About $3,500 for IFR GPS set up.
rv8ch said:
Anyone know of a list of IFR GPS units?
All our club's pipers have either the 430 or the 530, but the only feature they have that I use is the radio! I prefer my 196, so it would be great to have a very cheap, but IFR approved GPS.
Here is a partial list of the cheapest IFR GPS I could find from about $1,900 to $3,000:
http://www.avionix.com/gps.html
http://www.avionix.com/Avionics Buyers Guide.pdf
You have to filter alittle, but this a partial list of "cheap" IFR GPS, both approach and enroute that I could find for sale:
UPS "AT" GX-50 $2,500
UPS GX-55R $2000; no approach/enroute-term only
UPS GX-60/COM $3,000
UPS GX-65/COM $2,000; no approach/enroute-term only
Honeywell Bendix/King KLN-89B $2,200
Honeywell Bendix/King KLN-90B $2,500
Honeywell Bendix/King KLN-94 $4,700
GARMIN GPS-155 TSO $2,000
GARMIN GPS-155XL TSO $2,400
GNC-300XLTSO$2,900 (IFR GPS Enroute/Appch/COM)
GNC-300 TSO $2,300 (same as above but XL has better LCD display)
II MORROW 2001GPS IFR $1,900 (lowest priced Enroute/Appch IFR GPS)
TRIMBLE TNL-2000 APPROACH "Plus"
NORTHSTAR M-3 APPROACH $1,900
The above prices are all Reconditioned and do not included installation, such as the NAV indicator (head) and/or the annunciator panel which are required (I think). An annunciator panel is about $500, and a NAV head is about $1,000-$1,300. So a "Cheap" IFR GPS set up would be roughly $3,500-$4,500. I am sure this stuff is available used on eBay for the same or less. A quick check found King 89B/90B's for less than $1000, Mid continent GPS head $200, and a few annunciator panels. I am guessing with some bargain hunting you can get under $2,000.
The Apollo GX-60 or the Garmin GNC-300/300XL seem like good values for a full IFR GPS with COM. The GX-60 GPS has a COM like that of SL-40 (ie listen to 2 Freqs simultaneously). Also at $3,000 the Garmin has COM and MAP for the same price. If you don't want Com the Apollo GX-50 or Garmin GPS-155/150XL look like good buys to me at $2,000-$2,500.
That is quite a bit cheaper than the Garmin GNC-430 ($7,500) or GNS-430 for about $9,000.
However the GNS-430 has a Com and VOR/LOC/GS receiver. I don't think you need a NAV head for GPS NAV with the GNC-430, but if you want ILS approach capability, you need the NAV head with GS. The bigger screen 480/530 go up to over $13,000! Ouch!
(NO guarantee above data or prices are accurate, but I gave it a shot>use at your own risk.)
G