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Garmin GPS 500
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GPS 500
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The GPS500 is for serious IFR pilots who want big-picture situational awareness. With its FMS-like attributes, the GPS500 can simultaneously give aviators vital approach information and weather and traffic data in relation to their position on a large, color moving map display.

The GPS500 vividly presents critical flight data in a manner that pilots and aircraft owners have come to expect in Garmin panel-mount avionics. Thanks to a high-contrast color display, the information can be easily read from wide viewing angles even in direct sunlight. Its color moving map features a built-in database that shows cities, highways, railroads, rivers, lakes, coastlines, and a complete Jeppesen database. The huge Jeppesen database (that can be updated with a front-loading data card) contains all airports, VORs, NDBs, Intersections, FSS, Approach, DPs/STARs and SUA information.

The GPS500 is TSO C129a certified for GPS non-precision approaches.

The GPS500 has plenty of growth potential, as there are upgrade paths for WAAS compatibility, TAWS, and Terrain awareness. Pilots will enjoy the GPS 500 as an MFD, especially when it is coupled with traffic, lightning detection, and weather interfaces like Ryan TCAD, TIS from the Garmin GTX 330 Mode S transponder, or Goodrich SKYWATCH™, STORMSCOPE® WX 500. For the latest in graphical and textual weather information, the GNS 530 can connect to XM Satellite Radio's XM WX Weather Service via the GDL 69 datalink receiver. With the FDE prediction program, the GNS 530 may be used for oceanic or remote operations.

Specifications

Plotter/Moving Map Features

  • Basemap: Worldwide Land; includes state/country boundaries, lakes, rivers, railroads, cities, coastlines; U.S., state, and interstate highways, and local thoroughfares
  • Plotting Scales: 1/10 to 3000 nm with push-button zoom control
  • Coverage: Americas, International, or Worldwide
  • Airports: Identifier, city/state, country, facility name, lat/lon, elevation, fuel service, control, approach information
  • VORs: Identifier, city/state, country, facility name, lat/lon, frequency, co-located DME/TACAN, magnetic variation, weather broadcast
  • NDBs: Identifier, city/state, country, facility name, lat/lon, frequency, weather broadcast
  • Intersections: Identifier, country, lat/lon, nearest VOR
  • Frequencies: Approach, arrival, control area, departure, Class B, Class C, TMA, TRSA (with sector, altitude, and text usage), ASOS, ATIS, AWOS, center, clearance delivery, tower, ground, unicom, pre-taxi, localizer, and ILS
  • Runways: Designation, length, width, surface, lighting, pilot-controlled lighting frequency
  • FSS: Identifier, reference VOR, frequency, usage
  • ARTCC: Identifier, frequency, usage
  • MSA: Minimum safe altitude along and in proximity to active flight plan
  • Approaches: Non-precision and precision approaches throughout the database coverage
  • DPs/STARs: Contains all pilot/nav DPs/STARs
  • Airspaces: Class B & C with sectors, International CTA & TMA with sectors, all SUAs, including MOAs, prohibited and restricted areas with controlling agency and airport

Safety Features

  • Emergency Search: 9 nearest airports, VORs, NDBs, intersections, or user waypoints; 5 nearest FSS and ARTCC frequencies
  • Alarms: Arrival timers; airspace alarms at 10 minutes, 2nm and inside airspace

User Customization

  • Waypoints: 1,000 User Defined
  • Flight Plans: 20 reversible routes of up to 31 waypoints each

Certification

  • GPS: TSO C129a, Class A1 (en route, terminal, and approach); Oceanic Approval, and Fault Detection and Exclusion (FDE)

GPS Performance

  • Receiver: PhaseTrac12™, twelve parallel channel receiver, simultaneously tracks and uses up to 12 satellites
  • Acquisition Time: 12 seconds (warm), 45 seconds (cold)
  • Update Rate: Once per second, continuous
Accuracy:
  • Position: 15 meters (49 feet) RMS
  • Velocity: 0.1 knot RMS steady state
Dynamics:
  • Velocity (max): 999 knots
  • Acceleration (max): 6g's
Nav Features:
  • Pilot-defined course selection and waypoint hold, closest point of flight plan, departure and arrival frequencies, approach navigation using published approach procedures stored on NavData card, terminal navigation using DPs/STARs from NavData card
Planning Features:
  • True airspeed, density altitude, winds aloft, RAIM availability, sunrise/sunset times, trip and fuel planning, vertical navigation (VNAV)
Interfaces:
  • ARINC 429, aviation RS-232, CDI/HSI, RMI (digital: clock/data); superflag out, altitude (serial: Icarus, Shadin-Rosetta, encoded Gillham/Greycode), fuel sensor, fuel/air data, BFG WX 500 StormScope™, BFG SKY 497 SkyWatch™ and Ryan 9900B TCAD

Physical

  • Unit Size: Width = 6.25"; Height = 4.60"; Depth = 11.00" behind panel, with connectors
  • Unit Weight: 6.80 pounds installed
  • Display: Color LCD
  • Power: 11-33 VDC
  • Data Storage: Separate internal battery protects stored data for up to five years

Environmental

  • Temperature: -20°C to +55°C (operating range); -20°C to +70°C (short-term operation)
  • Humidity: 95% non-condensing
  • Altitude Range: -1,500 ft to 50,000 ft

Specifications are subject to change without notice