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Berni; When I decided to buy my Legacy, what I looked for was the built quality and the engine health. I anticipated buying something with a panel the same age as the airplane. There’s been a giant leap forward with technology and a giant leap backwards with cost. I did find me a very well build 2001 Legacy with a healthy engine and promptly took it to the radio shop and had dual Dynon 10 inch screens installed. My decision to go with Dynon was their technology, cost and future upgrades. Their screens are very bright even in direct sun light, their software is user friendly and they are experimental which means more and faster free upgrades, since no FAA certification is required. The complete system including dual 10 inch screens with battery backups, dual ADHARs, transponder with TIS, auto pilot with CWS, synthetic vision, GPS, hub, software and all other required cabling was $14,000. Installation was $11,000. I anticipate getting minimum of $10,000 from selling of the Sorcerer auto pilot and other old gages, thus having a $15,000 investment in my panel. As a side benefit I gained 26 lbs of useful load. I decided to keep my old Apollo GPS and the SL30 for now and when they fail, I’ll upgrade to a Garmin. The panel is designed to accommodate small steam gauges should that be in its future. I now have 10 hours behind the panel and love it. It is full of features and easy to use. My advice would be to find the right platform first. Upgrading the panel has become affordable. Henry Arjad, KSNA Legacy N22YY 45 hours Henry@cptgroup.com From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Art Jensen
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 6:33 PM
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: [LML] Re: Chelton + Legacy I have two Chelton screens and a Garmin 430W in my Legacy. I like the Cheltons much better than the Garmin 430W. While very disappointed with the expected future support from Chelton, I expect there should be no major problems with that support for the next ten years or so. Having said that, I expect I will have to move on to LSA by then and will be selling my Legacy and therefore do not feel a need to spend extra money to build a new panel. I will just continue to enjoy the Legacy and the Cheltons as they are until then. Given your statement of having owned almost every flying model except the Legacy, how much time will pass before you again sell the Legacy and move on to something else? I expect that Cheltons in a Legacy will serve you just fine until you again move on to another plane. I am a ten year Lancair pilot having owned almost every flying model except a Legacy (bought a Legacy kit from Lancair in 2000 but never flew it) but I am seriously considering the purchase of a flying Legacy. There are some very, very nice airplanes out there but I have a concern on the avionics side of things. Many of these airplanes have Cheltons installed. I have never flown with Cheltons but have heard very good things about them. My concern is that they are what they are today with no chance of a path to the future. There are a couple of Legacy airplanes for sale that I would like to pursue but the Chelton thing tells me not to go there. I would appreciate comments regarding this dilemma. Should I feel this way? I would also appreciate any suggestions about what to look for and to look out for as I seek out a Legacy to buy. |
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