On Jan 24, 7:54*am, " wrote:
On Jan 24, 10:19 am, "Robert M. Gary" wrote:



Correct. So if two pilots who have far superior skill and judegement
than you or I, that are flying one of the most technically advanced GA
aircraft on the market can get into trouble, the rest of us should
take a moment to pause.

-Robert

The G1000 equipped 182 may be technically advanced, but I'm not a big
fan of the backup instrument layout and the lack of an electrically-
driven turn coordinator.

If the screen goes dark (which it does with apparent regularity) at
night or in IMC, you're in a world of hurt, experienced or not.

I've never had the screen go dark or known anyone who had. I did read
a report of a guy who set the brightness down really low (manually,
not auto brightness) during a night flight, and then on a subsequent
day flight he took it out of auto mode and he thought both screens had
failed. In truth they were just dim.

-Robert