Garmin takes over

"Thomas Borchert" wrote in message
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So? Is a Garmin 430 modular? Is an AI modular?

My avionics panel as a whole is modular.

Garmin does not manufacturer or support my AI. I can upgrade from a Garmin
430 to whatever other GPS I like without having to consider whether the new
avionics are compatible with my AI.


--
Richard Kaplan, CFII

www.flyimc.com

Richard,

what I meant to say was that, at a certain level, everything is
integrated. When the 430 was new, many people feared that kind of
integration of GPS, NAV and COMM, citing all sorts of reasons.

A PFD takes that kind of integration further. Bigger aircraft have had
that for years - and very succesfully.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

In article , Peter
writes:

When the 430 was new, many people feared that kind of
integration of GPS, NAV and COMM, citing all sorts of reasons.


When the display on my 430 went out, the GPS, NAV AND COM were unusable.

Chuck

This is why I like my setup. A standalone IFR/GPS, and a standalone
NavCom, each with their own indicator head. And a handheld radio,
handheld GPS....
IFR flying is all about having backups.
I get nervous if I am sitting there saying, "well, if THAT goes,
there's nothing I can do....

(PaulaJay1) wrote in message ...
In article , Peter
writes:

When the 430 was new, many people feared that kind of
integration of GPS, NAV and COMM, citing all sorts of reasons.


When the display on my 430 went out, the GPS, NAV AND COM were unusable.

Chuck

"Doug" wrote in message
om...
This is why I like my setup. A standalone IFR/GPS, and a standalone
NavCom, each with their own indicator head. And a handheld radio,
handheld GPS....
IFR flying is all about having backups.
I get nervous if I am sitting there saying, "well, if THAT goes,
there's nothing I can do....


If a wing falls off I'm okay because the airplane has two.

"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message =
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"Doug" wrote in message
om...
This is why I like my setup. A standalone IFR/GPS, and a standalone
NavCom, each with their own indicator head. And a handheld radio,
handheld GPS....
IFR flying is all about having backups.
I get nervous if I am sitting there saying, "well, if THAT goes,
there's nothing I can do....

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If a wing falls off I'm okay because the airplane has two.
=20
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And that's why I have three-bladed props. Two of them, in fact. :-\
---JRC---

On 2004-03-03, John R. Copeland wrote:

"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message ...

"Doug" wrote in message
om...
This is why I like my setup. A standalone IFR/GPS, and a standalone
NavCom, each with their own indicator head. And a handheld radio,
handheld GPS....
IFR flying is all about having backups.
I get nervous if I am sitting there saying, "well, if THAT goes,
there's nothing I can do....


If a wing falls off I'm okay because the airplane has two.


And that's why I have three-bladed props. Two of them, in fact. :-\
---JRC---

I've got four wings AND three blades... but only one vertical stab;
perhaps adapting a Connie tail...But then there's always the parachute!

Doug,

I get nervous if I am sitting there saying, "well, if THAT goes,
there's nothing I can do....


Well, count the number of single-point failure modes your plan has -
and then stop flying, by that logic. There is no such thing as
zero-risk.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

"Thomas Borchert" wrote in message
...

Well, count the number of single-point failure modes your plan has -
and then stop flying, by that logic. There is no such thing as
zero-risk.

As long as the G1000 is backed up by a portable GPS and a vacuum AI, the
single-point failure risk is reduced to a reasonable level.

Again, the real risk is economic.... have you ever had to order a
dealer-only component on an electronically controlled automobile
transmission or engine? That should give you a sense of what G1000 owners
could face in 10 years.



--
Richard Kaplan, CFII

www.flyimc.com