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If you want an airworthy airplane (experimental or otherwise) using GPS for
IFR enroute, terminal and approach operations, including autopilot guidance,
read all of Paragraph 1-1-21 of the 2001 AIM, Advisory Circular AC20-138 or
AC20-130A (installation), and especially the recent addition to the AIM,
paragraph 1-1-21.b.1(a).
AC20-130 and -138 seem to apply to add-on installation into an existing
airplane. Is the approval procedure simpler if all the avionics are in
place at the time the initial airworthiness is awarded? It seems that
you wouldn't need a TC or STC.
As an Electrical Engineer/Software Engineer, I am looking forward to
designing and wiring my own panel, centered around the Garmin 530. Does
anyone know if it's possible to find an avionics shop that will bend the
rules and sell me a unit still in the box? (Garmin does not sell
directly to consumers).
Thanks,
Adam Molny
Legacy kit #62 (est. delivery June/July 2001)
LML website: http://www.olsusa.com/Users/Mkaye/maillist.html
LML Builders' Bookstore: http://www.buildersbooks.com/lancair
Please send your photos and drawings to marvkaye@olsusa.com.
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