C182 Glass Panel

uh huh, all your eggs in one basket....

I like gee-whiz gadgets as well as the next guy, but: Make sure you have a
couple of steam gauges, and a dinosauer radio with a vor/gs needle for when
all the magic smoke departs the glass panel...
denny


The Garmin G1000 is far more advanced technologically than the Avidynes
and
other glass panels found in aircraft like the Cirrus. It actually allows
Cessna to claim technological leadership over these 'newer' designs.

"Dennis O'Connor" wrote in message
...
uh huh, all your eggs in one basket....

I like gee-whiz gadgets as well as the next guy, but: Make sure you have a
couple of steam gauges, and a dinosauer radio with a vor/gs needle for
when
all the magic smoke departs the glass panel...
denny

Believe it or not, it is just as redundant as what you have now, probably
even more so. G1000 has a backup battery. Your current radios probably do
not. It has two separate panels, each with their own radio, GPS, and
navigation system. They run off separate electrical busses. The MFD
information can be displayed on the PFD.

Most small planes have only one GS. The G1000 gives you two. I think it is
extremely ignorant and unfair to characterize the system as "all your eggs
in one basket."

In the Cessna installation, you still have the steam gauges in a row across
the bottom of the panel, but it is not true in all other installations, nor
is it especially necessary.