iFly GPS Forum

I am in agreement with the WAAS enhancement but one of Walters comments are sticking in my brain. That being that it would take much longer to aquire a signal and much easier to loose said signal. Also the need for an exernal antennacomes to mind. I guess if the iFly would aquire the non WAAS signal and give me navigation while aquiring the WAAS enhanced signal I would be fine with that change. If I am not going to be able to navigate while the unit is trying to aquire the WAAS signal then I might not be so enthusiactic about it.

If it can give me a reliable non WAAS while aquiring WAAS and simply display a W when WAAS is active in the cooner then go for it. Otherwise I won't want to give up my non WAAS navigation.

Did I put enough confusion into that comment!!!!!

And what happened to my power user lable? Hrumph!!!

Edited for brevity ...My crappy old Anywhere map Ipaq had the same sirf gps chipset and even it had waas .
With pre flight weather loaded on the ifly and terrain why are you concerned about Waas . I think taking a weather snapshot on the ground before taking off when weather is dynamic should be more of a concern than waas .
If I lose aircraft electrical IFR it would be nice to have a waas capable gps ( battery backup ) and my handheld radio in a pinch .