2005 DA40 XL - Can I upgrade to WAAS?

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Re: 2005 DA40 XL - Can I upgrade to WAAS?

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mhoran wrote: ↑Thu Aug 04, 2022 4:55 pmIn another thread we also learned that it was essentially Diamond's decision to require the GIA-64 for the NXi upgrade, not Garmin's.
Diamond shipped lots of NXi airplanes with 63W's, but then required the 64 for "phase 2". Phase 2 being totally a Diamond invention.
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Re: 2005 DA40 XL - Can I upgrade to WAAS?

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Boatguy wrote: ↑Thu Aug 04, 2022 7:57 pm Diamond shipped lots of NXi airplanes with 63W's, but then required the 64 for "phase 2". Phase 2 being totally a Diamond invention.
I suppose that's good news for legacy owners looking to get a WAAS upgrade. I think many more NXI Phase 1 owners will upgrade to Phase 2 once Diamond and Garmin release the next version of the system software (aka 'Phase 3').

In hindsight, it seems that Diamond (and Cessna/Textron) made the same mistake twice, which was to introduce a 'generationally incomplete' solution (e.g, non-WAAS/KAP140, NXI Phase 1), whereas Cirrus waited and introduced what would become Garmin's generationally complete G1000 or NXI system (Perspective, Perspective+).
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