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IFR upgrade on an Arrow
Frode Berg wrote:
The plane I co-own is IFR ready, but has no autopilot or stormscope, no de-ice (no options for it either I think, Arrow 180) and a Garmin 95 VFR GPS. What would be the most immediate need to safely fly IFR single pilot, single engine? The autopilot (would get a one-axis S-tec which easily upgrades to two axis later), a Garmin 300 or 430 GPS, or a WX-900 stormscope. Single pilot IFR? My vote would go to the autopilot, hands down. I suppose you have much less need for it than I do, because the Arrow is a more stable plane, but even so, it's nice to have the ability to look at a chart, write down a clearance, or eat a snack momentarily without having to recover from a rapidly steepening bank. As for other upgrades, what you get the most use out of really depends upon what kind of flying you do. I'm not familiar with the aviation rules where you fly, but someone in US who flies mostly into busy airports and in radar environments doesn't have much need for an IFR GPS IMO. He can still fly direct by radar vectors backed up by VFR GPS. Most of the airports he's using are served by an ILS or at worst, a LOC or on-field VOR, so he isn't getting a lot of extra utility out of an approach GPS. OTOH, we fly a lot where there isn't radar coverage once one descends for approach and the only choice to get into the airport is NDB or GPS or a VOR 30 miles off the field. Stormscope, similar kind of thing. What are the wx patterns where you fly? We want it because there are wx patterns where we fly where if for some reason one must go VFR, it's harder to figure out the best routing and because sometimes IMC, it's supposed to be benign but we get there and whups, there are isolated tstorms embedded, Beam Me Up Scotty. It's at the top of my "want" list currently, but we already have an IFR GPS and a wing-leveler autopilot. Cheers, Sydney |
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