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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:11 pm    Post subject: 91.205 (WAAS) Reply with quote

The key is the 146 TSO. Without that, GPS is just a backup system. VOR or
NDB must be primary. (We all know, that we fly it the other way around).
In some cases, like flying direct, we can't even use VORs (too high, too
low, too far away). But if we are at vectoring altitudes with radar
coverage, again we can use the non-146 GPS as Secondary (even tho VOR is out
of range.)

With 146 TSO, it is a new ballgame - no underlying VOR required.

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 5:09 am    Post subject: 91.205 (WAAS) Reply with quote

Question from a fledgeling IFR student (meaning I've begun reading for
the written, but have zero instructional time with a live mentor so
far): The practical flight test standards call for 3 different types
of instrument approaches to be made, a requirement that I interpret to
mean an NDB would be required if there were not an approach-certified
GPS on board to substitute for it (localizer and ILS being the other
two types of approach I can think of). Without getting sidetracked
into a discussion of how to avoid unpopular NDB navigation, can you
explain how one might satisfy the training and checkride requirements
in a WAAS-GPS-only equipped plane with no VHF nav? You didn't say
this was the case, but the question has relevance to me as a
homebuilder still planning his IFR panel upgrade.

Thanks, gentlemen.

Bill B.

On 1/4/07, Dan Beadle <dan.beadle(at)inclinesoftworks.com> wrote:
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The key is the 146 TSO. Without that, GPS is just a backup system. VOR or
NDB must be primary. (We all know, that we fly it the other way around).
In some cases, like flying direct, we can't even use VORs (too high, too
low, too far away). But if we are at vectoring altitudes with radar
coverage, again we can use the non-146 GPS as Secondary (even tho VOR is out
of range.)

With 146 TSO, it is a new ballgame - no underlying VOR required.

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 5:15 am    Post subject: 91.205 (WAAS) Reply with quote

Corollary question to my own, below: any thoughts on how one
practices partial panel training and checkride performance when all
the flight instruments exist only on a pair of redundant glass EFIS's?
I'm a bit worried the examiner is going to balk at giving me a
checkride in my own expereimental if there is no way for him to
selectively fail just the airspeed or HSI or altimeter or whatever.
Any real-world failure of an AHRS would be detected by automated cross
check between the two AHRS units, and the A/P gyro info would tell me
which AHS was spewing bad data. Such a scenario seems to throw a
monkey wrench into the archaic training and testing standards that
were written in the days of the six-pack of gyro and electric
instruments. Anyone been there and done that with an examiner?

-Bill B.

On 1/4/07, Bill Boyd <sportav8r(at)gmail.com> wrote:
[quote] Question from a fledgeling IFR student (meaning I've begun reading for
the written, but have zero instructional time with a live mentor so
far): The practical flight test standards call for 3 different types
of instrument approaches to be made, a requirement that I interpret to
mean an NDB would be required if there were not an approach-certified
GPS on board to substitute for it (localizer and ILS being the other
two types of approach I can think of). Without getting sidetracked
into a discussion of how to avoid unpopular NDB navigation, can you
explain how one might satisfy the training and checkride requirements
in a WAAS-GPS-only equipped plane with no VHF nav? You didn't say
this was the case, but the question has relevance to me as a
homebuilder still planning his IFR panel upgrade.

Thanks, gentlemen.

Bill B.

On 1/4/07, Dan Beadle <dan.beadle(at)inclinesoftworks.com> wrote:
>
>
> The key is the 146 TSO. Without that, GPS is just a backup system. VOR or
> NDB must be primary. (We all know, that we fly it the other way around).
> In some cases, like flying direct, we can't even use VORs (too high, too
> low, too far away). But if we are at vectoring altitudes with radar
> coverage, again we can use the non-146 GPS as Secondary (even tho VOR is out
> of range.)
>
> With 146 TSO, it is a new ballgame - no underlying VOR required.
>
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:02 am    Post subject: 91.205 (WAAS) Reply with quote

Bill,

When I took my IFR checkride, my plane (C172) was not equipped with an ADF,
thus, no NDB approach. I ended up shooting an ILS and LOC at Knoxville, TN
and a GPS approach at Andrews-Murphy, NC.

As far as partial panel with glass EFIS, most examiners will use good-ol
"sticky notes" to cover up relevant areas of the display. I have the number
of my examiner who would be glad to discuss any questions with you via
phone. Let me know if you want his number.

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:49 am    Post subject: 91.205 (WAAS) Reply with quote

Good Morning OC,
Great comments.

