kep5niner
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Gents,
I've got my 310 going into annual, and while it's there I'm having some avionics work done. I'm going with the Trig TT31 for ADS-B compliance. Not the GTX345 / GTN750 / GTN650 barrage I dreamed of, but reality got in the way. Here is my currently installed avionics for the rest of this discussion:
NAVOMATIC 400 2-Axis Autopilot
GPS-400W WAAS IFR-Approach GPS / Moving Map
Bendix King KI-525A Horizontal Situation Indicator
JPI EDM-760 Multi-Channel Engine Monitor/Analyzer
TransCal SSD-120 Digital Altitude Encoder Module
KX-165 NAV/COM Transceiver
KMA-24 Audio Panel & Marker Beacon Receiver
KY-196A COMM Transceiver with 9 Memory Slots
KN-53 Navigation Receiver with flip flop
KN-62A Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) Receiver
KRA-87 Aerial Direction Finding (ADF) Receiver
KI-227 Aerial Direction Finding (ADF) Indicator
KT-76 Mode C 250-Watt Transponder
PS-Engineering PM1000 II Four-Channel intercom Intercom
While they're working on the panel, I'm removing the ADF and DME. Here's picture of the stack:
The existing transponder is located below the co-pilot's yoke. While the Trig TT31 is a slide-in replacement for the KT-76, I'm contemplating moving it.
With just the DME being removed from the center stack, that doesn't leave enough room to get the Trig in there.
Option 1: The ADF being removed is below the pilot's yoke, which I could make work for the Trig 31.
Option 2: Removing the KY196A and the KN53, and replacing it with a used KX165. Reselling the KY196A and the KN53 will about be a wash with the purchase of the used KX165. That would leave me with room to put the Trig in the center stack.
What are the thoughts on this plan? The second KX165 would give me the redundant NAV and COM. Am I crazy? This will get me a few more years until I bite the bullet and throw $50k at the panel to get it into the 21st century. Thanks for the responses.
I've got my 310 going into annual, and while it's there I'm having some avionics work done. I'm going with the Trig TT31 for ADS-B compliance. Not the GTX345 / GTN750 / GTN650 barrage I dreamed of, but reality got in the way. Here is my currently installed avionics for the rest of this discussion:
NAVOMATIC 400 2-Axis Autopilot
GPS-400W WAAS IFR-Approach GPS / Moving Map
Bendix King KI-525A Horizontal Situation Indicator
JPI EDM-760 Multi-Channel Engine Monitor/Analyzer
TransCal SSD-120 Digital Altitude Encoder Module
KX-165 NAV/COM Transceiver
KMA-24 Audio Panel & Marker Beacon Receiver
KY-196A COMM Transceiver with 9 Memory Slots
KN-53 Navigation Receiver with flip flop
KN-62A Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) Receiver
KRA-87 Aerial Direction Finding (ADF) Receiver
KI-227 Aerial Direction Finding (ADF) Indicator
KT-76 Mode C 250-Watt Transponder
PS-Engineering PM1000 II Four-Channel intercom Intercom
While they're working on the panel, I'm removing the ADF and DME. Here's picture of the stack:
The existing transponder is located below the co-pilot's yoke. While the Trig TT31 is a slide-in replacement for the KT-76, I'm contemplating moving it.
With just the DME being removed from the center stack, that doesn't leave enough room to get the Trig in there.
Option 1: The ADF being removed is below the pilot's yoke, which I could make work for the Trig 31.
Option 2: Removing the KY196A and the KN53, and replacing it with a used KX165. Reselling the KY196A and the KN53 will about be a wash with the purchase of the used KX165. That would leave me with room to put the Trig in the center stack.
What are the thoughts on this plan? The second KX165 would give me the redundant NAV and COM. Am I crazy? This will get me a few more years until I bite the bullet and throw $50k at the panel to get it into the 21st century. Thanks for the responses.