| SteinAir |
11-02-2013 07:12 PM |
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Originally Posted by Mcgyver
(Post 822367)
For your gps nav com, did you look at the gtn 650 unit? My understanding is that with the 430 and 530 discontinued, there will come a time in the future that displays will not be available for those units. I have 2 of them, so I am already in the boat. I discovered this when I asked my avionics group about updating to WAAS, and this was their opinion. Anyone have news of the contrary or education for maximizing our hard earned dollars.
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That's sort of correct....and if you watch, sometimes there are rebates on the GTN (there is a $500 one now until Dec 6 and there was a $1k deal earlier in the year) that can make the price of a GTN almost a wash compared to a new 430w. That said, the 430w can still be had new, and the reason it was discontinued wasn't due to the display, but rather a component in the Nav board being obsoleted. In fact' Garmin still produces the unit sans Nav/Comm boards in it (400W) today.
Cheers (and thanks to all for the kind word, Darwin is right)! :)
Stein
P.S. Tim & Tom at Approach is a fellow Minnesotan, a friend and colleague...we sell their stuff too - so I can attest to them being "good people"!
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