After reading all your mails now I can see clearly; for me it looks like
the JP Instruments has  bought the VMS for possibly eliminating a
competitor. Such things everyone knows, this happens day by day in business
life and can be accepted without further ado if it is a matter of kitchen
utensils or baby napkins. In my opinion in aviation it cannot be.

Ronald,

 

Hmmmmm, what appears to me is that JPI will remain in the certified instrumentation arena and continue with VM instrumentation in the experimental aircraft area.  The current mess seems to be the result of VM's move from hither to yon, probably without all of the original support people and with documents/equipment still in moving boxes.  Observing some e-mails here on the LML, there appears to be product support, but not from the JPI technical side.  Hang in there......

 

In ye olden days, Terra had the only full avionics complement that would fit in a Lancair 200/300 series - Ahhh, they don't exist anymore and repair costs would be prohibitive.  What shall I do when my secondary Terra com and the Terra transponder fail?  I could buy working used equipment or switch to the Garmin SL radio and transponder (they will be in business a while).  I also wonder about my current smoothly operating VM EPI 800 engine instrumentation (2 generations ago, before VM 1000 and VM Color) and its sensors.  Arrrghhh. 

 

These days avionics available for experimental aircraft are multiplying faster than a herd of rabbits. Twenty to thirty years is easily 4 or 5 generations of equipment.  Both builders and government aviation approval agencies have to recognize this as fact.

 

I am certainly glad I am not a manufacturer of buggy whips, aviation steam gauges and vacuum powered instrumentation even though I am still using them (Uh, don't ask about the buggy whip).