The LAA experiments sound very interesting. My bureaucracy pessimism has taken a minor hit that will turn out major if us GA folks can use a less fancy GPS unit.
What this might also do, is allow Trig (or someone else) to add a GPS chip directly into the transponder, so it can all be done on one unit. Might need programmed per aircrWhat this might also do, is allow Trig (or someone else) to add a GPS chip directly into the transponder, so it can all be done on one unit. Might need programmed per aircraft to allow entry of identifiers, or there would be a colossal number of dip switches to fiddle with...
I suspect Trig has decided to leave the GPS finagling to others in favor of putting out quite a nice unit today.
No dip switches in the Trig -- it's all nicely done with menus on the unit.