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MountainScope |
APIC |
Anywhere Map |
Flight Cheetah |
Garmin 496 |
VistaNav |
Synthetic Vision | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Resolution | High: 3 arc-seconds (90m) |
Unpublished decide for yourself |
"High" decide for yourself |
"30m" decide for yourself |
Unpublished decide for yourself |
High, probably 3 arc-seconds |
Windows CE/Mobile |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No | N/A | No |
Windows XP/Vista |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes |
Display sizes |
All portrait/landscape, standard/widescreen sizes up to 1280 width
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PDA: Portrait
PC: Landscape |
240x320, 480x640, 800x480, 800x640 |
All portrait/landscape, standard/widescreen sizes up to 1024 width |
480x320 Landscape |
600x800 Portrait |
ADS-B traffic |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
ADS-B weather |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Autopilot output |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Attitude |
Yes, via eGyro, Crossbow, Dynon, Grand Rapids, Athena, C-Migits, UAV Navigation |
Yes, via Athena or
GPS-derived |
None |
Yes, via eGyro |
None |
Yes, with their own hardware |
Subscription Type |
Buy as needed Plates included * |
Plates: yearly |
Yearly |
Yearly Plates included |
Buy as needed No Plates |
Yearly |
Cost |
$15 each $135 for 12 |
Plates: $99/yr |
Data: $115/yr Plates: $145/yr |
$199/yr |
$50 Jeppesen +
$50 obstacles |
$299/yr |
* MountainScope database updates include information about what plates are available for which airports,
and makes it possible to download those plates as needed from the FAA. This saves you from having to
copy gigabytes of plate files from a DVD every 28 days! |
Low end complete system |
$795 (HP 310 PDA) |
~$789 (HP 210 + GPS + APIC Pro) |
$695 (HP 310 PDA) |
$1895 (street price, 7" screen) |
$2395 (street price, includes Wx HW) |
$4299 (street price, with LS800) |