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Old 03-28-2011, 05:29 PM
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I have an opportunity to buy one of these, If anyone has any experience or feedback on these I'd appreciate hearing from you. Also any idea as to how much they're worth?
The only way to buy it would be if you got it cheap- and I mean CHEAP, CHEAP, CHEAP- any perceived value you get, will be sadly given up in trying to fix it, and with no support whatsoever from Greg Richter, since he went BK.
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Old 03-28-2011, 08:43 PM
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Another point of consideration is that there is a reason the unit is for sale.

Usually an item is not for sale because it is working fine and will continue to do so for a long time.

There are several flavors of used BMAs floating around out there.

Some really good ones that function just fine and will probably stay that way for several HUNDRED (not Thousands) of hours.

There are some early Gen 4s that were never installed nor updated at the factory for known problems. You really do not want one of these. Then there are those being replaced because they have issues. Avionics issues rarely get better with use and never fix themselves.

There is virtually no price that will make these units cost effective.

I loved my BMA units . Over the years I have owned 5 of them but now they are obsolete. If you put one in your panel this is what your panel will look like soon after when you have to replace it.



Now you have one huge hole to fill and that ain't cheap. Guess how I know.
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Old 03-29-2011, 05:10 AM
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....illustration that verifies everything Milt said!

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Old 04-22-2011, 10:58 AM
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Another point of consideration is that there is a reason the unit is for sale.

Usually an item is not for sale because it is working fine and will continue to do so for a long time.

There are several flavors of used BMAs floating around out there.

Some really good ones that function just fine and will probably stay that way for several HUNDRED (not Thousands) of hours.

There are some early Gen 4s that were never installed nor updated at the factory for known problems. You really do not want one of these. Then there are those being replaced because they have issues. Avionics issues rarely get better with use and never fix themselves.

There is virtually no price that will make these units cost effective.

I loved my BMA units . Over the years I have owned 5 of them but now they are obsolete. If you put one in your panel this is what your panel will look like soon after when you have to replace it.

Now you have one huge hole to fill and that ain't cheap. Guess how I know.
Well said, Milt. Your picture is worth 10,000 words (or dollars, in the case of the BMA unit).
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Old 04-23-2011, 03:35 PM
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I have an opportunity to buy one of these, If anyone has any experience or feedback on these I'd appreciate hearing from you. Also any idea as to how much they're worth?
I put money down on a deposit, and as I found out, Richter had already decided to go bankrupt- he kept my money. Based on this, I think you can probably guess what my opinion is of the Blue Mountain Avionics product.
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