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LOOP Features Garmin 496GARMIN announced a raft of new products at last month's AirVenture at Oshkosh (see News, p4). There was the latest version of its colour screen handheld, the GPSMAP 496, a downsized version of its G1000 glass cockpit, the G600, and a glass cockpit for kitplanes, the G900X.The 496 is an update of Garmin's 296/396, with a much faster re-draw rate and a fantastic array of abilities including terrain awareness, live weather overlays and airport taxi diagrams. Unfortunately, many of the features are US-only with the European version (called Atlantic) having pre-loaded City Navigator Europe street maps, VFR Reporting Points (VRPs), private airports and obstacles, but not weather support or taxi diagrams. New features for European users include 'Airspace Declutter', which shows only the airspace at that altitude or below, and 'Smart Airspace', which shows airspace that is not impending as a thinner line to slightly declutter the screen. ATZs and MATZs are now shown. As with the GPSMAP 296, the 496 is able to give visual warnings of impending terrain but it can now do this for obstacles that are at least 300 ft tall. Unique for the 496 are voice commands similar to that found in high-end TAWS systems. The Atlantic version of the GPSMAP 496 will have a list price of $2395, with deliveries starting in September. The G600 is a complete avionics suite with two 6.5 inch displays, a Primary Flight Display and Multi Function Display, designed for easy retrofit installation replacing analogue instruments. "The G600 lets owners of existing aircraft upgrade their avionics panel from steam gauges to a modern glass cockpit," said Garmin. The G600 comprises:  Interfaces with Garmin navigators for GPS, flight plan and navigation data Display for TIS and various TAS and TCAS systemsSolid-state Attitude and Heading Reference SystemWorldwide terrain and US obstacle databaseDigital Air Data ComputerOptional Class-B Terrain Awareness and Warning System (TAWS)Optional ChartView for displaying approach, departure, arrival charts along with airport surface diagramsGraphical weather depictions of NEXRAD, METARs, TAFs, TFRs, winds aloft, echo tops, precipitation type at the surface, lightning strikes, storm-cell data, AIRMETs, and SIGMETs can be received and displayed on the G600.Garmin has applied for an STC for approximately 400 aircraft types. Suggested retail price in the US is $29,772. The final product, the G900X, is a glass cockpit for high-end kitplanes such as Lancair and Vans. It's very similar in functions to the G600 above, but has 10.4in wide screens. It'll be available next year at a US price of $66,745. W: www.garmin.com |                     | ||||||
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