Future of Electronics In Aviation

On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:15:05 GMT, wrote:

In rec.aviation.piloting Le Chaud Lapin wrote:
On Jun 23, 4:35?pm, wrote:
In rec.aviation.piloting Le Chaud Lapin wrote:
You have shown that, if one wants to make a PAV for $50,000; they will
not be able to use a conventional engine or conventional avionics be
it would be too expensive.

You can have VFR avionics for under $10k, so that isn't really an
issue.

I recently read that an upgrade to the G1000 for syntethic terrain was
$10,000. Does this seem right? Just curious.

What makes you doubt that price?

When will it get through your thick skull that avionics software, and
especially IFR avionics software isn't cheap?

Well, let's call a spade a spade. This is technology that's already
in the G1000 system but Garmin/Cessna are selling "unlock chips" which
turn on the functions that are hiding ($7500 for TAWS-B, I haven't
seen the SB for the SVI yet). Paying another $18,000 to get that
stuff on an aircraft that lists at $283,500 (for a Skyhawk SP) seems
somewhat hefty on Cessna/Garmin's part when that functionality is
there whether it's turned on or not. It's not like we're talking
about another $1200 for a remote indicator to IFR certify a 430/530
install in those cockpits that need a remote indicator to qualify for
more than the VFR-only install.