is quite satisfactory.

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Bob