The-sky-captain Posted January 21, 2010 Report Posted January 21, 2010 Papa Xray is in annual and in need of a better operating DG. I can get the new Sigmatec 4000 C for a little over 1600 bones, a Mid Continent OH for $1400ish or a repair for around $800. Anybody been through this and what would you recommend?
rob Posted January 21, 2010 Report Posted January 21, 2010 I had my DG overhauled about 9 months/200 hours ago and haven't had any problems out of it since. I had the folks at Rudy Aircraft Instruments do it and they did it pretty quick. It's an S-Tec linked DG and I believe the OH cost somewhere around 400. YMMV.
skyking Posted January 21, 2010 Report Posted January 21, 2010 I had mine done just after i bought the plane at a cost of $850 bucks. 6 months later it crapped out again and i replaced it with the sigmatec. I would not bother to have it fixed. Just go ahead and spend the extra bucks. My transponder also went south just after i bought the plane. Had it fixed and it crapped out about 9 months later so i replaced that with the Garmin digital one. I learned my lesson. If it is 30 years old. Replace it dont bother having it fixed.
fantom Posted January 22, 2010 Report Posted January 22, 2010 Good advise, IMHO, to just go with a new one.
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