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Old 02-14-2019, 07:27 AM
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Walt... what's the price tag on that panel you showed above?
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Old 02-14-2019, 07:52 AM
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Walt... what's the price tag on that panel you showed above?
If you have to ask you can't afford it

(figure about 30K for equip give or take)
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Old 02-14-2019, 08:30 AM
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Doesn't the GTN 650 or 750 give you that additional comm? Confused.
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Old 02-14-2019, 12:40 PM
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Doesn't the GTN 650 or 750 give you that additional comm? Confused.
I was considering the GTN 650 as the only radio. Do I really need another?
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Old 02-14-2019, 01:06 PM
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I was considering the GTN 650 as the only radio. Do I really need another?
Steve,

Not sure if your bird will be IFR or not. The GTN 650 has a capable radio inside. I am confused as people are talking about installing a GTN 650 or 750 in addition to dual Garmin radios. That sounds like 3 radios to me? I would think a GTN 650 plus an additional Garmin radio would suffice for IFR.

FWIW, I own a Rans S-20 Raven and have it set up for VFR only. I have a Dynon Skyview and one radio. Works well. Sometimes it would be nice to have another radio but seems to work well for me. It has dual watch which enables you to listen to 2 different frequencies at once. If I am talking to ATC on the primary, I can listen to the ATIS on secondary. It biases the primary frequency if their are transmissions on both frequencies simultaneously.

I have been toying with the idea of building an RV set up for IFR and I think A GTN 650 and one additional radio would be adequate. IMO

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Old 02-14-2019, 01:12 PM
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Doesn't the GTN 650 or 750 give you that additional comm? Confused.
Yes the 650/750 has full com, if you want dual com you need another radio like the remote mounted GTR20 or panel mount GTR200.

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I was considering the GTN 650 as the only radio. Do I really need another?
Nope dont really "need" it, but for a little extra (about 1k) you can have the remote mounted com 2 which comes in handy and makes a great back-up.
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Old 02-14-2019, 01:33 PM
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(figure about 30K for equip give or take)
Dear lord...VOR/ILS is sounding better and better.
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Old 02-14-2019, 04:32 PM
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Yes the 650/750 has full com, if you want dual com you need another radio like the remote mounted GTR20 or panel mount GTR200.



Nope dont really "need" it, but for a little extra (about 1k) you can have the remote mounted com 2 which comes in handy and makes a great back-up.
Well, about $1K for the second radio, but then you also need an audio panel, and it all starts to take up a lot of space on an RV-8 panel. The remote helps that some, although the instrument bay gets pretty full of boxes too.

But my real point was that radios have gotten to be so reliable that I'm not convinced I really need a backup. I lost coms once in a rented 172 because of a dead battery and bad alternator. I have lost coms a few times in my glider because of a dead battery.

I've never had a radio fail in a way that a second one would work.
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Old 02-14-2019, 05:24 PM
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Well, about $1K for the second radio, but then you also need an audio panel, and it all starts to take up a lot of space on an RV-8 panel. The remote helps that some, although the instrument bay gets pretty full of boxes too.

But my real point was that radios have gotten to be so reliable that I'm not convinced I really need a backup. I lost coms once in a rented 172 because of a dead battery and bad alternator. I have lost coms a few times in my glider because of a dead battery.

I've never had a radio fail in a way that a second one would work.
If you don't want an audio panel and just want to use the 650 com, then you need a intercom of some sort which is half the cost of a modern audio panel which has many more features.
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Old 02-14-2019, 05:28 PM
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Well, about $1K for the second radio, but then you also need an audio panel, and it all starts to take up a lot of space on an RV-8 panel. The remote helps that some, although the instrument bay gets pretty full of boxes too.

But my real point was that radios have gotten to be so reliable that I'm not convinced I really need a backup. I lost coms once in a rented 172 because of a dead battery and bad alternator. I have lost coms a few times in my glider because of a dead battery.

I've never had a radio fail in a way that a second one would work.
You don't need an audio panel just for a second com. A switch (for mic/PTT) and an audio mixer (maybe in an intercom) is all you need, especially if the second com's use is mostly for back-up/listen to ATIS.
I honestly don't quite understand the fear of losing com, as a safety issue (dispatch reliability/convenience is another story). After all, ATC won't fly the plane for you. What looks very iffy to me is the loss of nav, in an airplane with only one nav source, in IMC. Then you're hoping ATC can offer you a vector to VMC, or an ASR approach, and hope that it gets you into visual conditions.
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