flion
Well Known Member
That's the new name of Vertical Power, if you didn't recognize them. When the VP200 was discontinued a while back I thought, great, another orphan (I still think it was a mistake to discontinue that; the VP-X is nice but would not work with my setup and I am sure there are others who also don't fit VP's current niche).
However, fast forward to now. I am starting to wire some of the peripherals to the panel Aerotronics built for me. I've run the panel before, intending to use it for testing systems as I connect them. This time, however, the VP display unit failed. Aerotronics put me in touch with their Astronics rep, who contacted me the same day and a barrage of email resulted as he acted as the go-between for me and the techs. After some troubleshooting, the decision was made to take the unit back for testing at ABT. All the process happened very quickly, emails were answered promptly, and there was no hint of "we don't make that anymore, so we don't care."
I've seen a VP-X system in action in a friend's RV-7A with G3X, and it is awesome. If this is the level of support they provide, then they will be high on the lists of companies we like to do business with. Now, if they will only come up with a VP-X display for those of us who don't have an EFIS that will integrate with the VP-X.
However, fast forward to now. I am starting to wire some of the peripherals to the panel Aerotronics built for me. I've run the panel before, intending to use it for testing systems as I connect them. This time, however, the VP display unit failed. Aerotronics put me in touch with their Astronics rep, who contacted me the same day and a barrage of email resulted as he acted as the go-between for me and the techs. After some troubleshooting, the decision was made to take the unit back for testing at ABT. All the process happened very quickly, emails were answered promptly, and there was no hint of "we don't make that anymore, so we don't care."
I've seen a VP-X system in action in a friend's RV-7A with G3X, and it is awesome. If this is the level of support they provide, then they will be high on the lists of companies we like to do business with. Now, if they will only come up with a VP-X display for those of us who don't have an EFIS that will integrate with the VP-X.