On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 13:28:32 -0800, tom pettitpeak wrote:

I'm currently flying VFR in a vfr equipped plane. What would be the lowest
cost GPS based instrument system I could install and be legal for IFR
flying?

Wow, low cost and IFR equipment in the same sentence just doesn't compute.

With that in mind, I came across a Garmin dealer who was not making their
quota and managed to get a hold of a GNS 430 radio for 6K with brand new
warranty.

My ILS nor localizer will not work for this 430 so I now have to get a new
indicator. which is another 1.5K. Installation will be about 40 hours of
work which equates to 2.8K or so. This is just for one radio, one
indicator! My second radio will not be replaced at this time, to keep
costs down.

So..... if you only have a VFR equiped plane, this should get you a
baseline for what is ahead of you.

Allen