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Garmin’s G500 TXi and G600 TXi get FAA nod

By General Aviation News Staff · March 7, 2018 ·

Garmin has received FAA and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval and has begun initial shipments of the G500 TXi and G600 TXi flight displays.

Three displays are available, offering flexibility for panel configurations, including a 10.6″ display, and two versions of 7″  displays, in portrait and landscape orientations.

The 10.6″ display can operate as a primary flight display (PFD), multi-function display (MFD) and optional integrated EIS in a customized package, while the 7″ portrait display can be dedicated to any one of those functions, according to Garmin officials. The 7″ landscape display is available exclusively as a dedicated EIS solution, officials note.

The G500 TXi system is intended for Part 23 Class I/II aircraft under 6,000 pounds and the G600 TXi flight displays are intended for Class III aircraft that weigh up to 12,500 pounds.

The G600-TXi

The TXi family incorporates a touchscreen design with processors that support improved map and chart rendering, faster panning and single-finger zoom and pinch-to-zoom gestures, according to Garmin officials.

Through any combination of the touchscreen or dual concentric knobs, pilots can view flight information at a glance, officials note.

The user interface also is harmonious with multiple Garmin products, such as the GTN 650/750 touchscreen navigators.

Customers with existing G500/G600 installations also have the option to upgrade their system to TXi.

G500 TXi

7″ display: Starting at $11,995
10.6″ display: Starting at $15,995
Addition of EIS to a G500 TXi flight display starting at $4,995

G600 TXi

7″ display: Starting at 18,995
10.6″ display: Starting at $24,995

Standalone EIS TXi

Starting at $17,935

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  1. Will witrak says

    March 8, 2018 at 5:26 am

    Unfortunately, either limited existing panel upgrades, complete panel upgrades or new plane panel navionics packages have unpleasant sticker shock realities. As fancy as some of these glass displays are, they are just computers. And just like personal computers, the techie companies make their money by planned very rapid technological obsolescence. By the time of “new” navionics install, the units are already significantly depreciating because, just like laptops, new purchasers understand that newer technology is “just around the corner”. But, even “outdated” units like the gns530/430 are expensive and purportedly soon to be no longer directly supported by Garmin.

    Yet another coffin nail for those of us hoping for reliable and cost effective aircraft ownership.

    • ManyDecadesGA says

      March 8, 2018 at 6:21 pm

      Well spoken Will witrak.

      But the worst evil of all, is that even as being the latest Garmin offerings, they each still do NOT DO WHAT will be required for evolving C-N-S, including for GA (and even drones), for the longer term, as necessary for beneficial and economic evolution of separation services in the global airspace system. They apparently do not yet support either RNP at the levels needed, or GLS, or data link based dynamic trajectory exchanges. As such, they are already obsolete.

  2. ManyDecadesGA says

    March 7, 2018 at 8:48 am

    But can they yet support the global ICAO defined baseline for RNP based trajectories and operations???

    GLS????

    Trajectory exchanges via FANS C-N-S with D/L???

    If not,… they’re still little but expensive “eye candy”, if not even “Boat Anchors”, …that will never satisfy true future ATS evolutionary requirements, that will be needed to economically assure GA survival, airspace access, and affordability.

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