Decision: Garmin or Dynon

[NinerBikes]

Originally Posted by AeroDog

Then I guess I gotta go home.. I went Dynon. Just ordered the servos.

Humans are terribly adaptive species. Maybe take a Dynon course to familiarize yourself with all the features it's capable of.... it's a very power packed device, with all the bugs on screen, designed to help you... it's quite a powerful unit for my simple mind. The last thing that I like in any device like this are really deep menu's. I hate 'em. Fortunately, once these are set up, the deepness of the menu becomes a non issue, and the Dynon feels pretty intuitive, at least, to me.

Can't speak for the Garmin, but I have used a LOT of their other GPS devices.

[LettersFromFlyoverCountry]

Back when I had to make a decision (involving nutplates on the instrument panel. Obviously a decision that can be changed), I did some napkin math with the numbers of the Van's site and actually found it to be pretty much of a push between the two.

I don't think you can go wrong with either one, though the tribal nature of the world today will tell you you can.

[HansLab]

For anyone out or the LSA-area: ever thought of MGL? Much cheaper, simulator included, good service, take the opportunity to add some home-made wiring as well ;-))

[rcarsey]

Originally Posted by LettersFromFlyoverCountry

Back when I had to make a decision (involving nutplates on the instrument panel. Obviously a decision that can be changed), I did some napkin math with the numbers of the Van's site and actually found it to be pretty much of a push between the two.

I don't think you can go wrong with either one, though the tribal nature of the world today will tell you you can.

I came to the same conclusion at that time too. At least for spec'ing "fully loaded" Dynon and Garmin solutions. The decision then became how much are the map/database updates going to cost me. The ol' printer vs ink problem.

[jliltd]

Originally Posted by ploucandco

Don't forget that the Skyview bus is fully redundant, as already mentioned. You have in every DB9 on the bus, 2 pairs of bus wires. If one pair of bus wires is down, you still have the other pair of bus wires.

And G3X has backup RS232 interconnects between the GDU, ADHARS LRU and engine monitor LRU as a failsafe backup in case of CAN Bus failure. Remember one of the attractions of CAN Bus in industry in the robustness of the interconnects when implemented and installed correctly. But the serial backup is nice.

[Spirko]

Originally Posted by rcarsey

I came to the same conclusion at that time too. At least for spec'ing "fully loaded" Dynon and Garmin solutions. The decision then became how much are the map/database updates going to cost me. The ol' printer vs ink problem.

I think we can thank Dynon (and MGL and GRT?) for the fact that a VFR North America data subscription for a Garmin G3X panel is only $200/yr. Add $300 more for IFR (GTN 650) for the U.S.

[pietermk]

I can only share my experience, a few years back at Oshkosh I looked at the Dyon SkyView and the Garmin and I honestly don't remember the model, but the one for the RV12.
I had no experience with either but have flown many LSA's that have various similar systems. When trying out both system I found that for me the Dynon SkyView was much more intuitive. I could create flight plans by looking at the buttons or functions and figure it out. With the Garmin I could not, it was not clear to me, this could be that the user interface was just different or worked differently. It might be I am not "smart" enough for the Garmin

Nothing scientific just my experience.