On 1/30/2015 6:54 AM, Chris Prata via KRnet wrote: > This article says installing ANY ADS-B equipment may not be an option for > experimentals. > http://macsblog.com/2014/12/can-you-install-ads-b-now-maybe-not/
Reading the comments, it looks like Mac got this one wrong. No one has been able to locate any FAA regulation that says it isn't okay to install ADS-B equipment in an E-AB aircraft and be compliant come 2020. FARs 91.225 and 91.227 do apply to E-AB aircraft, but there is nothing there that prevents the installation and use in an E-AB aircraft. Then there is AC20-165 "Airworthiness Approval of Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) Out Systems": http://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/m...%2020-165A.pdf However, note in section 1-1b that it states: "b. This AC is not mandatory and does not constitute a regulation. This AC describes an acceptable means, but not the only means, to install ADS-B OUT equipment. " Since this is not mandatory and does not constitute a regulation, it does not seemingly apply to E-AB aircraft, including all of the verbiage of STCs and such in this document. Further, we still have 5 years before anything is required, and a lot can change by then. I'm not overly concerned about it. I have a TT22 with ADS-B Out and absolutely love the ability to have the assistance of ADS-B to find other traffic. > Also, generally, some reader comments suggest that ADS-B will be used for > "user fees" and to "generate violations" since your plane is constantly > reporting such precise location info that getting a few feet too close to an > obstacle, or not high enough over "congested areas" to effect a safe power > off landing, and so on. This, unfortunately, seems like a very real possibility. -Dj -- Dj Merrill - N1JOV - EAA Chapter 87 Sportsman 2+2 Builder #7118 N421DJ - http://deej.net/sportsman/ Glastar Flyer N866RH - http://deej.net/glastar/
