Re: Outdated Garmin G1000 software - petition sign-up
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 6:10 am
Neema: If I'm reading the newly released price sheet (March 2020) correctly, the price has been revised downwards by Diamond. The currently advertised figures for a legacy G1000 upgrade to NXi ($85,000), along with a KAP140 to GFC700 ($78,000) is $163,000. Please note the NXi has yet to be certified for several airframe / engine combinations (such as the DA42 TDI) and there might be some additional expenses on top of these*. Also, Diamond will base certification work only upon anticipated demand, which will likely include deposits up front and before certification work will be undertaken. Further forum discussions on this subject of NXi and WAAS upgrades should ideally be posted on the "The G1000 Project - The Next Step" thread and after the meeting on April 2nd with Diamond and Garmin. However, I did want to quickly provide a pricing update to the figures mentioned on the previous page (51).
In other news, owners are still requesting to be added to the G1000 petition. The latest to join are:
DA40 owner Tim (N233MA) and Tomasz with his Polish registered DA42. Both aircraft have KAP140 autopilots (as does mine).
Thanks to Tim and Tomasz!
As for current petition numbers, there are now:
172 total aircraft, 60 of which are DA42's - the majority** of which have KAP140's autopilots.
*Table 1: HIRF Box installation ($10,000) – depending on individual airframe characteristics (?)
**of course, not all owners reported their model of autopilot.
In other news, owners are still requesting to be added to the G1000 petition. The latest to join are:
DA40 owner Tim (N233MA) and Tomasz with his Polish registered DA42. Both aircraft have KAP140 autopilots (as does mine).
Thanks to Tim and Tomasz!
As for current petition numbers, there are now:
172 total aircraft, 60 of which are DA42's - the majority** of which have KAP140's autopilots.
*Table 1: HIRF Box installation ($10,000) – depending on individual airframe characteristics (?)
**of course, not all owners reported their model of autopilot.