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Michael LaFleur wrote:
Sure. How much do you spend building an airplane? $400 is what, 1/2% or so?
You guys and your fancy kit airplanes...
$400 is more like 2% for some of us.
An extra $400 is keeping you from having a reliable ignition system.
$400 or a proper maintenance schedule will net the same reliability.
Put off buying those ANR headsets and rid yourself the risk of SAG during climbout or a go-round. We're talking real pucker factor here.
Mike LaFleur
I wouldn't pay $400 for headsets, either; but, that isn't the point. The point is that $400 IS a lot of money, and that is a separate question that whether it is justified or not. Planes get expensive in the same way they get heavy...one pound at a time...which would be such a profound statement if we were British. System after expensive system is piled on, justified in each case by an obscure what-happens-if scenario. Meanwhile, where we started gives us more performance than the typical 152 most of us did our primary training in. I believe I've read that the training fleet is one of the safest components of the GA fleet. IMNSHO, over the lifetime of the coils, the $400 would be better spend on an extra couple hours of recurrency training with a good instructor.
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