Replacement for the gdl 39?

farmerbrake

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Has anyone heard anything as to if/when garmin will be coming out with a replacement to the gdl 39 3d adsb reciever?
Thinking about buying myself a birthday present but would hate to do it and have the new one come out within a month or two.

Btw, for anyone who cares, garmin pilot because I am not in the apple eco system.

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And they would plan on replacing it, why?

(Apple is the progenitor of Planned Obsolescence -- ok, them and General Motors)
 
oldShar said:
And they would plan on replacing it, why?

(Apple is the progenitor of Planned Obsolescence -- ok, them and General Motors)
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Maybe to add more features such as flight tracking (like on the new stratus), longer battery life (I believe it's around 4 hrs now?)
I also heard that you can't set it in direct aunglight and they suggest buying antenna adapter.

Again, no first hand experience, just what I've interpreted from readings.

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farmerbrake said:
Maybe to add more features such as flight tracking (like on the new stratus), longer battery life (I believe it's around 4 hrs now?)
I also heard that you can't set it in direct aunglight and they suggest buying antenna adapter.

Again, no first hand experience, just what I've interpreted from readings.

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I have the 393d and I will agree the battery life is awful. Not sure why its 4 hours compared to stratus which is 10. Other than that, I have never had an issue with heat.
 
I have the 39/3D and use it with the Garmin 796. It is an awesome combination. I flew with it this weekend up over Denver and had a great traffic picture the whole way. I guess I got lucky to have someone with ADSB out near me all day because I don't have ADSB out yet. I am able to get weather sitting on the ground at my airport. I guess I am close enough to the tower to be able to get it on the ground. As far as battery goes, I run with the cigarette lighter power plugged in all the time.

Carl
 
SportPilotCO said:
As far as battery goes, I run with the cigarette lighter power plugged in all the time.

Carl
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Hmmm forgot about using a cigarette lighter.... wonder if my plane has one

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