Is a Terrain Avoidance Warning Desirable?
- Thread starter sunfish
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DBRV10
Active Member
In addition to what is already there? Its pretty darned impressive as it is.
When I was flying out of an airport that had mountains close-in on two sides, the terrain awareness feature (of a Garmin unit) was annoying. I only flew during the day in VFR conditions, so I turned it off. If I flew at night or in IFR conditions, I think the feature would be more helpful than annoying.
RVDan
I love flying!
Terrain aural alerts are a double edged sword. I fly with them from a Garmin 495. 98% of the time, I am aware of the obstacles and the warning is a nuisance. There has been once or twice that the warning made me aware of a tower that I didn’t have in my attention until the alert went off and I started scanning for why. I don’t see the aural alerts as a necessity, but keep them on since they are available. I never ignore them, just confirm the terrain or obstacle visually.
DBRV10
Active Member
The obstacle database provided here in Australia by AvPlan, is really very good.....all these damned towers and wind turbines are well depicted.