Dennis wrote:
Now on another subject: if you could provide an equal explanation of Synthetic Vision. I never have been able to grasp Synthetic Vision and what it offers above the regular nav or map view. Just me I guess, but I have never found a good application for it.
Personally, I don't use synthetic vision either, but I'm not sure there's much to explain. The intended use is to help identify objects of interest out the window for navigational awareness and collision avoidance (airports, terrain, obstacles, traffic targets). There's nothing really additional over the information provided on the 2D moving map, except the 3rd dimension (maybe there is some attitude information provided if there is an AHRS source, but I'm not sure). I'm definitely not the best person to talk about the benefits of EFIS.
If you really want to engage people on that topic, I'd recommend starting another post rather than hijacking this one.