May I use your message as a springboard to further discussion?

Somebody on this thread referred to the C129 approval as "GPS is just a backup system". That imply's that you must have a VOR based plan in use all the time you are navigating via GPS.

I have even read some comments that state you cannot fly a VOR defined airway unless the VORs are in service.

That is NOT the intent of the approval.

The GPS under 129 is a Supplementary System, not a "back up" system. 

You can shoot an NDB or a VOR approach using GPS as long as it has an approved overlay procedure. The underlying VOR or NDB does not have to be in service or monitored if it is in service. The same goes for flying an airway, you can fly the airway using the GPS even if every VOR along the way is inoperative. What you must have is a plan to be able to safely revert to a plan of action that will allow you to safely navigate following the loss of the GPS.

The precise way you do that is not specified.

If whatever you do ends up in an incident, you may have to explain your reasoning at a hearing. Highly unlikely, but always a possibility for any flight with any equipment!

Happy Skies,

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In a message dated 1/4/2007 8:20:21 A.M. Central Standard Time, bakerocb(at)cox.net writes:
Quote:
Hello Wayne, Thanks for your quick response.

I wrote: " Therefore an ABEA equipped with either a GNS 400W/500W, but no
VHF navigation equipment would be in compliance with its Operating
Limitations which requires compliance with FAR 91.205 (b), (c), and (d)
when operating IFR. Specifically the WAAS navigation equipment of that
aircraft would be in compliance with 91.205 (d) (2) which requires
"navigational equipment appropriate to the ground facilities to be used."

And you wrote: "I wish we could somehow train the DAR and ABEA communities
to accept this."

I don't agree with the concept of required acceptance by a DAR or FAA
inspector during an initial airworthiness inspection of an ABEA's (Amateur
Built Experimental Aircraft's) avionics suite configuration and eventual use
of that ABEA in IFR flight .

The inspector is not in a position to pass judgement on such future IFR
employment of the aircraft or enforce equipment provisions for that future
employment. Instead the inspector places such judgement and future
responsibility for compliance with FAR's and the AIM equipment requirements
on the builder / pilot by the wording of that ABEA's Operating Limitations.
To whit: “After completion of Phase I flight testing, unless appropriately
equipped for night and/or instrument flight in accordance with 91.205, this
aircraft is to be operated under VFR, day only.”

I suppose it is possible that an FAA ramp inspector after an IFR flight, or
an investigation after an incident, could conclude that an ABEA equipped
with only 146 TSO'd compliant WAAS equipment was in violation of minimum IFR
navigation equipment requirements, but that is not my interpretation of the
words available to me.

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 5:42 am    Post subject: 91.205 (WAAS) Reply with quote

1/5/2007

Hello Marcel, Thank you for your input. I welcome information from across
the ocean.

You wrote: "This combined with addition of WAAS may make the difference of
being able to
certify for IFR operation in your experimental."

One of my major points is that there is no such thing as "certifying for IFR
operation" in an ABEA (Amateur Built Experimental Aircraft) here in the US.
The FAA has neither the capability or, under the present FAR's, the process
to certify an ABEA for IFR operations.

Instead, for the equipment required for IFR operations, the builder / pilot
is given the responsibility in the aircraft's Operating Limitations to
comply with FAR 91.205, part of which requires: "Two way radio
communications system and navigational equipment appropriate to the ground
facilities to be used".

OC -- The best investment we will ever make is in gathering knowledge.

Time: 01:52:42 AM PST US
From: "RAS" <deruiteraircraftservices(at)btinternet.com>
Subject: Re: Re: 91.205 (WAAS)
Hi,

apologies for butting in on this. We have a RV10 with full Garmin stack and
have had quite some difficulty getting pin outs and ended up sending the
units to an avionics shop to get wired. (we purchased without looms)
I have since spoken to the main Garmin agent in the UK and he explained that
due to complexity of the avionics Garmin does not encourage(read does not
make available pinout)homebuilders to do their own wiring.

This can well be where the snag is in this story. You buy Garmin with a
manufactored loom which is tested for proper function and there's a degree
of assured quality.
This combined with addition of WAAS may make the difference of being able to
certify for IFR operation in your experimental.
It may also be a good idea to print a copy of 91.205 to hand over to your
DAR if he doesn't sign willingly! Smile

Marcel


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:12 am    Post subject: 91.205 (WAAS) Reply with quote

1/5/2007

Hello Bill, Welcome to the world of IFR flight and thanks for your
questions.

