REFLECTOR: IFR GPS

[Andrew Judge]

The other issue might be collecting life and hull insurance claims if you have an accident with only a VFR GPS in IMC. If you don't care about insurance and your life, then who really cares what you fly with IFR? Go fly with a 496. There was a guy who bit it doing an approach with a handheld here recently in IMC. I suspect he didn't care or was too smart / cheap to buy a capable IFR GPS.

I don't know about you guys, but I have a 430W and I also update the database consistently...

Andy

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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org <reflector-bounces at tvbf.org>
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Tue May 31 07:09:13 2011
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: IFR GPS

The short answer is that the FAA puts the sections of parts 91 and 43 that they want you to comply with in your operating limits when they issue your airworthiness certificate.

If the operating limits say "day VFR only" then you can't fly IFR. If you tell the FAA you want night or IFR then they will specify 91.205 in the operating limits for these types of flight.

This is also where the conditional inspection requirement is documented, since part 43 doesn't otherwise apply.

Regards,

Glenn



On May 31, 2011, at 1:48 AM, "Al Gietzen" <ALVentures at cox.net<mailto:ALVentures at cox.net>> wrote:


FAR 91.205 is for :

"Sec. 91.205

Powered civil aircraft with standard category U.S. airworthiness certificates: Instrument and equipment requirements."

We have Experimental certificates, Not standard. Or.. did I miss some small print?

Just a note. You are the factory. You decide what makes your plane IFR, not the FAA.

Hum-m-m; well, I assumed that 91.205 applied; but this sufficiently muddys the water. What, then are the equipment and instrumentation requirements for ‘Experimental’ aircraft – or is ‘experimental actually a subcategory of  ‘Standard’ Category?

Al




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From: Al Gietzen <ALVentures at cox.net<mailto:ALVentures at cox.net>>
To: 'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list' <reflector at tvbf.org<mailto:reflector at tvbf.org>>
Sent: Mon, May 30, 2011 1:35 pm
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Just a note. You are the factory. You decide what makes your plane IFR, not the FAA.
Richard

Well, not quite; it needs to meet the FAR 91.205 requirements.

Al




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