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, I do not cherish the idea of all the work and $$$$ that I will have > to spend to get my airplane and myself IFR certified. This is especially > true considering my ability to retain all that exacting information and new > changes being considered Hi George; I know exactly what you mean. You have 9 years on me, but I too have noticed that new skills seem to take a bit longer. As for the IFR capable Coupe. A quick glance at the FARs seem to indicate that making a Coupe IFR capable might not be too terribly hard. In my case my Coupe came with an Attitude indicator and directional gyro. In addition it has an electric turn coordinator which I 'think" would do for the required backup. The static system and mode C have to meet tighter requirements which I will find out more about when I return to A & P school Monday. The regs simply state that the Nav aids have to be applicable to the routes flown?? I would think that 2 VORS one with GS would fit that bill. In fact if one were to file IFR in VFR conditions you wouldn't even need the GS. A second radio would really reduce the workload also. Comments from anyone who has gone this route would be appreciated. I have a repairable Narco Nav 122 that has VOR GS and markers built in. Of course it's 4 inches too long to mount at eye level. :-( So in addition to gyros, the normal VHF and mode C transponder. a second VHF , and 2 VORs possibly one with GS and you'd be in business. Mounting all this stuff would be fun. however not impossible. In my case I have an alternator so plenty of power. Comments are invited, Am I over simplifying this? Cheers: Paul N2273H ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bz8Sid.bAhN69 Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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