You wrote: "....skip....can you explain how one might satisfy the training
and checkride requirements in a WAAS-GPS-only equipped plane with no VHF
nav?"

No, I can't. But let's examine the reality of a WAAS-GPS-only equipped
plane. I can't speak for the high end integrated systems (Chelton, Avidyne,
etc.), but the Garmin 400 / 500 series GPS units that can be upgraded to a
430W or 530W configuration already contain VHF nav capability. I presume the
newly built 430W and 530W boxes will also contain VHF nav capability. So one
will continue to have VHF nav capability even after a WAAS upgrade or new
purchase with these kinds of boxes.

Maybe an issue is whether or not one should plan on / need a separate VHF
nav box such as an SL-30 for back up purposes.**

A) So with an approach qualified GPS (non WAAS capable) and VHF nav one can
have four different instrument approaches to demonstrate to an examiner: 1)
VOR, 2) Localizer, 3) ILS, 4) GPS.

B) With an approach qualified GPS (with WAAS capability) and VHF nav one can
have five different instrument approaches to demonstrate to an examiner: 1)
VOR, 2) Localizer, 3) ILS, 4) GPS, 5) an approach that requires WAAS to
achieve the published minimums.

C) With no approach qualified GPS and only VHF nav one can have three
different instrument approaches to demonstrate to an examiner: 1) VOR, 2)
Localizer, 3) ILS.

And the question of ADF capability in your aircraft doesn't need to raise
its ugly head unless you choose to use some GPS capability to substitute for
a NDB where permitted.

You might want to discuss the above positions with your examiner prior to
showing up for the practical test to determine if he agrees.

OC -- The best investment we will ever make is in gathering knowledge.

**PS: I use my GNS 430 and SL-30 together whenever possible. If one intends
to fly IFR to the extent that an approach capable GPS is needed then I think
the investment in a separate VHF nav box is well justified.
Time: 05:09:11 AM PST US
From: "Bill Boyd" <sportav8r(at)gmail.com>
Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: Re: 91.205 (WAAS)
Question from a fledgeling IFR student (meaning I've begun reading for
the written, but have zero instructional time with a live mentor so
far): The practical flight test standards call for 3 different types
of instrument approaches to be made, a requirement that I interpret to
mean an NDB would be required if there were not an approach-certified
GPS on board to substitute for it (localizer and ILS being the other
two types of approach I can think of). Without getting sidetracked
into a discussion of how to avoid unpopular NDB navigation, can you
explain how one might satisfy the training and checkride requirements
in a WAAS-GPS-only equipped plane with no VHF nav? You didn't say
this was the case, but the question has relevance to me as a
homebuilder still planning his IFR panel upgrade.

Thanks, gentlemen.

Bill B.


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 2:02 pm    Post subject: 91.205 (WAAS) Reply with quote

1/5/2007

Hello Bill,

1) You wrote: " Sorry to cloud any points in the thread."

Not a problem at all -- you gave us an opportunity to broaden the picture a
bit.

2) You wrote: "....skip.....the question more heavily on my mind: about
the adequacy of the WAAS / internal GPS being brought out by Grand
Rapids Tech for the EFIS system I'm planning to install"

Now this raises a very interesting issue. Is GRT going to TSO this
equipment? They haven't gone that route in the past.

Note that paragraph 1-1-20 c of the aim requires that WAAS avionics meet
either TSO C145 or 146A.

Your SL-30 would make it legal to fly IFR, but if your GRT WAAS / internal
GPS in your EFIS is not TSO'd it is not clear to me what additional legal
value it would have when operating IFR. Like any other reasonably capable
GPS unit it could provide very beneficial situational awareness support.

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 3:52 pm    Post subject: 91.205 (WAAS) Reply with quote

My understanding from talking to them is that it would be fully
approach-legal in its final form. How they plan to accomplish that
"legislatively" I am less clear on, but they convinced me that, for my
purposes (IFR with gps approach capability), their unit plus an SL30
would completely do away with the need for a 430 or 530 in my panel.
Maybe someone (else) from the GRT_EFIS group will chime in here.

-Bill

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1/5/2007

Hello Bill,

1) You wrote: " Sorry to cloud any points in the thread."

Not a problem at all -- you gave us an opportunity to broaden the picture a
bit.

2) You wrote: "....skip.....the question more heavily on my mind: about
the adequacy of the WAAS / internal GPS being brought out by Grand
Rapids Tech for the EFIS system I'm planning to install"

Now this raises a very interesting issue. Is GRT going to TSO this
equipment? They haven't gone that route in the past.

