Database updates for my GX 60 will no longer be available after December 2019. This replacement is being released just in time.

GNC-355 & GTX-345R (Remote)?
 

Hello,

Will the new GNC-355 work with / compatible with / the GTX-345R (remote transponder w/ADSB in/out)?

Thanks,
Sean

It would be really cool if the iOS trainer app was capable of at least reading infos from a flight simulator like X-Plane on the same network the same way ForFlight does. There is a quite well documented API. That would put the training on a whole new level and you could try out the new avionics in a familiar scenario. Ideally it would be writing back inputs like AP, heading, radio etc. but don't want to ask for too much.

Hello Sean,

Yes, the GNC 355 can receive and display ADS-B traffic and weather from the GTX 45R/345/345R and provide the WAAS GPS position source data needed by these transponders for ADS-B Out.

Thanks,
Steve

Gee, if I had one of those, my plane would be IFR legal. Sigh...

Is it possible for someone to explain the value differences when it comes to Garmin products. This new addition would be just about perfect, except for the lack of VOR/LOC nav, which one must look to the 650/530/430. I am currently building a -10 but just purchased a Cherokee 180 in the interim for my son's training and some cross-country fun. In trying to price a used 530, it seems as though the cost is almost as if it were new (market prices for planes, as well, seem to defy reason...used 60 year old airplanes with sketchy avionics and run out engines) and you can have a completely brand new 650 for a grand more.

Also...for the Garmin rep (thanks for this post, I wondered if a certified version was coming out)...what is the viability of the 430 in the future? Can it still be updated and maintained as a legacy platform?

Dam, wish it had a built in intercom...

Kinda cool addition to the product line. With all the gps approaches available now, i think less and less pilots will want to spend the money on VOR/LOC/ILS equipment like the GTN650.. In favor of this, which seems to be the same as the 650 sans VOR.

I'm making some assumptions here, but I'm miffed that they are making a distinction between 8.33khz and 25khz radios.. I can't imagine that there is much difference in internal parts other than some software on the radio chip itself.

Lets hope that 8.33 doesnt rear its ugly head in the US after the FAA is done with the 2020 stuff and starts looking for more things to "fix".

Could we perhaps use the "intercom" from a GTR20?

GX60 data updates
 

Effective December 3, 2020, all Garmin GX NavData services will be discontinued:
Due to Garmin sunsetting the GX series, Jeppesen will no longer be able to offer NavData services for the GX50, GX55, GX60, GX65 and 2101 GPS units.

A previous post said Dec 2019 the updates would stop. Think that was just a misprint? Got the above from the Jeppesen website.

Love the GX60, been a great little unit! I'm definitely planning to replace GX60 with GNC 355 by Dec 2020. Will figure out the intercom issue by then; just happy that Garmin remembered us simple-ton's. Cheers and Check Six! Rascal