430W doubling in cost?
"John T." writes:
Remember that there are likely additional charges to the $1495. A
new antenna to receive the WAAS and possibly a new RF antenna cable
with lower loss will need to be installed.
Indeed. My local avionics shop estimated more like $4000 for the
whole deal.
Much new hardware inside (for whatever that is worth)
Addition of a decent terrain warning map
(That was already available for about 1 AMU as a separate upgrade for
430/530's.)
Much faster updates to track (maybe 5 Hz)
This last one might be of use in IMC with gyro problems.
Dunno. Digital numbers won't be readable at 5 changes per second.
Analog outputs are basically just CDI/VDI's, whose super-rapid updates
may help only during the tail end of an approach.
- FChE
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