I use Xcom radios in my both of my aircraft. It is compact, light weight (lighter than a hand held), allows you to monitor a standby frequency in the background of your primary frequency, and has a very nice integrated intercom (apparently so I can talk to myself in the KR).
I use an iFly 720 for a GPS and carry an Android tablet as a backup GPS. If/when my iFly unit dies, I'm not sure I would replace it. The tablet does everything the iFly unit can do running the same software, including communicating with my ADS-B transceiver. However, when I first turn on the Android, it will bring up the 4G network and load a nationwide weather snapshot into the iFly software including all airports and a nationwide radar snapshot. When my ADS-B unit comes on line, the 4G network turns off and the tablet couples with the wifi on the ADS-B unit and gets continuous weather updates via ADS-B. With the iFly 720, you need an external battery pack and a Wifi signal to grab a nationwide weather snapshot, or in the case of the new iFly 740, it has a 30 minute battery life so you can stop at the FBO and grab a weather snapshot before you head to the plane. Using a like sized tablet actually gives you move capability at a lower cost than the iFly units. NexRad radar on ADS-B is local radar to the stations you are receiving, so the coverage is quite limited. The radar coverage when you load it off the netword (4G, 3G, or Wifi) is nationwide. -Jeff Scott Los Alamos, NM Brian, Thanks for the link to the USB power ports. I've been meaning to install one to power my tablet and Dynon D1. Need one for each plane. > > In the pros of building a kr2s <still wainting for plans ordered in > Feb>. Anyone have a good recommendation for a light aircraft radio? GPS > recommendation? > Thanks > Stan
