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Top Avionics Upgrades: Choices For All Budgets

Of course the dense market doesn't make an already difficult buying decision any easier. So to help sort it out, in this article we'll offer an around-the-bases look at the most popular new avionics configurations-from entry-level (for basic aircraft) to higher-budget (for go-places higher-end machines). The idea is to arm you with enough knowledge to talk the talk with your avionics shop when they make suggestions for a package. It's also time for our ADS-B buyer's guide, and it follows this article. Let's begin with an ADS-B wrap-up.

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ADS-B is old news. Let’s equip and move on because the real news in the avionics market is the serious surge in competition, combined with a shift from expensive TSO approvals to STCs. That’s working out to the benefit of avionics buyers, especially ones with lower budgets.

Adding to the competition are newcomers, with New Mexico-based Aerovonics as one example. As we reported in the July 2019 Aviation Consumer, this new company’s AV-series primary EFIS is capable and smartly engineered, with a price that caters to low budgets and an installation that doesn’t require shredding the instrument panel.

Aviation Consumer Staff