First off, this might be a dumb question as a newbie, but any opinions would be appreciated. So I just bought a cherokee 140 couple weeks ago, AI is off few degrees to one side since day 1 and the vacuum pump just failed completely last night, bad luck...but I figured this could be a good oppurtunity to get rid of it by installing dual G5's or GI-275. I was a bit leaning toward the G5's because as poor guy, I wanna keep my budget as low as possible. However, one day when I was doing phone calls and emails for installation quotes, there is one avionic shop close to where I live saids they are permanently close yet they have a pair of new GI-275 for sale with descent amount of discount to liquidate the inventory. I knew the new GI-275's has to be installed by Garmin dealerships to have the warranty but the discount is pretty attractive and based on how much I fly for time building, the warranty may last less than a year anyway. So I continued to ask the guy if the GI-275's has 8130 or C of C for my mechanic to do the installation, and the response is no, the only thing he has is an invoice from garmin.
I did a little bit of researching, only thing I found is Garmin doesn't issue 8130 for products sold in the US and I couldn't find anything else. So my question is does the installation require 8130 or C of C to prove its airworthiness? Can an IA simply test its functionality and log it? If I can find another garmin dealership to help me do the installation, would it solve the problem? Thank you for reading the post, opinions/comments are welcomed.
I did a little bit of researching, only thing I found is Garmin doesn't issue 8130 for products sold in the US and I couldn't find anything else. So my question is does the installation require 8130 or C of C to prove its airworthiness? Can an IA simply test its functionality and log it? If I can find another garmin dealership to help me do the installation, would it solve the problem? Thank you for reading the post, opinions/comments are welcomed.
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