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Garmin doesn't rely on the FAA

Garmin has an ODA (Organization Designation Authorization). They get to approve stuff with little reliance on the FAA. One company has to submit a revision to the faa, and wait a year or longer. Garmin does it in house in days or weeks. I looked at the install stc for GFC500 sometime ago, the...

PMA'd D10A, like new 3 yrs old 1000 OBO Garmin GI106A 14/28 Excellent condition 1100 SV-COM-PANEL/V (LCD) PMA'd like new 3 yrs old 250 OBO EFIS-D100, appears refurbished, screen looks new, I havent got a chance to power it up, but can HS34 EDC-D10A Dynon Blind encoder converter, Harness for...

Its painful to hear the frustration from so many. 3 companies with autopilots making snail slow progress if that. They've each had the same results. I still defend dynon. Thye have little traction with the ones who hold the authority. I'm still waiting (3 years in Nov) for what should have been...

My son and I just installed one in a J for a local guy. I test flew it. Absolutely rock solid.

Exactly what I was searching for. I'll give it a try. I had zero issues connecting my IFD to my HDX wifi, but lost the IFD wifi visibility, and flight plans were all going to the HDX now.

It is, I have a pic I saved frm somehwere, I believe it was a 210 with Dual HDX screens, a G5 on the left, and GFC controller in the radio stack. If you havent considered it, Aerocruze is a solid autopilot and approved for the 180, and partially integrates with HDX, Trio also approved.

A former aquaintance who was a Garmin dealer always told me, Garmin has as many lawyers on staff as engineers.

That looks fantastic !!

Dealt with the FAA much? I've given up trying to deal with them on simple field approvals that a few years back would have been easy. The other 2 autopilot players have the same story regarding the FAA. I've been waiting on the approval for a cessna 150 approval from Trio, its pushing 2 years...

A few years ago I had rapid RPM spikes occasionally. P leads were new, connections all checked, nothing. Then I lost a mag. It ran rough with both mags, and I noticed the rpm was really all over the place (over redline which the engine wasnt) I couldnt find anything suspect inside the mag...

Bingo. An we all know what pace the gubment works at

I noticed a M20J and a Piper Arrow in the panel pics page, both with autopilots.. In Australia, And I thought they were the strict ones :D

It is, Im installing one now in a neighbors Mooney. I know of a few others already flying on social media outlets, and love it. It does what the dynon does minus VOR/ILS, whch to me isnt that big of a deal. I insalled one in a 172 last year and he couldn't be happier with its perfromance

Still here..