N941WR
Legacy Member
Today I had my second SkyView Mode S transponder check.
As expected it was a non-event. In fact, when the guy walked into my hangar and asked which transponder I had and I mentioned it was a Dynon system his comment was, "Had you told me that, I would have just mailed you the sticker to put in your log book!"
Sure enough, we went through the test and everything was as it should be. The only issue I had, and it was a minor one, was that I had to set the transponder to manual mode in the SkyView setup so I could get it to transmit while on the ground.
Now here is the interesting part, he charged me $125 for the check, and that was a house call. (He came to my hangar at our little airpark to perform the check.) Had it been a Mode C check, it would have been just $100, he volunteered.
This prompted me to ask about the cost of an ADS-B check, when I get a certified nav source. He said it will be the same cost as the Mode C check and he asked about my setup because he was able to read the Dynon's ADS-B, which was also fine.
This led to another discussion about avionics and he repeated something Dynon had once told me, there is such thing as a "certification" for a VOR receiver. Meaning you are legal to fly IFR with a Sporty's SP-400 hand held NAV/COM, if you want. (I didn't say it was smart, just that it was legal.)
That was a surprise to me.
As expected it was a non-event. In fact, when the guy walked into my hangar and asked which transponder I had and I mentioned it was a Dynon system his comment was, "Had you told me that, I would have just mailed you the sticker to put in your log book!"
Sure enough, we went through the test and everything was as it should be. The only issue I had, and it was a minor one, was that I had to set the transponder to manual mode in the SkyView setup so I could get it to transmit while on the ground.
Now here is the interesting part, he charged me $125 for the check, and that was a house call. (He came to my hangar at our little airpark to perform the check.) Had it been a Mode C check, it would have been just $100, he volunteered.
This prompted me to ask about the cost of an ADS-B check, when I get a certified nav source. He said it will be the same cost as the Mode C check and he asked about my setup because he was able to read the Dynon's ADS-B, which was also fine.
This led to another discussion about avionics and he repeated something Dynon had once told me, there is such thing as a "certification" for a VOR receiver. Meaning you are legal to fly IFR with a Sporty's SP-400 hand held NAV/COM, if you want. (I didn't say it was smart, just that it was legal.)
That was a surprise to me.
