There is a proverb: "Don't put all your eggs in one basket".
I've read much of the Skyview manual, and it seems like a wonderful, full-featured system. But with some of the recent threads about backup instrumentation, I wonder if perhaps it's wise to have a system so fully integrated that there's no need (or electrical power) for any else.
On the old system, if my D180 died, I might still have a D120. Or if not, I could at least use the panel page of my 496 (with ground speed instead of airspeed). But with the Skyview system, it seems like there is no backup at all, except for the stall warning. Perhaps the new Skyview system is so reliable that it will NEVER fail. Is that it?
I've read much of the Skyview manual, and it seems like a wonderful, full-featured system. But with some of the recent threads about backup instrumentation, I wonder if perhaps it's wise to have a system so fully integrated that there's no need (or electrical power) for any else.
On the old system, if my D180 died, I might still have a D120. Or if not, I could at least use the panel page of my 496 (with ground speed instead of airspeed). But with the Skyview system, it seems like there is no backup at all, except for the stall warning. Perhaps the new Skyview system is so reliable that it will NEVER fail. Is that it?