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Garmin takes over
http://www.garmin.com/products/g1000/
Looks like we'll eventually be down to one avionics manufacturer to choose from. I don't neccessarily think this is a good thing. Anyone else's take on this? |
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Looks like we'll eventually be down to one avionics manufacturer to
choose from. I don't neccessarily think this is a good thing. Anyone else's take on this? At least there are currently competing vendors to replace your GPS or Nav/com or audio panel or engine instruments or whatever. If you were to fly an airplane with the new Garmin G1000, the entire avionics and engine instrumentation system is certified en block and thus for the life of the airplane you would be dependent on Garmin for parts and repairs. If the integrated tachometer broke, for example, you could not buy one from a competing source. Etc. for all the parts. Imagine if 20 years ago you bought a computer or audio system or whatever electronic device and now you had to rely on the original vendor to keep the equipment operating. Now imagine that that original computer system operates a $250,000+ piece of machinery... that would not be a pleasant situation to be in, yet that is exactly the situation owners of G1000 airplanes will be in 10 or 20 or 30 years from now. The G1000 is the ENTIRE panel! Third-party modifications are likely to be very difficult since that would involve modifying proprietary software. Look at the space shuttle for a comparable example; even NASA is starting to have difficulty obtaining parts for the 1970s era computers on the space shuttle. A glass cockpit is great, but in order for this not to involve unreasonable economic risk on the part of the airplane owners the design needs to be be more modular and open-ended, just like the PC industry and in fact just like our existing system of "steam gauge" instruments and avionics installations. -- Richard Kaplan, CFII www.flyimc.com |
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FISHnFLY,
http://www.garmin.com/products/g1000/ Looks like we'll eventually be down to one avionics manufacturer to choose from. I don't neccessarily think this is a good thing. Anyone else's take on this? Uh, Avidyne Entegra, Chelton and that fourth company I keep forgetting. And then there's Bendix/King/Honeywell or whatever their current name is. They'll come up with something. You know, this is a VERY small market. We're down to a handful of aircraft manufacturers, too, and it'll soon become less, I'm convinced. -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH) |
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Yes, but so far Garmin and Avidyne have all of the OEM business.
Chelton is pretty much just after-market installations. It's looking like a fairly even split between Garmin and Avidyne for the bulk of the new airplane market. Thomas Borchert wrote in message ... FISHnFLY, http://www.garmin.com/products/g1000/ Looks like we'll eventually be down to one avionics manufacturer to choose from. I don't neccessarily think this is a good thing. Anyone else's take on this? Uh, Avidyne Entegra, Chelton and that fourth company I keep forgetting. And then there's Bendix/King/Honeywell or whatever their current name is. They'll come up with something. You know, this is a VERY small market. We're down to a handful of aircraft manufacturers, too, and it'll soon become less, I'm convinced. |
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