Morgan3820
En-Route
OK, $225/approach. It is your money.
It just seems, to me, that the people that buy these wonder boxes feel compelled to push other people to do likewise. I am ok with the enthusiasm. I absolutly love my FF, but I an not going to suggest that it is reckless to fly with out it. I fly just fine /A. I like my dme a lot. It cost me $700 to buy and $500 to have installed. The next plane will have a dme, even if it has a gns 650 already installed.
Like many other pilots, I also boat. Likewise, there is a group that spends dollars on electronic stuff and similarly opines that any one that does not have a 12 inch multifunction chartplotter/64 mi. radar coupled to a below deck autopilot with FLIR cameras and under water lighting, is dangerous and puts the lives at risk of anyone that gets on thier boat and within a 20 mile radius. It does not help bring people into the hobby, and it is wrong.
The OP asked about dme's and he received something else. This is not helpful. When people come asking questions and replys are given that cost $20,000, people quietly walk away and go find something else to do. Like I said it is your money but do not think that pushing these high dollar solutions is helpful. The group needs to find ways to encourage new participation not turn people away.
Electronic stuff is nice but it is not a substitute for the fundementals.
It just seems, to me, that the people that buy these wonder boxes feel compelled to push other people to do likewise. I am ok with the enthusiasm. I absolutly love my FF, but I an not going to suggest that it is reckless to fly with out it. I fly just fine /A. I like my dme a lot. It cost me $700 to buy and $500 to have installed. The next plane will have a dme, even if it has a gns 650 already installed.
Like many other pilots, I also boat. Likewise, there is a group that spends dollars on electronic stuff and similarly opines that any one that does not have a 12 inch multifunction chartplotter/64 mi. radar coupled to a below deck autopilot with FLIR cameras and under water lighting, is dangerous and puts the lives at risk of anyone that gets on thier boat and within a 20 mile radius. It does not help bring people into the hobby, and it is wrong.
The OP asked about dme's and he received something else. This is not helpful. When people come asking questions and replys are given that cost $20,000, people quietly walk away and go find something else to do. Like I said it is your money but do not think that pushing these high dollar solutions is helpful. The group needs to find ways to encourage new participation not turn people away.
Electronic stuff is nice but it is not a substitute for the fundementals.
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