Ozi Explorer aviation

[ianboag]

I just bought an el-cheapo noname GPS. It runs Amigo 160 and works fine for car use - all the "turn right in 100 metres" and 3-D depiction of track and all that. Unlocking it was dead easy. After unlocking one could see that it's really just a handheld computer running Windows CE. That's what the new Garmin Aera is too.

 

Anyway - Ozi Explorer CE runs on it no sweat and I'm thinking about making it all into a flying GPS. The GPS unit was a whole $200, Ozi Explorer is about the same and then one just scans in and calibrates some maps. Color moving map for under $500 ........

 

Has anyone done this? Any opinions about whether it's good, bad or indifferent? Strong points? Weak points?

 

IB

 

 

[slartibartfast]

Ian,

 

There's a whole thread on it here.

 

OziExplorerCE is only $40.

 

I've been able to supply Mio units to people already hacked and loaded for as little as $260 all up - depending on what I paid for them. I took 2 to Temora and they sold in the first few hours.

 

A couple of forum members tried the no-name 7" units and found the screens weren't bright enough. The Mio and Navman units are fine though.

 

For VFR nav use they rock. I carry two now.

 

 

[ianboag]

Oops. Slap me someone. If I'd looked a bit harder I would have seen this has all been done already ...... :-(

 

 

[Guest 4aplat]

Ian,There's a whole thread on it here.

OziExplorerCE is only $40.

 

I've been able to supply Mio units to people already hacked and loaded for as little as $260 all up - depending on what I paid for them. I took 2 to Temora and they sold in the first few hours.

 

A couple of forum members tried the no-name 7" units and found the screens weren't bright enough. The Mio and Navman units are fine though.

 

For VFR nav use they rock. I carry two now.

I've got a no-name chinese 7" unit and I found the screen is bright enought (if 12 V supply)

 

the software is a "home made" plane software (NAVI navigation ULM © Pierre RAIMOND) but I think it's ok with Ozi ce