Overhaul vacuum A/H or spring for Aspen MFD?

[jetdriven]

Overhaul the iron gyro for 500$ and kick the can down the road 3 years. Then see what’s out there. 

[Skates97]

3 hours ago, jetdriven said:

Overhaul the iron gyro for 500$ and kick the can down the road 3 years. Then see what’s out there. 

This is where I'm at right now. Mine is getting noisier after shut down. Every now and then it is all wonky for a little bit before leveling out after startup. I would love to go glass on it but just can't bring myself to do it just yet. 

These guys have on their website that they will OH it for $360. Has anybody had any experience with Aircraft Quality Instruments out of Wichita, KS?

http://www.flyaqi.com/gyro.htm

[PTK]

On 4/2/2018 at 1:43 PM, carusoam said:

Marauder,

What is next for the panel that has nearly every base covered...?

Add Synthetic vision option?

Update the perfectly good Aspen system to a newer version?

 

Paul,

Great brief explanation on rate based and attitude based APs that are in our Mooneys, and when it is important to have an EA100.  

 

I think I heard Peter ordering an I-watch with an app to simulate the face of a nice Swiss time piece.... listening closely, he’ll hear the electronic tick, tick, tick... of course, paying for the app to cover the IP of the Swiss company...  

 

Best rgeards,

-a-

That was supposed to be a secret Anthony! 

Seriously at the present time I have no desire to remove my King HSI, aka swiss timepiece, any time soon. And here’s why: as simple a reason as it may sound, it performs flawlessly without asking for any money in return. That has value and I’m not willing to throw it away. It’s a depreciating asset providing free cash flow! So I will continue to receive my free cash flow until some future point in time when it decides to complain. During my 10 years of ownership it has only required a grand total of 600$ in maintenance. That’s like 50¢ per flight hour. 300$ of that was for a sensor in the gyro and another 300$ to Bob Bramble for a sticky GS and going over the HSI itself. Going by this track record that point will be well into the future. At that point I will evaluate and decide. The avionics landscape continues to evolve and options will be more clearly defined and settled than they are today.

 

[jetdriven]

9 hours ago, Skates97 said:

This is where I'm at right now. Mine is getting noisier after shut down. Every now and then it is all wonky for a little bit before leveling out after startup. I would love to go glass on it but just can't bring myself to do it just yet. 

These guys have on their website that they will OH it for $360. Has anybody had any experience with Aircraft Quality Instruments out of Wichita, KS?

http://www.flyaqi.com/gyro.htm

I have two of their gyros with over 500hr each and still doing great.  I recommend them. 

Well I pulled the DG for the HSI but my friend has it in his Dakota and no complaints 

Edited April 7, 2018 by jetdriven

[MIm20c]

Should be around 15 for a pro, ea100, and installation. For a E5 and ea100 should be around 11 installed. If you can find a good deal or used components subtract another 20 percent. But I agree all options are massively expensive. 

Buy a lifesaver AI to use as a backup and keep everything else the same?  If my AI was connected to my AP it would be my first purchase.