I dreaded this moment (Jan 1st, 2020) when I purchased my airplane almost 18 months ago, but fortunately the mandate did not stop me from becoming a KR owner. Now, with the deadline approaching, I’m just looking for some opinions out there on adding ADS-B out.
Here’s where I stand; I do not take many long trips in the KR, and when I do, they are generally not in the areas where Mode C is required. I think I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve flown into class C in the KR2S, and I’ve only ever flown in class B once and it was in a Cessna 172 with two other pilots on board. Only one time have I flown the KR2S above 10k feet, mostly due to curiosity of how high I could get near gross on a 90F day (in short, it was about 11k MSL), while also putting as much room between me and the Cascade mountains as the plane would let me. And finally, as for the Mode C Veils (30NM from Class B airports), I’m willing to change my routing a little bit and avoid these areas, if it means saving some money. Everybody’s situation is different, but for me personally, unless I’m missing the big picture of the mandate, given my current situation, I don’t see a reason to follow through with the mandate, especially in a small aircraft like the KR2S. I understand it’s almost a minimum of $1500-2000 to add just the “out” option. That’s a fair amount of green for such an affordable aircraft, for something that I will very rarely, if ever, truly “need” on board. If it’s not too much to ask, for those of you out there with the ADS-B equipment installed, would you mind sharing what brand you went with, and a rough estimate of what it cost? I have looked on several different websites and the cheapest “out” options I’ve found are around $1500-2000. If there was an option that was in the $500-$1000 range, I would probably reconsider and make it a Xmas present. Any input (as always) is greatly appreciated! Sam _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
