Transponders and GA
Hi everyone, I'm currently looking at getting a share in an RF4d, but it doesn't have a transponder. I'm a fairly new power pilot but have about 75 hours in gliders, so have been flying without a transponder for a while but was wondering if powered pilots feel that not having a transponder restricts you in terms of Class D airspace transitions? I think part of the reason it doesn't have one is because of concerns on the amount of power required by a transponder, as the aircraft is battery powered.
If anyone had any ideas of the costs of purchasing and fitting a transponder on a LAA permit aircraft I'd be grateful, as well as any titbits about RF4s!