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For my Sigmatek Attitude with the flag: $495 my unit overhauled, $595 overhaul
exchange, $1015 new. These were installed prices. I imagine the ratios are similar for a TC. MRQB wrote: What is the cost differance in a overhauled turn cordinator Vs. a new? if it is only a little ill buy new -- --Ray Andraka, P.E. President, the Andraka Consulting Group, Inc. 401/884-7930 Fax 401/884-7950 http://www.andraka.com "They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin, 1759 |
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Ray Andraka wrote: For my Sigmatek Attitude with the flag: $495 my unit overhauled, $595 overhaul exchange, $1015 new. These were installed prices. I imagine the ratios are similar for a TC. You got ripped off. New Sigma Teks can be had for $550, with the flag, which is only a $50 option. It takes maybe a half hour to put one in. |
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google "gyro house" auburn
Jim "MRQB" shared these priceless pearls of wisdom: -Do you have contact info for The Gyro House - Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup) VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor http://www.rst-engr.com |
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Thanks, but I've done the mail order route for gyros before, and they never last
very long. I had the work done at the shop that does the overhauls, and it is a well regarded shop. I've been very pleased with past gyros from this shop (VIP in Hartford), much more so than previous mail order ones. I think your prices are a bit low as well. As a point of reference, Spruce lists it without a flag for $667, with a flag for $803(not an exact match,). Chief lists it (5000B-38) at $825, and $662 without the flag. These have sat on the shelf for God knows how long, have been subjected to rough handling in shipping, and the prices don't include shipping, nor the cost to get them installed. I also know that with the local shop, I get warranty service. It happened with the DG they put in. A year and later it was precessing too much. They replaced it at no cost. Try that with mail order....it won't happen. I've seen too many gyros come in mail order that are no good just a week or two after install. With those, you generally only get 30 days from date of order if that. Doesn't sound like much of a rip-off to me. Newps wrote: Ray Andraka wrote: For my Sigmatek Attitude with the flag: $495 my unit overhauled, $595 overhaul exchange, $1015 new. These were installed prices. I imagine the ratios are similar for a TC. You got ripped off. New Sigma Teks can be had for $550, with the flag, which is only a $50 option. It takes maybe a half hour to put one in. -- --Ray Andraka, P.E. President, the Andraka Consulting Group, Inc. 401/884-7930 Fax 401/884-7950 http://www.andraka.com "They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin, 1759 |
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Do you have contact info for The Gyro House
http://www.gyrohouse.com/ Good folks. They did my DG and my AI, on Jim's recommendation. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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I had good luck with Kelly Instruments in KS on my EDO-AIRE AI and DG last
year. Something like $300 each to overhaul, came back cosmetically beautiful. Now I can pretty much set the DG at annual time and forget it for the rest of the year (not quite, but once up and running, it's 1-2 degrees/hour precession). The AI wallers nicely on startup, and erects in less than 5 sec. Don't know about longevity, but so far so good (100 hours later). From what I've heard the new gyros are crap... I'd believe it to. Seeing the guts of mine before sending it off (I just *had* to look)... very well built old-school stuff. Ever wonder why the hockey-puck DG's and Sparrow AI's from the '50s are still going strong having never been overhauled? Too many companies these days take their well-respected name for granted and start bowing to the cost-reduction gods. Jay Honeck wrote: : Do you have contact info for The Gyro House : http://www.gyrohouse.com/ : Good folks. : They did my DG and my AI, on Jim's recommendation. : -- : Jay Honeck : Iowa City, IA : Pathfinder N56993 : www.AlexisParkInn.com : "Your Aviation Destination" -- ************************************************** *********************** * The prime directive of Linux: * * - learn what you don't know, * * - teach what you do. * * (Just my 20 USm$) * ************************************************** *********************** |
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Frank Stutzman ) wrote:
They didn't seem to understand me when I said I wanted some extra hummus to go with my gyro, though. No wonder. Who puts hummus on their gyro? -- Peter ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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It's interesting that you use an insult to make a point - I will pass on
that... That's two insulting posts I've received in the past couple of days... "Newps" wrote in message news:ftC9c.117546$_w.1374580@attbi_s53... Dennis O'Connor wrote: Never, never, never, rebuild a gyro instrument that your life depends upon... Always replace with new... Drivel. |
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Here's another one. Grow up! I didn't read where you were elected
Pope and now carry infallibility into aviation newsgroups. Some people may have a bit more knowledge about a certain subject and will disagree. Some people won't know **** and disagree. This is usenet and without a thick skin, you'll never survive without your mommy. On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 14:11:47 -0500, "Dennis O'Connor" wrote: It's interesting that you use an insult to make a point - I will pass on that... That's two insulting posts I've received in the past couple of days... "Newps" wrote in message news:ftC9c.117546$_w.1374580@attbi_s53... Dennis O'Connor wrote: Never, never, never, rebuild a gyro instrument that your life depends upon... Always replace with new... Drivel. |
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