Originally Posted by
fjetter
Not sure if one is available for the G1000, but Garmin has free downloadable simulators for their associated units. These have been very helpful to my students by doing ground with just the sim software so they can focus on just learning the box without the pressure of flying the airplane or the associated cost of running the aircraft.
When they do instrument x-c's on them I have fly it/program it on their own on the sim first so that way they are much better when we fly it.
HIGHLY recommend what fjetter has mentioned here.
I have NO experience with any of the Garmin products and the few times I saw them in flight - well...I was too busy flying the airplane to really grasp the automation.
I heard about the FREE downloads available and got the Garmin 430/530 User Manuals and Simulators.
I'm hoping to impress my new bosses with my basic knowleedge
since he specifically complained about some of the pilots having been flying for quite a few months and knowing hardly anything about the GPSs
Btw - the information available from these Garmin units in incredible and the G1000 system is just out of this world!
USMCFLYR