ADS-B Compliance

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On 3/2/2016 8:43 PM, 2G wrote:
The good news is you can get your info straight from the FAA:http://www.icao.int/APAC/Meetings/20...20briefing.pdf
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I was just talking with my local FSDO and he laughed and told me that,
during his training in Oklahoma city, he was welcomed to the FAA where
they have 93 independently operated offices! Yes, they're all supposed
to operate under the same rules (the FARs) but they sometimes interpret
them differently. For example, when I received my Air Force training in
the Rockwell Sabreliner, the FSDO in the region where I took the
training considered the aircraft to be a center-line thrust aircraft.
So I deferred getting a type rating in the aircraft until I returned to
my duty station in a different region where the aircraft was NOT
considered to be a center-line thrust aircraft. Voila! I received an
unrestricted Airplane Multi-engine Land rating with a type rating for
the aircraft. Same rules, different interpretation.

I'm gonna wait until the ADS-B requirements are better defined before
buying any equipment.
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Dan, 5J

On Thu, 03 Mar 2016 12:32:17 -0700, Dan Marotta wrote:


I'm gonna wait until the ADS-B requirements are better defined before
buying any equipment.

In general a good strategy. But for anyone installing or upgrading a
transponder today, paying attention to ADS-B would make sense. Putting
in a Mode S that was not upgradeable would not be advised.

Apart from that, pilots intending to fly high in the great SouthWest
should keep in mind that Class 2 transponders like the TT21 are limited
by regulation to 15,000 ft MSL. Certainly not worth it to me to save a
small amount of power and cost by putting up with a limitation like that.

-Dave

Indeed!

My LAK-17a, which, BTW, is for sale on Wings and Wheels (shameless
plug), has a compliant Trig TT22 transponder installed.

Dan

On 3/3/2016 9:22 PM, David Kinsell wrote:
On Thu, 03 Mar 2016 12:32:17 -0700, Dan Marotta wrote:


I'm gonna wait until the ADS-B requirements are better defined before
buying any equipment.
In general a good strategy. But for anyone installing or upgrading a
transponder today, paying attention to ADS-B would make sense. Putting
in a Mode S that was not upgradeable would not be advised.

Apart from that, pilots intending to fly high in the great SouthWest
should keep in mind that Class 2 transponders like the TT21 are limited
by regulation to 15,000 ft MSL. Certainly not worth it to me to save a
small amount of power and cost by putting up with a limitation like that.

-Dave

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Dan, 5J