Garmin Gfc500 Autopilot Is Finally Happening!
I know its hard to believe, but Garmin finally wants to do a GFC500 certification for the 337! They've asked an associate Skymaster owner if he would be willing to let them have his airplane for several months for testing. This happened in the last week.
I know we've been down this road before http://www.337skymaster.com/messages...rmin+autopilot Garmin looking for 50 buyers to cover the cost of engineering. Do we still have a list of owners who'd be willing to commit? Garmin says $30k for the GFC500 and $5k for the GI275, so $35K all-in. This includes four servos, so we get yaw dampening as well. Not sure we need it, but... Please let me know if you have the old list, or if you'd be willing to put your name on the new list. I know this is crazy after all the activity before, but here we are. |
That is great news. I was on the old list, and I'd like to be on the new list!
C-GWKK, previously N8988M T337G Already have GI275 x2 and GTN 750 xi |
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To anyone else thinking about it, the G5 is not compatible. |
Absolutely!
Please put me on the list. I really hope this happens. My last plane had the GFC600 autopilot and it’s a real game changer. More important, I believe a real safety feature. The “level” Button alone can save a life. I’ll be watching this closely and will offer my plane as a test bed if the other plane falls through Thx for the update. Greg N4CZ |
Yes, I agree a digital autopilot would really make the airframes more attractive as the install base grows. And safer!
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In any case, you'll have my name (right after having spent money refreshing my '69 Navomatic 400 of course). |
where do we sign up?
we should also post this on all the facebook groups.
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Okay ... who's running this show? |
Nobody is running the show, per se, except Garmin.
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Guess I'm asking where and how we sign up, and encourage others to as well
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Sign up by PMing me!
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Any updates on the probability of the Garmin GFC autopilot and how (or if) the certification is coming along?
Thx Greg |
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