Panel Plans

[Terry Carraway]

OK, here is the plan, as of now.

I am going to upgrade the 650 for a 650 Xi for future enhancements. Also probably a Flight Stream 510 for flight plan uploads. I am upgrading the JPI EDM 700 to an 830. All the sensors are the same, just have to add a few.

Eventually, I will put in a 10" G3X Touch. GFC 500 autopilot, and a new audio panel. If I can save up enough, I may put a 7" portrait panel on the left, but that is low priority.

[Scott Dyer HPN/NY]

Thanks, Paul.

[Paul Millner]

Odd they'd put the callsign and freq on the Bay area sectional (or TAC), not exactly a shortage of navaids there.

Haha! The call sign is there because that's the name of the visual reporting point. The 560 is the elevation of the hazard, not the frequency. The frequency is 680...

Paul

[Terry Carraway]

I have 3 avionics shops nearby. Two with good reputations. Not sure how experienced they are with 252s. But the one was recommended by an experienced Mooney mechanic.

[A. Niemyer]

Like Scott, I can enter squawk codes from the 650s. Since I have a vertical panel and out of habit, I can do it all on the 345, but the 750 does indeed give you full control. Are there shops nearby that have experience in panel upgrades to 252s?

[Terry Carraway]

Good to know. Thanks.

[Scott Dyer HPN/NY]

Terry - I can set code, ident, change my N number or other flight id, via the 750 with the 345 located in the panel on the right. Truth be told, outside of changing my call sign, I just reach over to the 345 and do everything.

[Terry Carraway]

Secondary com will be the 650. Eventually will probably make both boxes Xi. The delta between a used 750 and new 750Xi is not that great. Install princes will be the same. Just no reason to not put in the latest and greatest.

For now, I am leaning to upgrading the JPI 700 to an 830. Uses the same installed sensors, just add MAP, RPM, Oil Temp and Pressure and OAT. Still have to keep the original gauges as primary. But unit is only $1300 (on sale), plus the new sensors. And a lot less install cost. Later can go JPI 900 or Garmin EIS.

I misspoke. No ADF. I would have considered keeping it. Same if it had a DME.

Are you saying I can control the GTX-345 from the 750, even if it is not the Remote version? That will help the panel space if I can move it to the right, but control it without reaching

A lot of PS Engineering here.

[Russell Holton]

At that point 'request radar vectors' seems appropriate!

Yes, but would the major players be any better off? ATC could be overloaded trying to get everyone down safely.

[Steve Hguabmots]

Considering the dustup in Ukraine and China showing signs of getting frisky, a GPS failure is not unthinkable.

At that point 'request radar vectors' seems appropriate!

[B.Butler]

Thanks, Bill...must be almost all gone.

I think your point is valid. I looked for a couple others I recall from the dark ages and didn't find them. I suspect that KNBR is mostly about nostalgia. John Miller still reigns supreme there.

[Scott Dyer HPN/NY]

Thanks, Bill...must be almost all gone. Odd they'd put the callsign and freq on the Bay area sectional (or TAC), not exactly a shortage of navaids there. Go to Skyvector.com Ray, all the IFR and VFR enroutes are there.

[B.Butler]

Ray, can you point me to a broadcast station out west that is depicted on the sectional?

Took me 20 seconds to find this one. Got Giants baseball too!

[Ray Tackett]

Ray, can you point me to a broadcast station out west that is depicted on the sectional? I just did 3800 nm across the US and didn't see a one. Better than ADF (with next to 0 approaches available) is XM radio! MON provides a backup to GPS.

Could be they have been deleted since I last flew out that way. There were a few in NM and AZ. One was near Ganado, AZ, on 800-something. While typing this, I tried to look at the Albuquerque sectional, but the PDF would not display.

[Russell Holton]

GPS is very nice, but it's a single-point failure, too.

Considering the dustup in Ukraine and China showing signs of getting frisky, a GPS failure is not unthinkable.