On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 17:19:22 GMT, jsmith wrote:
Don't waste your money on a DME. Too much maintenance.
Purchase a good used IFR GPS.


I beg to differ. My Cheap ******* IFR Upgrade circa-1980 KNS80
VOR/GS/DME unit has required ZERO maintenance in the 2 1/2 years
since I had it installed. If it had been an IFR GPS, I would be
poorer by about $1200 (i.e. $400/yr) for GPS database updates.
So my KNS80 has essentially paid for itself ;-)

The KNS80's are great units, and can be had for about half the cost
the cheapest used IFR GPS units. Cheaper to install too.


Ross Oliver
Cheap ******* Aviator