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Garmin G600
I ahve been reading about Garmin G600 "galss cockpit" for a while
butthe information has been VERY limited. I am thinking about upgrading my M20S but have hd problems even estimating potential costs. Any pointers here ? Thanks a lot in advance |
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Garmin G600
"Alex M. (Mooney in California)" wrote: I ahve been reading about Garmin G600 "galss cockpit" for a while butthe information has been VERY limited. I am thinking about upgrading my M20S but have hd problems even estimating potential costs. How many $100 bills can you fit in a wheelbarrow? Any pointers here ? Thanks a lot in advance Drastically re-think your retirement plans. -- Dan C172RG at BFM |
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Garmin G600
There's not a lot of real-world data on the costs. A couple of articles that
I've read estimated it north of $60K minimum. It could go way north of that given the shape of your panel and any "might-as-well" upgrades that will come up. Marco "Alex M. (Mooney in California)" wrote in message ups.com... I ahve been reading about Garmin G600 "galss cockpit" for a while butthe information has been VERY limited. I am thinking about upgrading my M20S but have hd problems even estimating potential costs. Any pointers here ? Thanks a lot in advance |
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Garmin G600
On May 3, 11:43 am, "Alex M. (Mooney in California)"
wrote: I ahve been reading about Garmin G600 "galss cockpit" for a while butthe information has been VERY limited. I am thinking about upgrading my M20S but have hd problems even estimating potential costs. Any pointers here ? Thanks a lot in advance why not just buy an Aclaim? It already has the G1000 system built in. I've got more than a bit of dual given in the G1000 and now I'm wishing my Mooney had it too. Its nice to remove the metal process of interpreting the instruments so you can spend your time thinking about situational awareness, etc. In round dial planes its pretty easy to get IFR students all mixed up, its much hard in the G1000. -Robert, CFII FITS trained Technically Advanced Aircraft instructor. |
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Garmin G600
Alex M. (Mooney in California) wrote:
I ahve been reading about Garmin G600 "galss cockpit" for a while butthe information has been VERY limited. I am thinking about upgrading my M20S but have hd problems even estimating potential costs. Any pointers here ? Thanks a lot in advance Has anybody actually seen one of these delivered. Almost four years ago when the G1000's were announced I asked Garmin about retrofit products (I ended up sinking a lot of money into a more conventional panel: GNS480, MX20, STEC 55X, and steam style HSI). They didn't have plans then. At Oshkosh they announced the 900x (homebuilts) and 600 (certified) with estimated availability dates in Janurary (07) but I've heard nothing (the WAAS upgrade for the 430/530 was a bigger story)). |
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Garmin G600
On Sat, 05 May 2007 08:04:37 -0400, Ron Natalie
wrote: Alex M. (Mooney in California) wrote: I ahve been reading about Garmin G600 "galss cockpit" for a while butthe information has been VERY limited. I am thinking about upgrading my M20S but have hd problems even estimating potential costs. Any pointers here ? Thanks a lot in advance Has anybody actually seen one of these delivered. Almost four years ago when the G1000's were announced I asked Garmin about retrofit products (I ended up sinking a lot of money into a more conventional panel: GNS480, MX20, STEC 55X, and steam style HSI). They didn't have plans then. At Oshkosh they announced the 900x (homebuilts) and 600 (certified) with estimated availability dates in Janurary (07) but I've heard nothing (the WAAS upgrade for the 430/530 was a bigger story)). AFAIK, the G600 hasn't been certified yet. The Garmin website's product release announcment says "anticipated availability in mid-2007" and quotes an suggested retail price of $29,772, which includes "the GDU 620 display/control unit, GRS 77 AHRS, GDC 74A digital air data computer, GMU 44 tri-axial magnetometer, and GTP 59 temp probe." http://www8.garmin.com/pressroom/aviation/072306a.html |
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Garmin G600
On May 5, 5:22 am, Peter Clark
wrote: On Sat, 05 May 2007 08:04:37 -0400, Ron Natalie wrote: Alex M. (Mooney in California) wrote: I ahve been reading about Garmin G600 "galss cockpit" for a while butthe information has been VERY limited. I am thinking about upgrading my M20S but have hd problems even estimating potential costs. Any pointers here ? Thanks a lot in advance Has anybody actually seen one of these delivered. Almost four years ago when the G1000's were announced I asked Garmin about retrofit products (I ended up sinking a lot of money into a more conventional panel: GNS480, MX20, STEC 55X, and steam style HSI). They didn't have plans then. At Oshkosh they announced the 900x (homebuilts) and 600 (certified) with estimated availability dates in Janurary (07) but I've heard nothing (the WAAS upgrade for the 430/530 was a bigger story)). AFAIK, the G600 hasn't been certified yet. The Garmin website's product release announcment says "anticipated availability in mid-2007" and quotes an suggested retail price of $29,772, which includes "the GDU 620 display/control unit, GRS 77 AHRS, GDC 74A digital air data computer, GMU 44 tri-axial magnetometer, and GTP 59 temp probe." http://www8.garmin.com/pressroom/aviation/072306a.html- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - But the product brochure says "certified on hundreds of airframes". That was interesting to me because its hard to beleive the FAA would blanket approve lots of airframes for a change this massive. I assume the installation allows for the removal of the existing equipment, all of which is part of the required equipment on the type certificate. Usually the FAA isn't so quick to issue STC's allowing previously required equipment to be discarded. -Robert |
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