"Stefan" wrote in message
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NW_Pilot schrieb:

Yea, its a scary thought! The G1,000 System is nice when it works "Great
IFR platform for situational awareness" But they do need some manual back
up of some critical items for safe IFR flight. I know I would not fly
into IFR conditions in a G1000 equipped airplane with my family or a
passenger on

Not that I want to excuse those system failures the least bit, and not
that I would not have an adrenaline rush in that situation, but there
*are* manual back ups for the critical items! At least in those planes
I've seen so far, there has always been a "steam" AI, a "steam" ASI, a
"steam" altimeter and a whisky compass. You can perfectly fly in IMC with
this equipment.

Look at my finial day the Tach. even failed!

Hardly a critical item.

Stefan

I would not say perfectly you can hold straight and level and do climbs and
descents but without a reliable source of navigation except for a compass
(which has it's errors) and the deviations in Greenland area can be as much
as 40 degrees then add the wind correction makes for challenging navigation
for a few hundred miles with only a compass. Now when the only approach you
have is an NDB and the indicator don't work hahahaha!!! Trust me you don't
want to be there it's not fun but, it is a rush up until the moment you turn
on your portable gps and it downloads your present position and draws a line
to the nearest airport 200+ miles away!