AF,
it was done as part of a major upgrade of the panel but I believe the price was in the region of €3k. It was done by Avionitec in ZRH.
I guess Jesse here or Michal should be able to give you the current rate.
Thx @Mooney_Driver when did you have it done?
To upgrade the 430 to W it has to be sent to Garmin. The price, including an overhaul is around $ 3300 plus freight. Depending on what you have now you might need a new antenna and a new cable. You also need a new subscription from Jeppesen.
An aircraft I bought earlier came with two -155 NAV/COMs, only one with a glide slope, an S-TEC 20 and Mode S. My upgrade is a GNC-255 for 8.33 capability, and a second hand KL94 for PBN/B2 and LNAV approach capability – hope to get change from around €7k for the upgrade. Will also clean up some old antennas which may add half a knot of TAS.
A DME would be useful, although the GPS with the ILS approach loaded should provide correct situational awareness. The S-TEC 20 can fly a GPS flight plan, although you need to update the CDI for each leg.
The aircraft is fixed gear, fixed pitch so capability is light IFR up to FL100.
Finners wrote:
If you want to minimise costs, then you don’t need to get rid of the vacuum instruments, assuming that they work, of course.
I agree. It is an excellent other-source backup. A replacement vac pump will only run about $500 and an hour’s work, can be run to failure, and usually lasts 500+ hours. The only really valid reason to remove it is to reduce weight.
As well as the 8.33 nonsense, I have also booked in to have a single G5 fitted in November but I’m told it is still not certified in EASA land due to a last minute hitch. Does anybody know what this issue is and when it’s likely to get resolved? I keep getting told it is imminent!
Also annoyingly the flush kit they announced months ago does not seem to be available.
Alexis wrote:
The price, including an overhaul is around $ 3300 plus freight. Depending on what you have now you might need a new antenna and a new cable. You also need a new subscription from Jeppesen.
Thanks @Alexis.
This is what I came across recently as well…
All-in it comes out closer to 5k EUR
For that, I can spend another 3-4k and get an IFD440 (w/ Bluetooth, Wifi, Terrain and Antenna)
I’m very enthusiastic about the idea of having a BYOD as an instrument that actually syncs up with my autopilot. Killer app for me, as I do a lot of ‘random’ things in the air, like changing course to go look at waypoints along the way and stopping for passengers at random places, so rubber-banding is brilliant… being able to rubber band my autopilot would be the killer app.
3300$ is pretty much 3k Euros? So where do the other 2k come from? As I was told mine was converted in Europe somewhere where Garmin has a plant to do that. The changing of the Antenna is not a big deal either.
And of course, if you calculate like this that DOUBLE the price is already fine, then of course you should go for a new one, but that is not what this thread is about. How to do it economical…
€ 3000 plus VAT, plus freight, antenna, cable, work …. 5000 is not unrealistic
The replacement GA35 WAAS GPS antenna is included in the cost of the GNS upgrade.
