I agree, but it's actually more complicated that that for reasons I don't understand.
For example, the G3X Manual lists precisely all the equipment that it works with. But the LOGICAL statement would be to say, for example, "Any navigator that complies with FAA reg xxx.yyy.zzz will work with...
I'm not really trying to do anything. I'm just trying to understand stuff so that I don't end up buying equipment that would ultimately be incompatible. For example, my airplane has the GPS in it that was designed by Noah for navigation during the flood (a Garmin 155XL) and I'm inclined to...
Wow, I just assumed the autopilot drove the FD command bars. The way I assumed it worked was that the autopilot worked out the pitch and roll desired and relayed that to the FD and then monitored the attitude to ensure it was correct, sending messages to the servos to pitch up or down and roll...
I've spent a lifetime in software development so I'm very familiar with programming, etc. And in the "old days" when it was just VORs and ILS it didn't really matter how all the parts fitted together because all the representations were standard. So a NARCO VOR indicator looked the same as a...
I'm just getting back into flying again, so not totally up to speed, so I might be way off. But I am looking to buy an airplane that is equipped with two NavComs but lacks a GPS and ADSB.
So it occured to me that a GNX 375 would be great. But then I realized it wouldn't do ILS. But the ILS...