GTR 205 vs 200B

[docjjrmd]

Inquiring minds and so forth, as I am getting close to needing to order avionics, does anybody have any insight into whether the RV-12 Garmin Suite kit will start using the GTR205 instead of the GTR 200B? Price increase I presume to come.

JJR

 

[Bob Y]

The 205 doesn’t have an intercom like the 200 does. The 205 seems more suited as a second radio.

 

[mburch]

The 205 doesn’t have an intercom like the 200 does.

Not sure that is true: https://vansairforce.net/threads/garmin-gtr-205x-and-205xr-now-available-7-16-2024.228339/

 

[docjjrmd]

The 205 doesn’t have an intercom like the 200 does. The 205 seems more suited as a second radio.

Actually it looks to me like the 205x is the sub model with 2 place intercom.

 

[Bob Y]

Actually it looks to me like the 205x is the sub model with 2 place intercom.

That was my understanding as well.

 

[jliltd]

However, both versions of the 205 are TSO'd so the 205x can actually be installed in a type certificated aircraft at the lower price. Per regulation no matter what Garmin thinks. I don't get why they have the more expensive 205 without intercom or Bluetooth and then the cheaper 205x with all the goodies. I bought a 205 at the Pacific Coast Avionics booth at Oshkosh for a family member's Cherokee. We have another one already operating in a local Cessna 170. Seems to work great.