Proline 21 VS G3000

exerauflyboy5

exerauflyboy5

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Good evening all,


Been awhile since I since I posted. So who likes the Proline 21? Who likes the G3000? Strength & weaknesses? Does one do more than the other? Anyone have experience in both?

I awaiting patiently for the juicy details.
 
PL21 is a two decade old system that I personally think still works great. Doesn’t have all the bells and whistles of a current gen flight deck but it’s simplicity makes it ridiculously easy to process and use.
 
As mentioned above the PL21 is old and it shows. It’s a true FMS vs the Garmin units which were at their heart built off the old in-panel radio stack box units most of us have flown.

The G1000 was a fairly close match for the PL21, albeit packaged nicer, and the 3000 meets or exceeds anything the PL21 can do. I wouldn’t even compare the two in a modern airplane for user friendliness or workload. When you start getting into modern tools like satellite or ADS-B weather, the gap seriously widens. The PL lags way behind in that.

I’ve flown the CJ3 (PL21) vs 3+ (G3000), and CJ4 (“newer” PL21) vs Phenom 300 (G3000). No contest in either.
 
G3000 is lightyears above a PL21. I fly both regularly.

With that said, I sometimes prefer the 21 because it has a professional feeling to it
 
Happy New Year with this thread resurrection from (4) years ago.

I just started flying a proline21 equipped CJ3, can anyone point me to useful reference materials/videos? I spent a dozen hours with it learning for my type ride, but that was five years ago. I have looked at everything I can find on youtube, I have a decent general understanding but to Id love to get as much insight as possible.
 
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