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Stephen:: My Alon is IFR although not currently certified, I would recommend redundancy as Greg does. I am not sure of your equipment and its configuration. I recommend 2 different electronic means of arriving at your destination, whether it be GPS or VOR with at least a Localizer to shoot a localizer approach. I think the GPS methodology is good, however I do not like Garmins poor displays on the 300 model, it is a giant step backwards, and Garmin has not yet come up with a short (7 inch) GPS with a good display on it as yet. Most of the equipment you will come across is 11 inches deep and in an Alon you can only get two units 6 1/4 inches wide on the right side of the panel to go under the tank. Everything else must be 7 inches deep or less to go between the panel and the tank. I have a Narco Mark 12 plug in replacement for a Cessna AR unit, and a Narco transponder on the bottom of the two stacks. As for a Marker beacon, and an intercom connection, check out the offerings of RST engineering in Grass Valley, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] This may give you a few more ideas. Wayne Woollard ----- Original Message ----- From: "stephen coffey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 9:39 AM Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] IFR item list > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > advice in this forum.]---- > > > > I'm thinking of making the Alon IFR. Not that I think it would make a > great platform, just basically to use to learn, and for those days when > you could get through it quickly. Like two weeks ago, everything was > GREAT once you got 30 miles south of Atlanta, but I still drove to > Jacksonville instead of flying. > > I've read the FAR's, and the "required equipment list" is all stuff I've > got in the airplane already. What is left completely ambiguous is what > you need for approaches, in that it says "as required by your airport". > That's where I get wrapped around the axle. What would be a "typical" way > to set up an airplane? > > I THINK a good way to go (based on my uninformed research) would be to put > in a NARCO Nav-122 all in one VOR with localizer and glideslope (KISS > principle, and light, too!) and then something like a Garmin GNC-300 IFR > certified GPS. Used and tagged, I could do this for under $4k. I'm told > that the GPS negates the need for redoing the intercom to include marker > beacon. > > How sayeth the crowd? Am I on the right/wrong/stupid path? > > > Stephen Coffey > > > > ========================================================================== ==== > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/ > > > > ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/
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