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  1. McMooney
    long story short, due to failure i now have a gnc355 instead of a gns480. what's the diff betwen garmin and jeppessen maps/navdata ? are they the same? does it matter? so i have about half a year with jeppessen left from the 480, which if i signup for the 355 i get money refunded. Garmin seems to have more stuff, for a few bucks more, but do i really need safetaxi on the nav unit ? someone knowledgeable please fill me in. ELI5
  2. McMooney
    man that's a REALLY hard choice, the expert or the experts, hmmm
  3. McMooney
    who's the msc
  4. McMooney
    so i just had my g5s and gnc355 put in, if you are going to pay for the hsi you might as well spend the extra to get the attitude indicator, Most of the work to install the g5 is in the magnetometer, gad 29b/d, canbus and gad13/temp. like seriously, your a&p could install the stand alone attitude indicator in a couple hours. as for the gi275, i chose to go g5 as i'll eventually upgrade to the g3x which was built for the g5 system
  5. McMooney
    will you fly it ifr? if not kln90b + garmin pilot / ff + roll steering = win heck you can probably still fly it ifr only missing lpv approaches I love my bird, but, spending $$$$$ for her to sit in a hangar 99% of the time is really starting to make me feel bad. that being said i made a call just this morning to get more avionics quotes
  6. McMooney
    yes, the 480 did holds, almost exactly like the 355 really. discountinuities ? you just needed to remove those from the flight plan or even ignore them it'd still cycle once you get within range of the leg spent some hangar time with the 355 today, learned how to set volume and change radio frequencies via the knobs, i'm all good now. its pretty simple
  7. McMooney
    we installed the gnc355A model, which includes the ability to use 8.33khz channel spacing for the comm. Eventually, i'm going to take her over the pond so the new channel spacing is required. Now just need long range tanks, autopilot and new paint. as to other differences, i think the only things notable might be, visual approaches, Radius to Fix and some vcalc functionality, none of which i've ever had a use for. might try out visuals, eventually. i'm thinking the 480 was just well ahead of it's time
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    is that high? doesn't seem excessive
  9. McMooney
    so after flying the new box, have to say i'm a bit underwhelmed. it has maybe 1 or 2 features over the 480, new 8.33 radio is nice however. next year's plan is to pull the kx170b and replace with a gnc215
  10. McMooney
    really wish it wasn't so damn expensive, planning on installing these in the next 2 years.
  11. McMooney
    Yes I should becareful, might make leo
  12. McMooney
    Man I’m pretty happy right now alex@horizonavionics was able to finish up birdy today, godwilling I’ll be flying in the am
  13. McMooney
    Was really simple to just follow garmin pilot. Actually the most annoyimg thing was flying with only a single comm
  14. McMooney
    per rule, i reported the loss of gps to ATC. as for a nav/comm, unfortunately, due to where i was when i went nogps, the nav was pretty much useless or at least very very inconvenient. previous nogps event, when it failed while in clouds, the nav did come in handy as i was near an airway, this time not so much.
  15. McMooney
    per your cfii / dpe, use every available tool. when it happened i used Garmin Pilot on my Samsung phone for situational awareness until i was able to join the ILS. truthfully, it was severe clear so would've been ok anwyay
  16. McMooney
    welp, yesterday was my day of reckoning, The GNS480 decided it was done while i was flying IFR @ 7000 ft from KJAN to KTYS. Thankfully it was severe clear and the single smoothest flying day i've had all year. Shot the ILS 05l Into ktys and pulled safely into signature. Luckily, and i mean Lottery winning luck, a very nice gentleman @Horizon Avionics agreed to install a new gnc355A in the 3/4 days i'll be in Knoxville. Have to say, i don't know if i should be Extremely Happy with the new radio or Horribly depressed due to extreme wallet damage
  17. McMooney
    so here's what i would do if i was an investor. I'd give george 1 billion dollars for his formulae and stc. after 100LL goes away, i turn around and charge 10$ per gallon, tell me what can be done? you have no alternative, pay me or don't fly. wasn't there some private equity firm that just purchased a number of airplane part suppliers then JACKED the prices up? why would they NOT do this? and as far as i can tell, due to regulations, litigation, fear, capitalism, etc... NO other alternatives will come about. isn't that new diesel engine like a minimum of100k?
  18. McMooney
    you guys should all be really scared right now, if no competitors come along we're most likely very screwed.
  19. McMooney
    The FAA letter says that the list of task isn't exhaustive and should be taken as an example of allowable task. If it's simple and straight forward, with low risk i'd probably just put it in my log book and have my IA look at it sometime in the future
  20. McMooney
    here's a pic, before i got the g5s
  21. McMooney
    Originally it was mounted far enough away where it didn't interfere but now i have G5's so don't even bother to look
  22. McMooney
    I Pad Mini 6 with Celluar, mounted using a RAM X Grip attached to the steel bar running down the middle of the windshield. Basically it's hanging from the ceiling
  23. McMooney
    Garmin pilot is pretty much the equivalent of ForeFlight, runs on android and apple. Android version lags just a bit. the differences are really in things i never bother to use. slightly cheaper than foreflight, slightly, tend to get free usage whenever you buy something garmin.
  24. McMooney
    come to the darkside, get Garmin Pilot 8)
  25. McMooney
    My intermittent stall warning was due to a bad sonalert, had my mx relace with new and clean the socket, works great now
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