ColoRv
Well Known Member
My only concern is bang for the buck. Plain and simple, which system will do the most of what I want for the least money. I originally bought and installed Dynon servos and pitot with every intention of going full Dynon. However, they missed every deadline they promised on XM, radios, auto pilot etc while Garmin has put out a new nav/comm, a new comm, a fully integrated autopilot, new servos, new flight deck autopilot controller, new remote adsb, new adahars etc....all THIS YEAR.
A year of Garmin G3X updates costs less than a tank of fuel in my truck so that doesn't scare me. I took a loss when I pulled the Dynon gear out to replace it with Garmin. I do have a D6 as a backup to the G3X and whether you're talking about connector quality, manual quality or support....the Garmin is on a completely different level. Pick up a phone and in 30 seconds you have a Garmin engineer on the phone. Send g3xpert an email and its answered remarkably fast. Several of them roam these boards answering questions as well. Not just sales questions, all questions. That is commitment to experimental in my book.
Clearly, I don't have a problem with Dynon as I have some in my panel but I do believe they should be significantly cheaper since they have significantly less capability. Even prior to G's price drop a full system from both manufacturers were just not very far apart and the Garmin already has far more capability with far more engineering muscle pushing its capabilities further still. In a pure VFR plane there is nothing wrong with Dynon in my mind, but if it costs as much as a system with far more capability and a much larger company backing it....
There is a YouTube video of a guy with a Dynon next to a G3X. It's worth watching. http://youtu.be/j0Si6OU0640
A year of Garmin G3X updates costs less than a tank of fuel in my truck so that doesn't scare me. I took a loss when I pulled the Dynon gear out to replace it with Garmin. I do have a D6 as a backup to the G3X and whether you're talking about connector quality, manual quality or support....the Garmin is on a completely different level. Pick up a phone and in 30 seconds you have a Garmin engineer on the phone. Send g3xpert an email and its answered remarkably fast. Several of them roam these boards answering questions as well. Not just sales questions, all questions. That is commitment to experimental in my book.
Clearly, I don't have a problem with Dynon as I have some in my panel but I do believe they should be significantly cheaper since they have significantly less capability. Even prior to G's price drop a full system from both manufacturers were just not very far apart and the Garmin already has far more capability with far more engineering muscle pushing its capabilities further still. In a pure VFR plane there is nothing wrong with Dynon in my mind, but if it costs as much as a system with far more capability and a much larger company backing it....
There is a YouTube video of a guy with a Dynon next to a G3X. It's worth watching. http://youtu.be/j0Si6OU0640
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