Aero-TV: First Look -- The Garmin GTN 650 and GTN 750

Thu, 24 March 2011 .
Let's Get The FIRST LOOK At Garmin's New Touch-Screen Enabled GTN 650 and GTN750
In advance of the public unveiling of the new Garmin GTN 650 and GTN 750, ANN's Aero-TV crews were invited to take an advance look at the latest new offerings from the wizards of Olathe, KS. It has been some 13 years since Garmin GNS 430 and GNS 530 were introduced to go on to sell some 110,000 units, worldwide. While the 430 and 530 will live on for the foreseeable future, the GTN series is obviously designed to take their place in the future Garmin line-up.
We had the chance to get some tutelage in the ways of the GTN 650/750 under the watchful eye of Garmin's Jim Alpiser, as the 2011 AEA Convention started to get well under way. This was a great place to get a look at Garmin's next generation of cockpit 'Magic" as the AEA Convention & Trade Show is the preeminent venue dedicated solely to the general aviation avionics industry. Not open to the public, this event's primary focus is providing avionics professionals with educational and marketing opportunities between equipment manufacturers, distributors and government-certified repair stations.
The GTN 650 and GTN 750 received FAA TSO authorization in March and are STC approved on a broad model list covering most Part 23 fixed wing aircraft. The first units will be available for purchase at Lakeland, March 29 to April 3, 2011. The GTN 650 is expected to be available at a suggested retail price of $11,495 and the GTN 750 is expected to be available at a suggested retail price of $16,995.
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[flexairz]

@Earssss That's not the point. Secondary non essential information should never ever replace essential information.

[Earssss]

@flexairz ,, are you flying mach 25 that you will get lost in 2 seconds lol.... no one stares at the nav page all the time anyways

[flexairz]

@gmanzeroalpha I was making a point about have all info in one box, hiding under touchscreen knobs which could be difficult to reach in turbulence in certain circumstances. And crucial info disappearing while changing a silly intercom setting. Never mind your question. That's not the point here. Read my remark again.

[gmanzeroalpha]

@flexairz What was my question? How long does it take to change a comms panel setting? Your telling me that losing Nav for maybe 3 to 5 seconds is a dangerous thing? What did you do when charts are being used. Were you staring at that every second. Oh and by the way night/ IMC. isn't much different, when you can't see out you can't see out. Also, in mountains I tend to stay a good 2k to 3k feet above them just so that a 3 to 5 second lose of concentration doesn't kill me. hmmm?

[flexairz]

@gmanzeroalpha So? You're losing nav info (which are part of the flight instruments) while changing a silly intercom setting. It just should not do that. In turbulence it takes too long with possibly touching the wrong item on screen. Pilot distracted (think mountain areas in imc at night on approach to an airport) and there you go. Game over.

[gmanzeroalpha]

@flexairz How long does it take to change comms.

What you can't look away from your map for that long?

Even if IFR, its not a flight instument its a nav instrument

[MetaView7]

that's a lot of coins

[flexairz]

Btw: I do NOT want my navigation screen to disappear when changing intercom settings...

[flexairz]

Touch screens? Think turbulence!

[Dino522]

And people put in wrong info with knobs...