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Excellent suggestion Dave, about a plug and play unit with the GMA340.
As far as trade ins, we really would rely on our dealer network to work those details, the manufacturer typically isn't set up (or at least we aren't) to sell used equipment. Question, assuming you could get say, $800 or more for the sale of your current GMA340 on ebay, would you be willing to invest $800 or less (depending upon how much you get from the sale of the GMA340) for such a plug and play unit? Mark Scheuer PS Engineering, Inc. www.ps-engineering.com |
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black or red, red would stand out, black would go with the unit.
W9MV wrote: Sure will, as soon as I get an answer on what color the rubber cover should be, I'll get them on order. Mark |
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(W9MV) wrote in message ...
Excellent suggestion Dave, about a plug and play unit with the GMA340. As far as trade ins, we really would rely on our dealer network to work those details, the manufacturer typically isn't set up (or at least we aren't) to sell used equipment. Question, assuming you could get say, $800 or more for the sale of your current GMA340 on ebay, would you be willing to invest $800 or less (depending upon how much you get from the sale of the GMA340) for such a plug and play unit? Mark Scheuer PS Engineering, Inc. www.ps-engineering.com Hi Mark - That might be tempting. The GMA340 was about $1200, if I recall correctly. So, the step up price shouldn't be any more than the difference between the used sale price and the new 7000 unit. My biggest beef with the Avionics industry, in general, is that it seems a lot of mfg's have gone their own way, leaving comptibility in the dust. This applies more to the datalink technologies, with King, Garmin/Apollo and Avidyne all going their own ways. It would have been more prudent, and probably cheaper for everyone in the long run, for these companies to work with the FAA to develop a superior datalink technology they can all use. Kind of like the HDTV battles that consumed the 90's. At least now we have a standard that all TV manufacturers adhere to. With audio panels, it's not quite as bad. It seems you and Garmin (and King, to a degree - even though their unit is yours with their faceplate) really have given the GA market good choices. |
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Dave;
From the discussions I've heard of, the avionics manufacturers view working with the FAA as a great hinderance on what advancements they are permitted to make. Antiquated rules and standards being enforced by people without backbones or the desire to weather the criticism that are sure to follow with whatever their decisions seem to be. I'm sure we've all seen what can happen to a project when it gets hung up in the bureaucracy , subject to a pseudo czar that may have a hardon for a certain company, or worse, one that likes to fill their own pockets for favors. With the degree of technology on the march as it is, we the consumer must dictate not only to the feds, but to the manufacturers what we desire to spend out money on. On 7 Dec 2003 09:10:13 -0800, (Dave) wrote: (W9MV) wrote in message ... Excellent suggestion Dave, about a plug and play unit with the GMA340. As far as trade ins, we really would rely on our dealer network to work those details, the manufacturer typically isn't set up (or at least we aren't) to sell used equipment. Question, assuming you could get say, $800 or more for the sale of your current GMA340 on ebay, would you be willing to invest $800 or less (depending upon how much you get from the sale of the GMA340) for such a plug and play unit? Mark Scheuer PS Engineering, Inc. www.ps-engineering.com Hi Mark - That might be tempting. The GMA340 was about $1200, if I recall correctly. So, the step up price shouldn't be any more than the difference between the used sale price and the new 7000 unit. My biggest beef with the Avionics industry, in general, is that it seems a lot of mfg's have gone their own way, leaving comptibility in the dust. This applies more to the datalink technologies, with King, Garmin/Apollo and Avidyne all going their own ways. It would have been more prudent, and probably cheaper for everyone in the long run, for these companies to work with the FAA to develop a superior datalink technology they can all use. Kind of like the HDTV battles that consumed the 90's. At least now we have a standard that all TV manufacturers adhere to. With audio panels, it's not quite as bad. It seems you and Garmin (and King, to a degree - even though their unit is yours with their faceplate) really have given the GA market good choices. |
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