Something that I appreciate with steam gauges is being able to see all of my engine instruments at a glance. I don't have to push a button or screen to check them. Are pilots just in the habit of regularly tapping over to it?
If it’s a used Piper I guess you’d want a new plane so the wings don’t fall off lol. Otherwise this is an awesome modernization kit for legacy airframes that aren’t prone to inflight break ups
I don't understand this kind of thing either... it's like $91000 worth of screens that basically do what a $300 iPad mini does with foreflight, stuffed (very handsomely) in a $45000 airframe. I don't understand this industry, this hobby... we need to say enough is enough.
I agree, with an iPad and foreflight, why pay the big bucks. If the experimental crowd can keep their costs under control, “certified” GA aircraft will die off, as they should. They just cost too much.
@@mp-xt2rg Not everyone updates every 30 days. Not everyone flies IFR. No legal requirement to update every system every 30-days. So I'm not sure what your point was.
Oh, aren't you sweet. $35k installed eh? Bwahaha, my friend, you are looking at a $60k+ panel all day long. You even heard her say the G3X 10" _STARTED_ at $10k and the G3X 7" _STARTED_ at $7k.
@@manofspokane4340 I used to read/hear about the labour cost is typically 1x the cost of the equipment. This isn't that far off; mine was 85% the cost of my Garmin setup. People are looking at a lot of cash. But there is a market. Check out AeroVonics and their upcoming AV-30.
I've looked at Tigers in the used market, but the panels are so outdated the few that are for sale aren't worth getting excited about. I'm surprised Garmin didn't put some in new baffles and spuce up the engine compartment.
Nice panel upgrade, too bad it makes no sense to upgrade a tiger to this degree. The price for just the avionics is $38.4k not including tax. Now add to that the cost of metal fab to add the new avionics, plus removal of the vacuum system, and then the 1x cost of labor, you are looking at about the cost of purchasing a tiger at $60k!
The Garmin stuff is probably worth more than the rest of the plane. But great set up, always coming along with the question on investing this money in very old plane models.
Favorite part of video was 2mins in when they panned to the shot of the engine. $60k worth of avionics, yet some of the worst engine baffles ever seen. Wonder what her #4 cyl temp was running on the way down from Kansas, cause I bet it wasn't pretty!?!?
Big ol' gap and it's flapped outwards. Yeesh. I hung all 2190lbs off my stock cruise prop this summer climbing out of Page, AZ to get west, all 160 ponies of my O320 galloping, and never got over 420°- baffles done right!
Not to mention that the Grumman American sticker on the vertical stab is backwards! HERESY! (Ok, we're all just jealous that Garmin didn't choose our airplanes)
Expensive? Yes, but so is a new 172. Suddenly, this seems reasonably priced, by comparison. You buy what you can afford. Much rather “recycle” an older 182 or 206 with a panel like this than buy a new airplane.
