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Old 02-07-2014, 03:00 PM
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Most of the hardware that brings with it the majority of the cost you are describing above are related to IFR operations and you are going to have those cost with steam as well as glass. Ground based IFR navigation is slowly going away whether we like it or not.

Most experimental EFIS makers have made these cost virtually disappear in their systems. The decision to upgrade to the latest and greatest hardware mostly lies in the lap of the end user. For instance: Dynon still sells and supports a glass product that is over a decade old. The G3X platform is many years old and is even backward compatible with the new products that were introduced to freshen up the line and fill some holes. AFS and GRT still support many of their older products.

I still have a warm place in my heart for a well designed panel full of round steam but the reality is that that ship has sailed and the world is moving on.
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Old 02-09-2014, 02:51 AM
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Ditto on Garmin.

I heard from 2 sources (one a builder, the other an avionics shop employee) at Oshkosh last year that Garmin is coming out with a larger display. I certainly hope so! I'd love to have a single display that does what 2 of their current ones do. Save a bit of money, weight, complexity... all good things.
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