Garmin Connext V2

Weve taken wireless connections granted for years now in our daily lives. But, when our airplanes play, its again pretty exciting. We wrote about Garmins Flight Stream 110 and 210 in February 2016. Now, the next generation of this device will cut your database costs and effort to boot.

Frank Bowlin

Thursday, December 15, 2016 at 12:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

The Garmin Flight Stream 510 is a new multimedia card for GTN navigators that introduces WiFi connectivity for wireless database updates from a tablet.
Combined with Garmin's OnePak subscriptions, it significantly reduces database costs and simplifies the update process through "Database Concierge."
It enhances cockpit connectivity by enabling two-way flight plan transfer and streaming AHRS, traffic, and weather data to tablets, improving redundancy and information management.

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We’ve taken wireless connections granted for years now in our daily lives. But, when our airplanes play, it’s again pretty exciting. We wrote about Garmin’s Flight Stream 110 and 210 in February 2016. Now, the next generation of this device will cut your database costs and effort to boot.

WhatsIt?

Flight Stream devices use a communication protocol Garmin calls Connext, so panel-mount devices exchange data with your tablet. Flight Stream products are the panel-mount hardware that enable Connext data-communication with your tablet.