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You could install one! But redundancy is oh so nice! ----- Original Message ----- From: "stephen coffey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 7:31 AM Subject: Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] IFR item list > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > OK, so I THINK I'm starting to understand. Somebody tell me how far off I > really am: > > In order to get me and the airplane certified, and have some level of > redundancy, I COULD: > > 1. install (2) Narco 122's with the built in localizer, glideslope, and > markers. > 2. Learn how to use them. > 3. Add the heated pitot > > This would get me down in most airports I frequent, as they're ILS. I don't > HAVE to install an ADF, GPS, etc, right? What I'd like to do is go > reasonably minimum to get started, and as prices come down/features improve, > (and I save some $), install the GPS later. I'd rather not put in a soon to > be obsolete thing like an ADF unless I have to. > > > > > Stephen Coffey > > > > > >From: "Wayne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: "Wayne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "stephen coffey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] IFR item list > >Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 16:28:25 -0700 > > > >----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > >advice in this forum.]---- > > > > > >Stephen:: > > > >My Alon is IFR although not currently certified, I would recommend > >redundancy as Greg does. I am not sure of your equipment and its > >configuration. I recommend 2 different electronic means of arriving at > >your destination, whether it be GPS or VOR with at least a Localizer to > >shoot a localizer approach. I think the GPS methodology is good, however I > >do not like Garmins poor displays on the 300 model, it is a giant step > >backwards, and Garmin has not yet come up with a short (7 inch) GPS with a > >good display on it as yet. Most of the equipment you will come across is > >11 inches deep and in an Alon you can only get two units 6 1/4 inches wide > >on the right side of the panel to go under the tank. Everything else must > >be 7 inches deep or less to go between the panel and the tank. I have a > >Narco Mark 12 plug in replacement for a Cessna AR unit, and a Narco > >transponder on the bottom of the two stacks. As for a Marker beacon, and > >an intercom connection, check out the offerings of RST engineering in Grass > >Valley, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >This may give you a few more ideas. > > > >Wayne Woollard > >----- Original Message ----- From: "stephen coffey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 9:39 AM > >Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] IFR item list > > > > > >>----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > >>advice in this forum.]---- > >> > >> > >> > >>I'm thinking of making the Alon IFR. Not that I think it would make a > >>great platform, just basically to use to learn, and for those days when > >>you could get through it quickly. Like two weeks ago, everything was > >>GREAT once you got 30 miles south of Atlanta, but I still drove to > >>Jacksonville instead of flying. > >> > >>I've read the FAR's, and the "required equipment list" is all stuff I've > >>got in the airplane already. What is left completely ambiguous is what > >>you need for approaches, in that it says "as required by your airport". > >>That's where I get wrapped around the axle. What would be a "typical" way > >>to set up an airplane? > >> > >>I THINK a good way to go (based on my uninformed research) would be to put > >>in a NARCO Nav-122 all in one VOR with localizer and glideslope (KISS > >>principle, and light, too!) and then something like a Garmin GNC-300 IFR > >>certified GPS. Used and tagged, I could do this for under $4k. I'm told > >>that the GPS negates the need for redoing the intercom to include marker > >>beacon. > >> > >>How sayeth the crowd? Am I on the right/wrong/stupid path? > >> > >> > >>Stephen Coffey > >> > >> > >> > >>======================================================================== == ==== > >>To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > >>Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/ > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > >========================================================================= == === > >To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > >Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/ > > > > > > > > ========================================================================== == == > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/ > > > > ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/
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