time for avionics upgrade...

"Dan Luke" wrote in message
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The price. I wonder if anybody has purchased one of these.

What does the new Sandel cost?


Not sure but I think quite a bit less. Keep in mind that this is just the
display you still need the gyro, fluxgate and compensator to have a working
system.

Mike
MU-2

In article et,
Mike Rapoport wrote:
What's wrong with this one?

[KI 825]

The price. I wonder if anybody has purchased one of these.

Aww, come on, they had a $50[*] core credit for your KI 525 for a long time!
What a deal!
[*] ok, more than $50, but not enough more
--
Ben Jackson

http://www.ben.com/

What does "going broke" mean to you? Depending on context you can spend $600
and get a lot, or $20,000 and get a little.

I agree that an HSI is very nice to have, but it really only confers a
significant advantage during the approach phase. Admittedly this is a very
good time to gain an advantage, but for similar amounts of money ($5-10k)
you can add any of datalink weather, TIS, or pseudo-TAWS to a GNS-430.
Weather would be my first choice, as it helps in both IFR and VFR, and
contributes to the overall success of the flight, and not merely making an
approach or hold entry easier.

I spent 2 hours banging around in some pretty thick clag in my 172, equipped
with two nav/coms, an M1 loran, and a flaky ADF. My wish list would be,
roughly, a moving-map GPS, weather, and an autopilot, in that order. I
normally only fly low IFR with my instructor, otherwise I'd put the
autopilot up higher. If I had to choose between the 430 and 480, I'd go with
the 480 because it has airways support, and airways rule the Northeast. But
frankly either one would be great.

As to the ADF, I'd keep it so long as it works and doesn't take up needed
space. But I wouldn't put another penny into it.

-cwk.