Airborne_Again wrote:
Is there EASA approval for it? Or is it covered by a Standard Change?
It has an EASA STC since spring.
The Skybeacon X is EASA STC‘d? Or do you mean the AV-30?
Snoopy wrote:
The Skybeacon X is EASA STC‘d? Or do you mean the AV-30?
It looks like you’re right, @Snoopy. On their web site the tailBeaconX has UK and Brazil STC besides the FAA STC, but there is no EASA STC on the list at the moment. The AV-30-C lists the EASA STC for that unit.
chflyer wrote:
tailBeaconX
Even if it was, I still don’t understand the excitement with the product. You have to have a control heat as, which all in would cost more than $3K. For that money you can get your cheap transponder for microlight twice.
So, what’s the cheapest mode-s transponder available? Anything off the beaten path we missed?
Snoopy wrote:
So, what’s the cheapest mode-s transponder available? Anything off the beaten path we missed?
The cheapest I found were:
Refurbished on gps.co.uk at around £1200 for a Garmin 330 and the new ones are Trig TT21, TQ Avionics (formerly Dittel) KTX2S V2 (just under £2K) and Funke, ~ same price.
Yes, surely the cheapest txp will be a secondhand one.
There is a load of really cheap stuff around on Ebay. And for an uncertified aircraft you can just install a KT76C or similar.
Peter wrote:
And for an uncertified aircraft you can just install a KT76C or similar.
Are you actually allowed to do that? My understanding was that for any new TXP installation you have to install Mode-S. Is that incorrect?
Apparently not although many people did believe that.
But likely this is country dependent.
According to LAA, PtF aircraft must have Mode-S:
http://www.lightaircraftassociation.co.uk/Consultation/ModeS%20Sub%20Docs/New_Rules.html
“The CAA will not approve a new installation of Mode A or A/C so Mode S is it.”
