Any chance of panel mount GPS price coming down?

WannFly

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So we have G5 or similar for poor man's PDF (even if we can't make it primary for more than 1), there is a auto pilot STC out there and from what I can gather u can get it around 5k + install + STC... any rumbling around similar panel mount GPS STC or whatever to bring that cost down? With the above STC one can buy a cheaper used plane and won't break the bank to get some glass and AP in...wondering if we are just stuck with high priced GPS for the sake of it?

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WannFly said:
So we have G5 or similar for poor man's PDF (even if we can't make it primary for more than 1), there is a auto pilot STC out there and from what I can gather u can get it around 5k + install + STC... any rumbling around similar panel mount GPS STC or whatever to bring that cost down? With the above STC one can buy a cheaper used plane and won't break the bank to get some glass and AP in...wondering if we are just stuck with high priced GPS for the sake of it?

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Avidyne tried with the 440, but frankly it's asinine that we can't get /G without spending an inordinate amount of money for a user interface that does 10% of what my iPad and ForeFlight are capable of.

I'd love to see someone like appareo come out with a TSO'd GPS that would interface with ForeFlight and a CDI for /G ops. Get it to 5-7k installed and they'd have a line out the door.

In the meantime, I'm probably going to plop a GX-60 in the Maule, thus paying 1500 to install a $500 GPS so I can legally shoot GPS-A approaches.... which is a better move than putting a glideslope and CDI and DME in the Maule for the impending doom of getting my IR.


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Lower prices during the run up to 2020 when folks are thinking they'll add it while they are putting in the ADS-B Out gear? Not a snowball's chance in hell. FAA handed them customers on a skewer. No sales pitch nor discounts, required.

Try again in 2021 and I bet there will be some nice rebates to dump stock if they overbuilt.
 
Tampico Trauma said:
Avidyne tried with the 440, but frankly it's asinine that we can't get /G without spending an inordinate amount of money for a user interface that does 10% of what my iPad and ForeFlight are capable of.

I'd love to see someone like appareo come out with a TSO'd GPS that would interface with ForeFlight and a CDI for /G ops. Get it to 5-7k installed and they'd have a line out the door.

In the meantime, I'm probably going to plop a GX-60 in the Maule, thus paying 1500 to install a $500 GPS so I can legally shoot GPS-A approaches.... which is a better move than putting a glideslope and CDI and DME in the Maule for the impending doom of getting my IR.


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You'll also need a CDI and an annunciator panel for GX60 IFR install. And a field approval.
Have fun :(
 
mtuomi said:
It's the field approval that will cause you to :(
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Even if I'm using a certified repair station?

Is the field approval done by them or an IA?

Or will the three-lettered-devil be giving me the rectal boroscope on this one...


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mtuomi said:
You'll also need a CDI and an annunciator panel for GX60 IFR install. And a field approval.
Have fun :(
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Can you even get a GX60 IFR install? I thought Garmin abandoned those and you couldn't get up to date databases.

I really don't like them much. Too easy to get lost in the circular menus.
 
MAKG1 said:
Can you even get a GX60 IFR install? I thought Garmin abandoned those and you couldn't get up to date databases.

I really don't like them much. Too easy to get lost in the circular menus.
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Yes you can, Jeppesen sells the database updates for $150 for a single update.
 
Tampico Trauma said:
Even if I'm using a certified repair station?

Is the field approval done by them or an IA?

Or will the three-lettered-devil be giving me the rectal boroscope on this one...


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Field approval is done by FAA, your CRS/IA just fills the 337. It's a long process, they also have to approve your AFMS.
 
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