What GPS, if any, is everybody flying these days? I thought if we used a thread to share our experience with our GPS’s it might help others that are in the market. Unfortunately the poll option is limited to 10 items. I tried to populate the list with the GPS’s that I thought would be the most widely used for ‘Experimental’ or small private planes.
In the past few years I have evolved from running PC Avionics “Mountain Scope” on a NetBook, then to “ForeFlight” on an iPad. After my “ForeFlight” subscription ran out, I swapped to "Wing-X" because I thought if offered far more options for the money. I like all three of these GPS programs and they all do a great job. I still keep my NetBook with “Mountain Scope” in my plane as a backup. So far the iPad has been awesome. There is no boot-up time like I experience with the NetBook. Just hit the button and it is on and ready to go. I have the iPad mounted in my Cherokee on a RAM yoke mount which is so much better than having the NetBook in my lap or passenger seat. I think the iPad running Wing-X has got to be one of the best bang-for-the-buck GPS options out there considering all that it will do. Since my plane has a ceiling shading the iPad, I haven’t had the problems seeing the screen that some people with bubble canopies experience.
So what GPS are you guys flying and how do you like it?