Bill
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Fly it 'till it breaks, then upgrade, or bust the nut now and just do it?
Our 201 has two Collins navcoms (251/351 units), and an Apollo GX50 GPS, and we originally were going to pull the old audio panel, GX50, ADF, and one Collins, put in a new 430w and PS Engingeering PMA8000, and pull and/or re-arrange some other things, and that was going to set us back $13-14k.
But, we started to think, what added functionality are we getting for our $14k? Really, just precision GPS approaches. The GX50 is still supported by Garmin, and is an IFR certified installation, so it is good for IFR enroute and non-p GPS apps. Our home base to be has no apps right now, but KCHA 9nm down the road has two ILS's, VOR, and NDB apps, in addition to non-p GPS apps. So, we're figuring, $14k is a pretty high price for getting WAAS capability and a cool looking panel. BTW, we will be augmenting the strikefinder with a new 496 for XM weather and backup GPS capability regardless of how we go on the panel.
So, we're thinking, fly it 'till something breaks, then upgrade. Keep that $14k in the pocket for that dreaded 1st annual. Thoughts?
Our 201 has two Collins navcoms (251/351 units), and an Apollo GX50 GPS, and we originally were going to pull the old audio panel, GX50, ADF, and one Collins, put in a new 430w and PS Engingeering PMA8000, and pull and/or re-arrange some other things, and that was going to set us back $13-14k.
But, we started to think, what added functionality are we getting for our $14k? Really, just precision GPS approaches. The GX50 is still supported by Garmin, and is an IFR certified installation, so it is good for IFR enroute and non-p GPS apps. Our home base to be has no apps right now, but KCHA 9nm down the road has two ILS's, VOR, and NDB apps, in addition to non-p GPS apps. So, we're figuring, $14k is a pretty high price for getting WAAS capability and a cool looking panel. BTW, we will be augmenting the strikefinder with a new 496 for XM weather and backup GPS capability regardless of how we go on the panel.
So, we're thinking, fly it 'till something breaks, then upgrade. Keep that $14k in the pocket for that dreaded 1st annual. Thoughts?
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