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The shop with great reviews answered their phone and seemed interested in helping me out. Told me based on the description over the phone that it would be two weeks for them to do it, but they wanted me to email them the details along with a picture of my current panel. I did that and still no...

Exactly why I'm hesitant to set anything up with that shop.

I'm in SoCal and have been trying to get a quote from multiple shops to install dual G5's with a GPS 175 into my Piper Colt. I've contacted 5 shops and all seem to be rather slow on any response. One said he only does verbal quotes until we agree and pay 50% before he puts anything on paper, but...

Do you still need this? I can check the sticks for my Colt which uses the same tanks but it'll likely be closer to the end of the week.

Just the regular old 197, but I'm starting to dig the idea of the GPS 175 and waiting to replace the King 197 with something like the Icom A220 or Garmin GTR 200. However, if I go with the GPS 175 any radio swaps will wait so I'm not spending all my money at one time.

Thanks all, starting the think the GPS 175 will give me a better bang for my dollar as the comm radio in the plane works well. My only gripe is the inability to monitor a second frequency. Looks like the GPS 175 has a simlar price to a new com/nav radio.

Getting ready to pull the trigger on upgrading a few things in my Colt and considering dual G5's along with and SL-30 nav/com. When I talked to the first avionics shop the guy was quick to say that the SL-30 is about to be discontinued and obsolete. As far as I know it is already discontinued...

Dang!! I knew Rays was busy but wasn't expecting there to be a year backlog. But that also might explain why some shops I've contacted haven't responded back as it seems like most of them are slammed.

Have you talked to any local installers yet? I'm still at Oxnard and about to get on the waitlist at CMA but am also considering a few upgrades so I'm interested in any local installer feedback you may have.

I've been debating trying FF now that we have our own airplane. Maybe I'll see if I can borrow a friends ipad with FF first to see if its right for me. The weather briefing and glide ring aspect is interesting.

Wow, that doesn't sound good.

I've done some research on it and it seems to have good reviews. Supposedly lighter than the more traditional options when complete by roughly 30%, easier install, and a long life. At least those are the claims I've seen from some of the experimental owners that have reviewed it.

We did ultimately find an airplane to purchase. A 1963 Piper Colt with a low time engine. The owner was selling it to make room for a different airplane in the hangar. We also drove 6 hours to look at the Colt, but he had it ready for us to look at. Logbooks and all other paperwork ready for us...

LOL, Pretty sure I ran into this guy more than once while looking for a plane to buy. An hour away from our house: A TriPacer owner that owned the plane for roughly 30 years did a full interview of my wife and I before he showed us the plane. Drove us to the plane from his house, wouldn't...

Good point, as I live in the area climbing to 10K isn't realistic. But if coming from farther away it would keep things simpler while giving you more glide distance. I imagine you'd start your descent into Catalina almost as soon as you get off the coast.

Coming from the north, I'd recommend the coastal route over LAX. You'll be at 5500 ft until Point Fermin area and have a shorter water crossing to the island. If you want to fly higher there are quite a few VFR corridors through the LAX airspace.

I just went throught this debate on my Colt as the Gill battery wasn't holding a charge. Anything requiring paperwork means I have to get the local IA to sign off on it and he has his own bills to pay so he doesn't work for free but his prices are reasonable. To me the options were: 1)...

From SMO use the LAX Special flight rules to head south towards Point Fermin. Then head west to the island. The special flight rules will have you at 3500 ft over LAX so you'll get a great view of it as well.

Nice! I've gone out to Catalina Island a couple times in rentals. Gotta get the new Colt out there soon, looking forward to not feeling pressed by a timeline to get the rental back. I usually fly the coastal route down to the Vincent Thomas Bridge reporting point then shoot out over the ocean to...

The previous owner's dad took it for another plane a year or two ago, so the story goes. I just bought the plane a couple months ago and knew the knob was gone. I can still push and turn the shaft to align the heading with the compass so it's not a huge problem, but it's something I'd like to...