Originally Posted by
Yoda2
Cardio, What is your definition of extremely comfortable? Would that also mean competent? After only an hour with the G1000, would you have launched into the clouds with it? And... You read the manual AFTER you were comfortable with the G1000? Also curious how much "some" Sim experience was?
Presumably somebody on a first solo after 25 hours is not launching into the clouds. I was definitely competent to fly VFR after an hour. IME easier to scan with glass, routinely do hard IFR and would feel good about both but all things considered I'd much rather launch with glass.
Tuning and identify, dialing in radials all much easier, enhanced SA, AHRS with less dip / lag / acceleration errors, no gyro precession, all advantages.
Yes sir - read the manual after I was comfortable. Did 10 minute ground intro then maybe 1 hr flight. Enough to get basics, then read the manual for the rest. Perhaps people take 25 flight hours because they don't do a tiny bit of ground work.
