Hello, I own a '04 T182T with G1000. It has been a fantastic aircraft. I am
looking for Partners in ownership. I will tell you what I can from 150+
G1000 logged hours.

"TW" wrote in message
oups.com...
Considering the purchase of a new (2005, 2006,) C182.
I would prefer not to have the Glass cockpit as I have heard some
fairly strong evidence that the software is still two years behind the
hardware and the system is problematic.
Specifically, I understand that there have been numerous events where
the DU's go blank in flight and require a hard reboot to get them back
online.

Have never heard this before, and have not seen anything but perfect
performance.


Additionally I have been told that sometimes they will do this
at start up and flights have been delayed or cancelled due to this
problem.

Only "problems" I have seen are error messages at Main bus power-up in
temperatures below 25 f. The error messages can be reset within a couple of
minutes after avionics begin to warm up, by cycling the main bus. This
doesn't seem unreasonable as self tests are being run, and circuit
temperatures are changeing. I have no knowledge of the problems you relate.

There is also a suggestion that the overall quality of the hardware is
suspect as the DU lense covers are delaminating and control knobs and
switches have a high failure rate.

There was an AD issued for some GDUs (a limited number of early production
units) having delamination problems. The delaminations manifested themselves
as the appearance of bubbles in the display glass. They are not a safety of
flight issue and anyone experiencing a delamination issue is covered under
warrenty, and the replacement of a GDU takes only minutes. I'm very
satisfied with the quality of the hardware, more so than my previous '99
172S with Bendix/King avionics.
Have not heard of any switch failures, nor have I seen any OAs or ADs on
this issue.
IMHO the G1000 is the most reliable system for a small piston aircraft. The
"back-up" vacume system is more prone to safety of flight failures than the
main avionics system by orders of magnitude.


If there are any operators out there that could comment on these issues
I would appreciate it very much.

Thanks,
Terry