New G-1000 182 & Cirrus SR-22 GTS

I don't work for Garmin. My opinion is based on the adoption rate of the
G1000 and my own experiences flying the SR-22 and aircraft with the G1000.

Surely you mean the C182 with the G1000.

My point was that your statement is one - sided since Cirrus makes a lot
more SR-22s than Cessna makes C182s. Granted, Cirrus doesn't give you an
option, but based on how many are sold, saying the Garmin will support the
G1000 more or better than Avidyne will support their Entegra is baseless.


The KAP-140 is an excellent 3-axis autopilot.

Sure it is, if you don't like GPS roll steering, and you enjoy retesting
your static system every time you pull it out for repair or adjustment.
The
KAP-140 is a two axis autopilot and the variant that comes in the 182 is
two
axis with altitude preselect, not 3 axis. At least on the Cirrus the
autopilot's altitude preselect is on the PFD.

I mis-spoke, you are of course correct that the KAP-140 is a 2-axis
system.

Personally, I haven't had any issues with regard to the static system in
my
plane. Can you go into futher detail?

The KAP-140's static pressure sensor is inside the instrument panel mounted
computer unit. The static plumbing goes to the back of the autopilot tray.
That means any time you pull the KAP-140 out, like if it needs replacement
or adjustment, you're also breaking open the static system, which means you
have to do a static leak test. It's not a big deal as long as you never
need to pull the KAP140 out, but in my experience, you will. I haven't
found the STEC autopilots to have any better reliability, but at least
you're not forced to static leak check every time since they use a separate
sensor.