Comment on "Your altimeter displays one altitude while your GPS displays another. Under VFR, which do you use/when?"
...ark ( @mpansing ), since your WingX GPS seems to be accurate (doesn...;t that also depend on the external GPS antenna a person uses? ...ation?) ... since your WingX GPS appears to be accurate, the q...o my pressure altimeter (even if my GPS (however accurate) disagrees)...Comment on "Your altimeter displays one altitude while your GPS displays another. Under VFR, which do you use/when?"
Most of my handheld gps seem to wander a bit, however the WingX seems to do better. Not only does...t that spot based on info from some online maps. I generally use the WingX GPS AGL because I'm usually f...Comment on "Your altimeter displays one altitude while your GPS displays another. Under VFR, which do you use/when?"
...but 2 things come to mind: Is the WingX GPS really more accurate for alti...ort (the AF/D or taxi diagram defines where the GPS reference is and the true dif...ude would I use. Under 3000 AGL I will watch my gps, over 3000 AGL I will use my...Comment on "Opinions needed......What is the best communications helmet setup?"
...ve over 450 hours on mine & that never happened. My Garmin 396 GPS hiccups about once every 4 mo..., I have to reboot it-- scared me the first time. Navigate without GPS !!! NOOOOOOO!!!! ...Comment on "Your altimeter displays one altitude while your GPS displays another. Under VFR, which do you use/when?"
Getting back to the original question about which altitude would I use. Under 3000 AGL I will watch my gps, over 3000 AGL I will use my altimeter on the hopes that everyone else's altimeter is set to the same pressure and reading some what the same.