Greetings to all from St. Louis,
I have a Collins TDR-950 transponder. With the upcoming 2020 ADSB-out mandate the writing is on the wall for an upgrade. Have looked into the Navworks setup, seems like people are happy with it. I have already had to replace the transponder because the old one broke some of the internal gears that change the mechanical frequency wheels and a repair was not economically feasible compared to buying a whole new unit. The replacement looks brand new and works great but I want to upgrade to a newer digital model.
I would like to have the easiest transition so I am kind of leaning to the Garmin GTX-335. I like the similarity to the 327 functionality and the new tiny altitude encoder that mounts to the back of the rack. It appears to have both weather and ADSB in/out to talk to my Aera 660 GPS. I would be able to sell the Collins transponder on another website (we all know which one...). The GDL-39D I have installed could also be sold to recoup some of the cost. What I don't know is if the 335 has a built in AHARS like the GDL-39 3D to provide the platform for my Aera 660 GPS synthetic vision.
Other transponders/considerations? Advice needed,
Oly
I have a Collins TDR-950 transponder. With the upcoming 2020 ADSB-out mandate the writing is on the wall for an upgrade. Have looked into the Navworks setup, seems like people are happy with it. I have already had to replace the transponder because the old one broke some of the internal gears that change the mechanical frequency wheels and a repair was not economically feasible compared to buying a whole new unit. The replacement looks brand new and works great but I want to upgrade to a newer digital model.
I would like to have the easiest transition so I am kind of leaning to the Garmin GTX-335. I like the similarity to the 327 functionality and the new tiny altitude encoder that mounts to the back of the rack. It appears to have both weather and ADSB in/out to talk to my Aera 660 GPS. I would be able to sell the Collins transponder on another website (we all know which one...). The GDL-39D I have installed could also be sold to recoup some of the cost. What I don't know is if the 335 has a built in AHARS like the GDL-39 3D to provide the platform for my Aera 660 GPS synthetic vision.
Other transponders/considerations? Advice needed,
Oly