petrolero
Pattern Altitude
I have been looking into ADS-B solutions recently to get my airplane updated and ready for 2020 IFR. I figured it might be time to bite the bullet and install ADS-B in/out. I was thinking it would be nice to have ABS-B in/out because I would then have traffic and FIS-B weather displayed on the GTN-750 I installed last summer. w00t and all, right? Not really.
My airplane is certified for flight in the low flight levels, and it is equipped and legal to do so... until 2020. The problem is that for flight in Class A airspace after 2020, MODE ES (ADS-B 1090ES) transponders are required. So I am required to put in some kind of ADS-B by 2020 in order to fly IFR. However, I and many other owners have a lousy dilemma to face: Install 1090ES and confine WX and traffic to the iPad which provides no aural warnings and isn't integrated with my flight path, etc. OR clip the flight levels (and some significant value!) off our altitude options (for which we paid when buying a turbo, etc).
Yeah 1090ES gets me TIS-A on the GTN-750, but TIS-A is being phased out in favor of TIS-B on the 978 UAT band. 1090 ES does not include FIS-B weather. Awesome.
As I see it, 1090ES and a Stratus/Foreflight is my only real option today. It is not the end of the world, but it's a bit of a raw deal, dealt by the FAA.
Has anyone else run into this? Better yet, has anyone heard of a company working on a certified dual-band transponder!? Since 1090ES will suffice for all altitudes after 2020, I imagine such a box would receive dual band and transmit only 1090. :doubt it:
My airplane is certified for flight in the low flight levels, and it is equipped and legal to do so... until 2020. The problem is that for flight in Class A airspace after 2020, MODE ES (ADS-B 1090ES) transponders are required. So I am required to put in some kind of ADS-B by 2020 in order to fly IFR. However, I and many other owners have a lousy dilemma to face: Install 1090ES and confine WX and traffic to the iPad which provides no aural warnings and isn't integrated with my flight path, etc. OR clip the flight levels (and some significant value!) off our altitude options (for which we paid when buying a turbo, etc).
Yeah 1090ES gets me TIS-A on the GTN-750, but TIS-A is being phased out in favor of TIS-B on the 978 UAT band. 1090 ES does not include FIS-B weather. Awesome.
As I see it, 1090ES and a Stratus/Foreflight is my only real option today. It is not the end of the world, but it's a bit of a raw deal, dealt by the FAA.
Has anyone else run into this? Better yet, has anyone heard of a company working on a certified dual-band transponder!? Since 1090ES will suffice for all altitudes after 2020, I imagine such a box would receive dual band and transmit only 1090. :doubt it:
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