Author: Paul
Subject: Database and update prices
Posted: 03 Feb 2014 at 9:32am
We're looking at a basic installation in a Cessna 172. It will be a single IFD 540, no class-B TAWS. The only way this plane can reach the flight levels would be if we stuffed it into the belly of a jumbo jet. The installation will use an approved WAAS antenna.
At a minimum we'd want databases that would allow filing /G and flying all approaches the aircraft is capable of. We'd prefer the entire US but could make do with a smaller area, say, east of the Mississippi.
There are other options, such as approach plates. While these would be nice, I don't think they add actual capabilities to the aircraft. So we could skip them if they are expensive (and we have plates on the yoke mounted GPS and the iPad).
We are probably typical of the low end of the installed GPS market.
Could you tell us the prices for the databases we would need?
Subject: Database and update prices
Posted: 03 Feb 2014 at 9:32am
We're looking at a basic installation in a Cessna 172. It will be a single IFD 540, no class-B TAWS. The only way this plane can reach the flight levels would be if we stuffed it into the belly of a jumbo jet. The installation will use an approved WAAS antenna.
At a minimum we'd want databases that would allow filing /G and flying all approaches the aircraft is capable of. We'd prefer the entire US but could make do with a smaller area, say, east of the Mississippi.
There are other options, such as approach plates. While these would be nice, I don't think they add actual capabilities to the aircraft. So we could skip them if they are expensive (and we have plates on the yoke mounted GPS and the iPad).
We are probably typical of the low end of the installed GPS market.
Could you tell us the prices for the databases we would need?