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AviJake
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Posted: 27 Jul 2014 at 10:04am |
All of the Avidyne 2014 Oshkosh announcements are public (no surprise announcements held back). By way of summary:
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Steve Jacobson
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ddgates
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Steve:
Thanks for the update. Eager to get shipment arranged and get the 540s in my panel. Judging by your post, I am guessing that the add-on TAS-605A I purchased and will install with the 540s won't have ADS-B enabled. Will it have to return to factory for enablement?
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David Gates
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oskrypuch
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I've been told that my "free" upgrade of TAS605 -> TAS605A will necessitate a trip to the factory. I'm not holding my breath on when it will be available, but it is not that critical. At that point, to take full advantage of it, I will need to be ADS-B out compliant.
* Orest Edited by oskrypuch - 27 Jul 2014 at 8:19pm |
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AviJake
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I just left Oshkosh (after a 24 hour touch and go visit). Seemed like pretty good buzz around the Avidyne stack.
Enjoyed talking to a bunch of pre-buy folks and some newly interested people. Got some good feedback and suggestions for improvement. Really enjoyed watching a few Garmin sales reps playing with the Avidyne stack. Enjoyed playing with the BK KSN770 even more - yikes that was a tough box and not one that I heard anybody have positive feedback about. Got gobs of inquiries about the TAS-A units, a more complete ADS-B solution, and wifi functionality, not to mention the multitude of "when can I get my 540 unit?" and "when will the 440 be done?" questions. As for the TAS-A upgrade questions above, I'm not sure I follow the "free" upgrade line (the upgrade price of a TAS to a TAS-A is $2K) and yes, most TAS units will need to come back to the factory for an internal hardware upgrade as part of that upgrade. At this point, I'm estimating a late fall availability for the TAS-A units.
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Steve Jacobson
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ddgates
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Jake:
Does that mean that a 605A bought TODAY will have to come back? |
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David Gates
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oskrypuch
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Steve,
I am holding a coupon for a free upgrade TAS605 -> TAS605A It references this registation page:
http://www.avidyne.com/landing/tas-a-upgrade/index.asp * Orest |
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AviJake
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David,
Yes, a TAS unit bought today, will still need to come back to factory for the TAS-A upgrade. That TAS-A hardware is going through cert now and therefore, isn't part of today's shipping TAS.
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Steve Jacobson
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ddgates
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Thanks.
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David Gates
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