Sun Jan 29, 2017 1:07 pm
#1515727
GTX330 to 330ES upgrade cost £1200.
GTX330 trade in value £1000 against an AXP340 new price £2200 makes that cost of AXP340 effectively £1200 (ie the same as the Garmin upgrade), and the AXP comes with warranty (which the ES upgrade doesn't), and it works with the IFD440 (which the 330ES apparently doesn't).
Installation/modification cost is lost in the noise as we're doing a major panel refit anyway (SL30->IFD440, KX155->TY96, KMA24->GMA350c, GTX330->AXP340, adding an ELT406) to comply with the 8.33 mandate, add ADS-B, add LPV capability, and add an ELT. Panel space is limited preventing the installation of a second Nav/Com sadly, although Trig do keep promising a slimline (semi-TY96 compatible) NavCom which we may swap in later.
GTX330 trade in value £1000 against an AXP340 new price £2200 makes that cost of AXP340 effectively £1200 (ie the same as the Garmin upgrade), and the AXP comes with warranty (which the ES upgrade doesn't), and it works with the IFD440 (which the 330ES apparently doesn't).
Installation/modification cost is lost in the noise as we're doing a major panel refit anyway (SL30->IFD440, KX155->TY96, KMA24->GMA350c, GTX330->AXP340, adding an ELT406) to comply with the 8.33 mandate, add ADS-B, add LPV capability, and add an ELT. Panel space is limited preventing the installation of a second Nav/Com sadly, although Trig do keep promising a slimline (semi-TY96 compatible) NavCom which we may swap in later.