bradp Posted October 7, 2017 Report Posted October 7, 2017 Actually that gives me an awesome idea. Someone with some software bones hack the Garmin trainer app. Push AIRINC airdata from the FS 210 Bluetooth connection to an iPad and display it with the nice Garmin software. Drop the extra $14700... 1
aviatoreb Posted October 7, 2017 Report Posted October 7, 2017 On 10/4/2017 at 1:55 PM, MIm20c said: The AP is 7k and the dual g5’s come in at 5k. The total I come up with is 12k for the parts. Notice the G5 in the bonanza backing up the old G500 pfd? Also notice the panel cutout around the old G500, probably about the same size as the new G500. That's about right - here is what I see listed on an avionics vendor of their anticipated pricing for a C172 unit, $10,899, and I am hearing that other STCs will be priced higher for the same, as the market will bear so they will judge - I will guess an extra 1k. http://sarasotaavionics.com/avionics/gfc500-with-g5-attitude-indicator-and-g5-hsi 1
ArtVandelay Posted October 7, 2017 Report Posted October 7, 2017 Actually that gives me an awesome idea. Someone with some software bones hack the Garmin trainer app. Push AIRINC airdata from the FS 210 Bluetooth connection to an iPad and display it with the nice Garmin software. Drop the extra $14700... They have this already, it's called Garmin Pilot
MIm20c Posted October 7, 2017 Report Posted October 7, 2017 56 minutes ago, aviatoreb said: That's about right - here is what I see listed on an avionics vendor of their anticipated pricing for a C172 unit, $10,899, and I am hearing that other STCs will be priced higher for the same, as the market will bear so they will judge - I will guess an extra 1k. http://sarasotaavionics.com/avionics/gfc500-with-g5-attitude-indicator-and-g5-hsi Still a ton of capability for 12k imo. That AP will be a huge upgrade from the stec 50 I’m using. I wonder if the 500 will take heading inputs from the Aspen if I install a G5 AI to drive everything else. I really like everything about the Aspen.
mike_elliott Posted October 7, 2017 Report Posted October 7, 2017 27 minutes ago, MIm20c said: Still a ton of capability for 12k imo. That AP will be a huge upgrade from the stec 50 I’m using. I wonder if the 500 will take heading inputs from the Aspen if I install a G5 AI to drive everything else. I really like everything about the Aspen. The KI300 will probably be in existence about the time Garmin G5 will talk with the aspen, unfortunately 1
jamesm Posted October 7, 2017 Report Posted October 7, 2017 Why couldn't have Garmin just built it WiFi and or Bluetooth it was become as come as IPads and Android devices in our airplane cockpit. WiFi is in just about every electronic devices we buy these house thermostats and Refrigerators to Cars. The price of the WiFi has to almost irrelevant for price that we pay certified Avionics these days. I see in a case of the GNS 430/530 GPS navigators whey were around when WiFi wasn't cost effective. What is with FlyGarmin cloud service or whatever it is called the I-Tunes cloud service equivalent for Garmin which just about almost all the people I talk to about I-tunes absolutely hate. Why can't be just a simple CSV file that gets transferred via WiFi to my Ipad then we could import it into excel to google sheets or open office. then anyone can write software for it. It is not like Garmin and others don't make money off us after sale of a mutli AMU units that get installed in our aircraft. Money is still being may form database updates and os upgrades. rant rant rant... 1
jetdriven Posted October 8, 2017 Report Posted October 8, 2017 Its easy, so they can charge us another 1000$ or 1500$ to get wifi communication between the iPad and the panel mount devices. 2
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