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Letters From Readers: August 2018

Bad Elf also suggested that flyGarmin customers who want to use the Wombat wait until the subscription has expired and then switch to the Jeppesen JDM because the cost is nearly the same and it will allow them to use the Wombat for remote avionics data updates. Worth mentioning is that Garmins Flight Stream 510 wireless card that performs a similar function (plus a variety of other ones, including flight plan transfer and data overlay) is in the $1500 price range, compared to the $250 Wombat piston model.

Aviation Consumer Staff
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Bad ELF Compatibility

In the June 2018 Aviation Consumer article on the Bad Elf Wombat data transfer hub, you stated that “the Wombat accommodates all storage formats, including the SD cards used in Garmin’s G1000/3000 flight decks and in the Garmin GTN-series retrofit navigators.”

In addition to the information on the Bad Elf website, this was the only reason I bought the unit, but I couldn’t update my Garmin GTN650 and G3X datacards with it, which use data loaded from the flyGarmin website. I feel like I’ve been duped.

Aviation Consumer Staff