IFR panel - need versus nice to have

[Bsquared]

Question for IFR pilots….I am a VFR pilot and I built a RV-14A with a well equipped VFR Dynon panel (Dual PFDs, dual GPS (one WAAS compliant) and Dynon autopilot). I also included a harness for pitot heat but did not install a heated unit. In light of the newly announced Dynon GPS Navigator it got me thinking about down the road when I sell this airplane it may increase the value to have a basic IFR panel. Will adding the new Dynon Navigator be enough for basis (and safe) IFR or do I need to also include an old fashion Nav unit and antenna, back-up ADAHR, heated pitot and whatever else I am forgetting.

 

[FORANE]

Question for IFR pilots….I am a VFR pilot and I built a RV-14A with a well equipped VFR Dynon panel (Dual PFDs, dual GPS (one WAAS compliant) and Dynon autopilot). I also included a harness for pitot heat but did not install a heated unit. In light of the newly announced Dynon GPS Navigator it got me thinking about down the road when I sell this airplane it may increase the value to have a basic IFR panel. Will adding the new Dynon Navigator be enough for basis (and safe) IFR or do I need to also include an old fashion Nav unit and antenna, back-up ADAHR, heated pitot and whatever else I am forgetting.

The Dynon will be enough but some will inevitably want more or a different brand.

 

[F18Sailor]

You’ll need the heated pitot probe for legal
flight into known IMC. Personally I would like a secondary ground-based nav source, but I also wouldn’t consider that a deal breaker. I’m not convinced the secondary ADHARS provides as much redundancy as one might think (in my system its plumbed to the same P-S source as the primary, which is typical, but this reduces redundancy). I would want a standby attitude indicator (G5, GRT mini) as a backup in case the Dynon system goes down.