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Javier wrote:
Ten years from now, when your 480 dies and requires parts, they may not be available, and if they're not, the unit would be useless. Do solid state chips fail with enough regularity for your scenario to be a real risk? -- Peter |
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"Peter R." wrote: Javier wrote: Ten years from now, when your 480 dies and requires parts, they may not be available, and if they're not, the unit would be useless. I fully expect any GPS installed today to be as obsolete in 10 years as the KX-170 is today. |
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![]() Roy Smith wrote: In article , "Peter R." wrote: Javier wrote: Ten years from now, when your 480 dies and requires parts, they may not be available, and if they're not, the unit would be useless. I fully expect any GPS installed today to be as obsolete in 10 years as the KX-170 is today. "obsolete" as in not current technology or "obsolete" as in not serviceable? -Robert |
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In article .com,
"Robert M. Gary" wrote: Roy Smith wrote: In article , "Peter R." wrote: Javier wrote: Ten years from now, when your 480 dies and requires parts, they may not be available, and if they're not, the unit would be useless. I fully expect any GPS installed today to be as obsolete in 10 years as the KX-170 is today. "obsolete" as in not current technology or "obsolete" as in not serviceable? The former. Obsolete has nothing to do with serviceable. Lots of KX-170's are perfectly serviceable. They are also obsolete. |
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Hell yes! Our KX-170B (installed as Nav/Comm 2) works much better than our
fancy new Narco with DME. Damn thing is bullet proof. Pics up stations 40 miles farther out than the Narco. Obsolete it may be, but it's sure servicable. -- Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways) The former. Obsolete has nothing to do with serviceable. Lots of KX-170's are perfectly serviceable. They are also obsolete. |
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![]() Bob Chilcoat wrote: Hell yes! Our KX-170B (installed as Nav/Comm 2) works much better than our fancy new Narco with DME. Damn thing is bullet proof. Pics up stations 40 miles farther out than the Narco. Obsolete it may be, but it's sure servicable. Just don't remove it for any reason. There is a "self-destruct" feature in the KX-170B. It is limited in the number of times it can be removed. There is a turn limiter in the hold down screw that moves the tab that holds it in the tray. At some point that limiter breaks off and the tab that holds the radio in move up too far and crushes the frequency rollers. There is no economic fix for that, and probably no parts to do it. The solution is to buy an new radio. -Robert |
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Bob Chilcoat wrote:
Hell yes! Our KX-170B (installed as Nav/Comm 2) works much better than our fancy new Narco with DME. Damn thing is bullet proof. Pics up stations 40 miles farther out than the Narco. Obsolete it may be, but it's sure servicable. The Mark 12D+ was an unserviceable piece of crap from the day it was released. We had a ship in our club that was down more often than it flew because it had a full NARCOLEPTIC stack in it. |
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Ron Natalie wrote:
The Mark 12D+ was an unserviceable piece of crap from the day it was released. Come on, Ron. Don't hold back. Tell us what you really think. |
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![]() Roy Smith wrote: In article .com, "Robert M. Gary" wrote: The former. Obsolete has nothing to do with serviceable. Lots of KX-170's are perfectly serviceable. They are also obsolete. Well, ok but maybe no one cares. If a 430 works as well as today who cares if its not as good as the new stuff. However, the concern in this thread is that it is likely that today's IFR GPSs will be non-servicable much sooner than previous generations of radios. -Robert |
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Roy Smith wrote:
In article , "Peter R." wrote: Javier wrote: Ten years from now, when your 480 dies and requires parts, they may not be available, and if they're not, the unit would be useless. I fully expect any GPS installed today to be as obsolete in 10 years as the KX-170 is today. I agree, but please watch your quoting. You replied to my message, then removed my quote but left my name as the author, making it look like I authored someone else's words. -- Peter |
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