Garmin G5 certified
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From: Iraq and other places
Not sure if you're a member of the US AOPA, but there's a big discussion about them on their forums here:
http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?t=100037
If you're not a member then I can PM you my login details so you can have a look.
http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?t=100037
If you're not a member then I can PM you my login details so you can have a look.
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From: Faversham
Could this tempt me to do the IR?
I've always put off doing an IR because my aircraft hasn't enough equipment for airways, but maybe the G5 would be an economical fix?
It would give me a second "altimeter" and an attractive new attitude indicator (my old horizon is rather noisy and being elderly, occasionally doesn't erect
). So I think under the new relaxed equipment requirements, I might have enough to fly airways - King 155 loc/gs, G5, mode S, 8.33 installed (plus handheld 8.33), garmin 496 as panel back-up (and to give "dme").
What does the informed team think? Could I use the airways?
It would give me a second "altimeter" and an attractive new attitude indicator (my old horizon is rather noisy and being elderly, occasionally doesn't erect
). So I think under the new relaxed equipment requirements, I might have enough to fly airways - King 155 loc/gs, G5, mode S, 8.33 installed (plus handheld 8.33), garmin 496 as panel back-up (and to give "dme").What does the informed team think? Could I use the airways?
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From: london
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Just wondering about/if any recent experience on 2 x G5 + GTN 750 IFR installation on C172F?
Own case study while waiting delivery of installation kit
Own case study while waiting delivery of installation kit
Last edited by 9Aplus; 5th January 2018 at 09:29.
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From: north of barlu
9Aplus
Both the G5 and GTN750 are very capable bits of kit but it will take a lot of thinking about.
The GTN750 uses a lot of radio rack space and may have implications to your second comms radio depending on the route you go down with the audio control system.
I had considered the GTN750 and using the Aspen for AI / HSI display but decided to go with 2x GTN650 and G500 with the audio controlled by a PS engineering audio panel. Both the DME & ATC transponder will be remotely controlled.
Also the Garmin kit is compatible with a lot of comparitvly cheap traffic kit that will give you warnings of ADS-B, Mode S & FLARM equipped Aircraft.
This decision was largely dictated by panel space and equipment redundancy issues as well as the large (& costly ) display on the GTN750 Is mirrored on the G500.
I suspect that the radio rack space will not be as bigger issue on a C172 as it was on my Aircraft.
If you can find an avionics engineer who also flys with this sort of kit take his advice because people who understand both the flying and technical aspects of an equipment of like this are few and far between.
The GTN750 uses a lot of radio rack space and may have implications to your second comms radio depending on the route you go down with the audio control system.
I had considered the GTN750 and using the Aspen for AI / HSI display but decided to go with 2x GTN650 and G500 with the audio controlled by a PS engineering audio panel. Both the DME & ATC transponder will be remotely controlled.
Also the Garmin kit is compatible with a lot of comparitvly cheap traffic kit that will give you warnings of ADS-B, Mode S & FLARM equipped Aircraft.
This decision was largely dictated by panel space and equipment redundancy issues as well as the large (& costly ) display on the GTN750 Is mirrored on the G500.
I suspect that the radio rack space will not be as bigger issue on a C172 as it was on my Aircraft.
If you can find an avionics engineer who also flys with this sort of kit take his advice because people who understand both the flying and technical aspects of an equipment of like this are few and far between.
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@A & C
Tnx for kind evaluation.
Just looking if someone have the same/similar working setup. ->
GTN750(650) + G 5 (x2) + GMU11 + GAD29B
Here set is paid/ordered and I am one of (happy)
"avionics engineer" who must assist the things to operational level when times come.
BTW The panel should be OK / this is working consideration about that....
Tnx for kind evaluation.
Just looking if someone have the same/similar working setup. ->
GTN750(650) + G 5 (x2) + GMU11 + GAD29B
Here set is paid/ordered and I am one of (happy)
"avionics engineer" who must assist the things to operational level when times come.
BTW The panel should be OK / this is working consideration about that....
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From: north of barlu
Tmmorris
Tim
You are welcome to come and fly the Robin when it is up and running, I have been fighting this project for three years now as most of my spare time was taken up maintaining three other aircraft.
Now these aircraft are not my responsibility I can give the time to the Robin project and a little flying instruction.......... time to turn those Slingsbey’s upside down !
You are welcome to come and fly the Robin when it is up and running, I have been fighting this project for three years now as most of my spare time was taken up maintaining three other aircraft.
Now these aircraft are not my responsibility I can give the time to the Robin project and a little flying instruction.......... time to turn those Slingsbey’s upside down !
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From: London
The G5 is excellent. Would be nice if Garmin could have added a temperature input to give TAS but for the price one really can't complain.
Put one into an AA5 last summer. Our backup AI needed replacing and, after looking at prices and options, decided to make our primary (vacuum) AI the backup and install the G5 as the new primary.
Very much enjoyed flying with it until some @#£&+*@# taxied into my (parked) aircraft. It'll be back up again soon. Have also thought of installing a second G5 as an HSI. The two together don't quite give the functionality of an Aspen but it's a great improvement over the standard vacuum gauges.
Put one into an AA5 last summer. Our backup AI needed replacing and, after looking at prices and options, decided to make our primary (vacuum) AI the backup and install the G5 as the new primary.
Very much enjoyed flying with it until some @#£&+*@# taxied into my (parked) aircraft. It'll be back up again soon. Have also thought of installing a second G5 as an HSI. The two together don't quite give the functionality of an Aspen but it's a great improvement over the standard vacuum gauges.
