The Synthetic Vision provided on the Garmin 900 is amazingly good considering it doesn't use any cameras or sensors other than the GPS and terrain database.  It's sufficiently accurate that when I cross the runway threshold and fly over the numbers, I see the numbers flashing by on the PFD at the same time.  It also shows traffic (via the Traffic Information Service uplinked on Mode S -- in major terminal areas only) without a TCAS; you see a diamond on the PFD where the traffic should be, and it turns into a yellow ball if it gets close.  It shows obstacles, hills, and bodies of water.

Of course there's no actual vision so if the lake is dry or someone put a crane in your way (and it's not in the database), that sort of thing doesn't show.

I've seen numbers between $50K and $100K for G900 systems installed in Lancairs.

When Chelton stopped building its Sport system, I opted for Garmin on the theory that Garmin will be around for a long time.  I really wondered if all that glass is overkill but, having tried it, I would definitely recommend it for anyone interested in hard IFR.  It's excellent.

Charley Brown
N550KC   Legacy RG  70hr

On Jan 9, 2012, at 9:05 AM, Dico Reijers wrote:

Hello All,

Its a quiet night here and I'm just surfing around the web looking at some aviation videos and I came across some EVS (Forward Vision and Max-Vis) systems -- there are probably others as well.  I'm wondering if anyone has anything like this installed on their Lancair?  Any comments on if you'd install one again?  Price range?

Regards,

Dico