Garmin 530 vs. 430

Justin Maas

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Oct 8, 2002, 10:03:13 PM10/8/02

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Hey guys and gals,

We're looking to finance a Husky, and there are two IFR packages
available - one with a 530, and one with a 430. The prices have dropped, so
the aircraft with the 530 costs as much as one with a 430 used to. I have a
lot of experience with the 430, but NONE with the 530. I realize that you
can plug in Storm Scopes and such, but that seems inconsequential when
discussing a Husky. Besides the size, are there any other benefits?

Thanks!
Justin

karl gruber

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Oct 8, 2002, 10:20:12 PM10/8/02

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***Besides the size, are there any other benefits***

Larger screen, higher resolution and some of the pages have slightly more
information. On the 430 the info is still there, you just need to page to
it.

Karl

Mike Rapoport

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Oct 8, 2002, 10:31:19 PM10/8/02

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The 530 will soon have terrain with only the addition of a datacard. The
430 will likely support it too but it will be more useful with the larger
screen. I like the 530's arc view which gives you 100nm in front of the
airplane. With the 430 you can see about 100nm in front. Any farther than
that and useful items, like VORs, start to drop off the screen.

Mike
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paul k. sanchez

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Oct 8, 2002, 10:42:25 PM10/8/02

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Justin:
Downloading the Garmin 530 manual from www.garmin.com (or I can send it to you)
would be a good start in the difference between the 430 and 530.

1. Garmin 530 has a VNAV button to quickly get to the vertical profile, and
will even calculate time remaining before descent.

2. Garmin 530 has 4 columns on the Flight Plan page vs 3 on the garmin 430.
this means that on the garmin 530 you could columns for waypoint, DTK, DIS and
ETE.

3. Garmin 530 on NAV page 1 is actually an electronic HSI (120 degrees of arc)
page with the track value at the top, map will scale auto zoom from 200 nm to 5
nm.

4. Garmin 530 has a data box below the nav frequency box that you can display
VOR/Localizer ID, radial if VOR, and distance to transmitter.

There are other features too but I think you get a fair idea.

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Scott Moore

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Oct 9, 2002, 12:49:51 AM10/9/02

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Mike Rapoport wrote:
>
> The 530 will soon have terrain with only the addition of a datacard. The
> 430 will likely support it too but it will be more useful with the larger
> screen. I like the 530's arc view which gives you 100nm in front of the

Where'd you hear this ? I have allways assumed that the 430/530 did not
have the color/intensity range to do this. It only presents about 4 colors,
and none of them greyscale.

Scott Moore

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Oct 9, 2002, 12:47:28 AM10/9/02

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The 430 suffers a bit from information clutter. If you want to get everything
you might need on the map screen at once, its not possible, so you page flip.
From the prices I have seen, the 530 is only about %10 more, so its worth it.
Of course, neither of them is cheap.

Personally, I found the cost justified only if you consider the cost of both
a GPS and the Nav/Comm it replaces.

Dan Thompson

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Oct 9, 2002, 6:08:05 AM10/9/02

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The 530 screen is a lot brighter, sharper and more colorful, in addition to
being about a third larger. There is definitely a difference in the display
technologies in addition to the size difference.

Geoff Semler

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Oct 9, 2002, 1:31:17 PM10/9/02

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Do you have any details on the terrain stuff. I hav't seen or heard
anything about it

Geoff

Gary

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Oct 9, 2002, 6:51:06 PM10/9/02

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I just heard this from my avionics guy. He described it as terrain
avoidance, which I did NOT interpret as the pretty picture ala the UPS MFD,
but rather somethat that provided info and warnings, given new database
data. He explicitly said it would be made available via a software update to
the 530. No mention of the 430 - that is, it was a 530 discussion.

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Gary

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Oct 9, 2002, 6:52:30 PM10/9/02

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In two words: SIZE MATTERS.

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Stuart King

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Oct 10, 2002, 5:37:22 AM10/10/02

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IMHO...

I do not know why anyone would want a 530, when for a very similar price you
can have a 430 and MX20 display.

Stuart....again IMHO.

BTW...nice web page Justin.

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ArtP

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Oct 10, 2002, 11:03:57 AM10/10/02

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On Thu, 10 Oct 2002 09:37:22 GMT, "Stuart King"
<stu...@nospam.KingFamily.spamx.Netnospam> wrote:

>IMHO...
>
>I do not know why anyone would want a 530, when for a very similar price you
>can have a 430 and MX20 display.
>

Because it is just another database that needs to be updated. The MX20
screen is no larger than the 530, and while you can (for a still
annual fee) get approach plates and enroute charts the POH makes that
this feature does not eliminate the need for paper charts.

Ron Natalie

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Oct 10, 2002, 11:58:38 AM10/10/02

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> IMHO...
>
> I do not know why anyone would want a 530, when for a very similar price you
> can have a 430 and MX20 display.
>

Maybe they do not have that much panel space. I'm hard pressed to fit just
the 430 in my panel.

Mike Rapoport

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Oct 11, 2002, 10:18:39 AM10/11/02

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It is supposed to ship in the first quarter of '03 and is supposed to meet
the TAWS requirements for turbine aircraft. I visited Garmin in KS
yesterday and can tell you that there is some REALLY cool stuff in the
works.

Mike
MU-2

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Jon Woellhaf

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Oct 11, 2002, 8:30:42 PM10/11/02

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Mike Rapaport wrote, "I visited Garmin in KS yesterday and can tell you that

there is some REALLY cool stuff in the works."

WHAT? Tell us!

Jon

Mike Rapoport

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Oct 14, 2002, 3:46:17 PM10/14/02

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It probably isn't appropriate for me to say too much but there will be a
three flat panel (8"x10")integrated cockpit for under $70k including AHRS.

Mike
MU-2

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"ArtP" <Ar...@his.com> wrote in message
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The MX20 is a 640X480 screen which is a heck of a lot better resolution for
situational awareness than the 530. I have ChartView and yes I do carry
paper charts printed from my laptop/portable printer each flight. The BIG
Advantage is situational awareness in a critical stage of flight --
Instrument approaches. If you have any doubts where you are just take a peek
at the airplanes position on the chart.

BTW) Even though I am a MX20 owner -- my research is showing that the
Avidyne 5000 is a much better value. No ChartView but much better
resolution. Give up some resolution and the 500 MAX is a great bargain!

ADB ICEMAN