Rick_A
Well Known Member
I brought my plane in for a simple VFR Transponder check this morning. It is the big shop that has been on my airport forever.
I have a G3X system that has been in service for over 10 years. The Senior technician told me he had to run my altimeter up to 20,000* ft to check Data Correspondence of my Encoder. Well, I knew this wasn’t correct since the G3X sends the data to the Xpder so no Encoder check or correspondence test needed (except when it is first installed).
I initially agreed to do it but while I was waiting for them to start working on my plane, I contacted Walt at Expaircraft. I know he know his stuff and he sent me the page from AC43-6D that explicitly states that it Does Not need to be when the data is sent in digital format to the Xpder.
The owner of the shop insisted that I was wrong. He didn’t even want to look at AC43 info that I printed and got very testy with me very quickly. I decided I wanted nothing to do with this guy or his shop and left without getting the check done.
This was definitely a case of the owner sayin, I don’t give a damn what the regs say. This is how I say it has to be done because I know better.
All I know is that I will never go back there for any reason
I will be taking a trip to visit Walt in the near future
* 20,0000 ft is not required it could be less but that is the normal default for an IFR cert.
I have a G3X system that has been in service for over 10 years. The Senior technician told me he had to run my altimeter up to 20,000* ft to check Data Correspondence of my Encoder. Well, I knew this wasn’t correct since the G3X sends the data to the Xpder so no Encoder check or correspondence test needed (except when it is first installed).
I initially agreed to do it but while I was waiting for them to start working on my plane, I contacted Walt at Expaircraft. I know he know his stuff and he sent me the page from AC43-6D that explicitly states that it Does Not need to be when the data is sent in digital format to the Xpder.
The owner of the shop insisted that I was wrong. He didn’t even want to look at AC43 info that I printed and got very testy with me very quickly. I decided I wanted nothing to do with this guy or his shop and left without getting the check done.
This was definitely a case of the owner sayin, I don’t give a damn what the regs say. This is how I say it has to be done because I know better.
All I know is that I will never go back there for any reason
I will be taking a trip to visit Walt in the near future
* 20,0000 ft is not required it could be less but that is the normal default for an IFR cert.
