I have an Apollo round GPS 360 in my RV6 that gave up the ghost yesterday with only 202hrs total time from new ![Frown :( :(](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
On the previous flight the display did not power up until 15 minutes into the flight and today no display at all. I checked the power to the unit and everything was fine. I then removed the unit from the aircraft and hooked a separate power supply up and still no display. There has been no error messages or memory battery warnings and up until now every things been fine. Thinking it may have blown the internal fuse, I removed the covers and saw that the red internal LED was illuminated when the power was on indicating that the board was getting power???
The aircraft has always been hangared and in a dry climate. There was no sign of corrosion or dust or anything else inside the unit.
It appears to be very well built on looking inside and I was expecting thousands of hours of service not 202hrs!!
I have never started up with the avionics master on and "jagged" the avionics with the alternator.
To say I am disappointed is an understatement....
My Questions are these:
Does anyone have experience with this model GPS and have you had any faults with it like this before and does anyone Know if garman still supports this model given that it's a Morrow product line and now discontinued. Are parts still available?
On the previous flight the display did not power up until 15 minutes into the flight and today no display at all. I checked the power to the unit and everything was fine. I then removed the unit from the aircraft and hooked a separate power supply up and still no display. There has been no error messages or memory battery warnings and up until now every things been fine. Thinking it may have blown the internal fuse, I removed the covers and saw that the red internal LED was illuminated when the power was on indicating that the board was getting power???
The aircraft has always been hangared and in a dry climate. There was no sign of corrosion or dust or anything else inside the unit.
It appears to be very well built on looking inside and I was expecting thousands of hours of service not 202hrs!!
I have never started up with the avionics master on and "jagged" the avionics with the alternator.
To say I am disappointed is an understatement....
My Questions are these:
Does anyone have experience with this model GPS and have you had any faults with it like this before and does anyone Know if garman still supports this model given that it's a Morrow product line and now discontinued. Are parts still available?
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