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AV8ORJWC
Joined: 13 Jul 2006
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Location: Aurora, Oregon "Home of VANS"
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 Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:15 pm Post subject: Quiet out there - was Control Cable Questions |
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Garmin has known and failed to address (up until now) the pricing
disparity between the alternative EFIS top dogs. Chelton, OP
Technologies, GRT and Avidyne for the Experimental market.
We sat through a three plus hour presentation on Garmin product
placement, future development, vertical integration and a price
reduction. One friend who had just purchased a GNS530 was rewarded with
an immediate $600 back for attending. Gift Certificates which must be
converted within 72 hours covered their entire product line. I think
Paul was impressed with the $2275 price for a complete 496 hand-held.
They are now fully integrated with HITS coming soon.
Weather/Radar/ADS-B/Traffic and with the remote GCU 476 pad, you can use
the alpha-numeric keys just like the Flight Management Systems in our
big birds to create flight paths. At the NWEAA flyin, the cutey at
Columbia said that feature was only available on Columbia "certificated"
aircraft. Now it is available for Amateur built too. They have worked
with Tru-Trak and STEC for three-axis servo control. They have added
checklists, W&B and engine analyzing for LOP operations.
If they move the price point some more, they could become a complete
integrated competitor. They are not priced for the steam gage crowd or
for old fogeys with weak hearts. The price is known to create heartburn
in some customers.
John
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zackrv8
Joined: 14 Jan 2006
Posts: 133
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| Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 3:13 am Post subject: Re: Quiet out there - was Control Cable Questions |
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John,
Thanks for the reply. I didn't know about HITS coming soon. Did they give any idea when?
Zack
| AV8ORJWC wrote: | Garmin has known and failed to address (up until now) the pricing
disparity between the alternative EFIS top dogs. Chelton, OP
Technologies, GRT and Avidyne for the Experimental market.
We sat through a three plus hour presentation on Garmin product
placement, future development, vertical integration and a price
reduction. One friend who had just purchased a GNS530 was rewarded with
an immediate $600 back for attending. Gift Certificates which must be
converted within 72 hours covered their entire product line. I think
Paul was impressed with the $2275 price for a complete 496 hand-held.
They are now fully integrated with HITS coming soon.
Weather/Radar/ADS-B/Traffic and with the remote GCU 476 pad, you can use
the alpha-numeric keys just like the Flight Management Systems in our
big birds to create flight paths. At the NWEAA flyin, the cutey at
Columbia said that feature was only available on Columbia "certificated"
aircraft. Now it is available for Amateur built too. They have worked
with Tru-Trak and STEC for three-axis servo control. They have added
checklists, W&B and engine analyzing for LOP operations.
If they move the price point some more, they could become a complete
integrated competitor. They are not priced for the steam gage crowd or
for old fogeys with weak hearts. The price is known to create heartburn
in some customers.
John
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AV8ORJWC
Joined: 13 Jul 2006
Posts: 1149
Location: Aurora, Oregon "Home of VANS"
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| Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 7:37 am Post subject: Quiet out there - was Control Cable Questions |
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The software is in BETA, they know that Chelton holds the high ground
from the Alaska Capstone project and from Tim's update, it sounds like
it is time to be draining the swamp and reclaiming land.
John
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