Transponder check-How much?

[mike regish]

How much do you guys typically pay for a VFR transponder check?

mike regish

[Tony Cox]

"mike regish" > wrote in message
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> How much do you guys typically pay for a VFR transponder check?

I paid $120 last year at Radco, Eagle airpark, AZ en route to
the AOPA shindig. The nice folks there gave me 2 free tickets
since they couldn't use them, so I suppose I only paid $40.

--
Dr. Tony Cox
Citrus Controls Inc.
e-mail:
http://CitrusControls.com/

[mike regish]

I just got a bill for $185 from the guy on my field. Seems kind of steep.

mike regish

"G.R. Patterson III" > wrote in message
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> mike regish wrote:
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> > How much do you guys typically pay for a VFR transponder check?
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> In the area of $75. NJ/PA area.
>
> George Patterson
> A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something that can be
learned
> no other way.

[G.R. Patterson III]

mike regish wrote:
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> How much do you guys typically pay for a VFR transponder check?

In the area of $75. NJ/PA area.

George Patterson
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something that can be learned
no other way.

[Matt Ketcham]

Just paid 200 for a IFR. Our shop doesn't differentiate between IFR and VFR
checks.
"mike regish" > wrote in message
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> How much do you guys typically pay for a VFR transponder check?
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> mike regish
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[G.R. Patterson III]

mike regish wrote:
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> I just got a bill for $185 from the guy on my field. Seems kind of steep.

Just looked at my checkbook. $53 at Airport Radio in Easton, PA. The owner is
an old friend, though. Other places in the area have charged me about $75.

George Patterson
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something that can be learned
no other way.

[Tony Roberts]

> How much do you guys typically pay for a VFR transponder check?

For alignment due to intermittent Mode C I paid
C$330.00 - and the problem came back after 6 months - so twice in one year
- doesn't anyone guarantee stuff anymore?
When there is only one guy in the area doing it he's kinda got you.

--
Tony Roberts )
PP-ASEL
VFR-OTT - Night
Cessna 172H

[Ron Natalie]

"mike regish" > wrote in message news:74zvb.206727$ao4.733788@attbi_s51...
> I just got a bill for $185 from the guy on my field. Seems kind of steep.
>
Did that include the IFR static/altimeter test as well. The combo runs about $200
from the reputable shops around here. Much more at Capitol Avionics.

[Robert Moore]

"Ron Natalie" > wrote

> Did that include the IFR static/altimeter test as well. The
> combo runs about $200 from the reputable shops around here.

Because the transponder check involves 2-3 regulations in various
parts of the FAR, the avionics shops have discovered a loophole
that "they say" allows them to do the transponder check without
including a static/encoder check. They feed the altitude in from
the test box and if the Txpdr transmittes that same altitude, it is
deemed to check OK.
In the Tampabay area this simple Receive/Transmit check goes for
about $75.

Bob Moore

[J. Severyn]

"mike regish" > wrote in message
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> How much do you guys typically pay for a VFR transponder check?
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> mike regish
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$75 at LVK (San Francisco Bay area) 23 months ago. Gotta do it again next
month.
J. Severyn

[Ron Natalie]

"Robert Moore" > wrote in message . 6...
> "Ron Natalie" > wrote
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> > Did that include the IFR static/altimeter test as well. The
> > combo runs about $200 from the reputable shops around here.
>
> Because the transponder check involves 2-3 regulations in various
> parts of the FAR, the avionics shops have discovered a loophole
> that "they say" allows them to do the transponder check without
> including a static/encoder check.

Loophole? If you fly VFR only you only need the transponder itself
inspected. The standard question here is whether you need it cert'd
for IFR.

[mike regish]

Nope. This is a strictly VFR plane. I don't even have an AI. No VOR
receivers either.

mike regish

"Ron Natalie" > wrote in message
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> "mike regish" > wrote in message
news:74zvb.206727$ao4.733788@attbi_s51...
> > I just got a bill for $185 from the guy on my field. Seems kind of
steep.
> >
> Did that include the IFR static/altimeter test as well. The combo runs
about $200
> from the reputable shops around here. Much more at Capitol Avionics.
>
>

[Viperdoc]

It costs $200 here in Wisconsin, and was about the same in Indiana (Fort
Wayne). This was a transponder and pitot static check.

[Matthew P. Cummings]

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 19:38:50 -0600, Matt Ketcham wrote:

> Just paid 200 for a IFR. Our shop doesn't differentiate between IFR and VFR
> checks.

The shop I use charges $60 for a VFR check, and $180 for an IFR check.
There is more work to the IFR check as I understand it.

[Robert M. Gary]

"Matthew P. Cummings" > wrote in message et>...
> On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 19:38:50 -0600, Matt Ketcham wrote:
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> > Just paid 200 for a IFR. Our shop doesn't differentiate between IFR and VFR
> > checks.
>
> The shop I use charges $60 for a VFR check, and $180 for an IFR check.
> There is more work to the IFR check as I understand it.

You don't need any pitot-static check for VFR. However, even in the
Aeronca (no electrical) we used to have it checked. Good to know if
you're really at 1000 feet.

[Robert M. Gary]

"Matthew P. Cummings" > wrote in message et>...
> On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 19:38:50 -0600, Matt Ketcham wrote:
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> > Just paid 200 for a IFR. Our shop doesn't differentiate between IFR and VFR
> > checks.
>
> The shop I use charges $60 for a VFR check, and $180 for an IFR check.
> There is more work to the IFR check as I understand it.

BTW: I was scheduling a checkride for a student this summer and asked
her to ensure her transponder check was current (she only flys VFR).
We found the last one was more than 5 years ago and her checkride was
the next day. She got really lucky to find a shop to do it. The reason
I thought to double check was because the examiner called me up to
tell me of this last minute opening because some "fool" showed up for
his private checkride without a current transponder inspection. :)!!
Probably the most overlooked inspection for the VFR pilot. Since the
ELT usually gets done by the IA during annual, people assume the
transponder is too. The problem is that the average IA isn't licensed
to do the transponder check.
-Robert, CFI