Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 21:26:03 -0500
From: Adam Molny <amolny@optonline.net>
Subject: Re Garmin 530 boycott
To: Lancair <lancair.list@olsusa.com>
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Scott et al - 

>AC20-130A (installation), and especially the recent addition to the AIM,
>paragraph 1-1-21.b.1(a).
The copy on the AIM on the FAA's web site doesn't have this paragraph.
Is there a more up-to-date version of the AIM out on the web?

I copied the following from Southeast Aerospace's FAQ page:

Q. What is Garmin's installation policy for their TSO'd and IFR
products?
A. In order to ensure proper installation and certification of specific
Garmin panel-mounted products, Garmin requires Garmin distributors to
personally install every new listed product they sell. These products
include the GNS-430, GNS-530, GNC-420, GPS-400, GNC-300XL, GPS-155XL,
GPS-165, GMA-340, and GTX-327. There are only two exceptions to this
distributor installation only policy. First, a distributor may sell the
aforementioned equipment for amateur built/kitplane customers provided
that this equipment is sold as part of an entire panel, with all
interfacing between systems and bench testing completed by the Garmin
distributor. Second, a distributor may sell the aforementioned equipment
direct to another Garmin distributor.

http://www.seaerospace.com/faq.htm#18g

Oddly enough, Garmin has posted the installation manual for the GNS 430
on their web site.

Sometimes we lose sight of the fact that the point of building your own
airplane is to BUILD YOUR OWN AIRPLANE. If a builder feels confident in
attempting a particular task, he should be free to proceed (at his own
risk, of course).

Thanks for your input, guys. I will continue to look for a way to
purchase a Garmin 530 in the box. Of course, by the time I'm ready to
start the panel, something better may come along and I won't have to
deal with this frustrating Garmin policy!

Adam Molny
Legacy kit #62 (est. delivery June/July 2001)
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