Note that paragraph 1-1-20 c of the aim requires that WAAS avionics meet
either TSO C145 or 146A.

Your SL-30 would make it legal to fly IFR, but if your GRT WAAS / internal
GPS in your EFIS is not TSO'd it is not clear to me what additional legal
value it would have when operating IFR. Like any other reasonably capable
GPS unit it could provide very beneficial situational awareness support.

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 7:07 pm    Post subject: 91.205 (WAAS) Reply with quote

See http://www.grtavionics.com/documents/Horizon%20System%20Flyer.pdf

"The addition of the internal GPS receiver eliminates the need for an
external
GPS, or may be used as a backup to your primary GPS. Available in two
versions. The standard WAAS GPS module is perfect for VFR use, or as backup
to an external GPS. The new RAIM-equipped version provides integrity
monitoring and 5 updates per second to meet the requirements of IFR GPS
TSO C129 and C146."

Standard WAAS GPS Receiver with antenna $450
RAIM-Equipped WAAS GPS Receiver with antenna $750

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 4:24 am    Post subject: 91.205 (WAAS) Reply with quote

I'd ask to see a copy of the letters from the FAA that confirm the
TSOs have been issued.

Kevin Horton
On 5 Jan 2007, at 22:05, Bret Smith wrote:

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<smithhb(at)tds.net>

See http://www.grtavionics.com/documents/Horizon%20System%20Flyer.pdf

"The addition of the internal GPS receiver eliminates the need for an
external
GPS, or may be used as a backup to your primary GPS. Available in two
versions. The standard WAAS GPS module is perfect for VFR use, or
as backup
to an external GPS. The new RAIM-equipped version provides integrity
monitoring and 5 updates per second to meet the requirements of IFR
GPS
TSO C129 and C146."

Standard WAAS GPS Receiver with antenna $450
RAIM-Equipped WAAS GPS Receiver with antenna $750

Bret Smith
RV-9A (91314)
Mineral Bluff, GA
www.FlightInnovations.com

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 6:53 am    Post subject: 91.205 (WAAS) Reply with quote

Good Morning Kevin,
I am definitely stepping out from my area of expertise here, but is a TSO required for operations of a home built aircraft?

It isn't even required for all operations of certificated aircraft.

The determination of the equipment that is required for IFR flight appears to be left up to the operator. As long as the operator determines that the equipment meets the standards required for IFR flight, the stuff should be acceptable.

What do you feel is required?

Happy Skies,

Old Bob
AKA
Bob Siegfried
Ancient Aviator
Stearman N3977A
Brookeridge Air Park LL22
Downers Grove, IL 60516
630 985-8503


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PostPosted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 7:17 am    Post subject: 91.205 (WAAS) Reply with quote

Bob,

You may be right? But most, if not all, of us lack the test equipment
to 'prove' that a given piece of equipment "meets the standards
required for IFR flight"?!

If the manufacture hasn't gone to the trouble and expense to show
their equipment meets 'standards' how can I? . . . Buying TSO'd
reduces that concern if you have it in the first place.

It's been awhile but I'm pretty sure the 'equipment requirements' for
IFR Flight indicate that certain equipment meet TSO standards?

My $0.02 worth!

Bob in SE Iowa
RV-8 builder - finishing slowly

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Good Morning Kevin,

I am definitely stepping out from my area of expertise here, but is a TSO
required for operations of a home built aircraft?

It isn't even required for all operations of certificated aircraft.

The determination of the equipment that is required for IFR flight appears
to be left up to the operator. As long as the operator determines that the
equipment meets the standards required for IFR flight, the stuff should be
acceptable.

What do you feel is required?

Happy Skies,

Old Bob
AKA
Bob Siegfried
Ancient Aviator
Stearman N3977A
Brookeridge Air Park LL22
Downers Grove, IL 60516
630 985-8503

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TSOs have been issued.

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 7:55 am    Post subject: 91.205 (WAAS) Reply with quote

Good Morning Bob,
Now I am getting way, way, out of my area.

However!

Meeting the TSO standards and being certified by the FAA as meeting those standards are two different things.

Fortunately for us, the FAA rules and regulations are permissive, not restrictive. If something is not specifically prohibited, we can do it. If what we do causes a problem that the FAA thinks shouldn't have occurred, they can go after us via the careless and reckless provisions of the regulations.

For most Part 135 operations, the radio gear must be FAA certified as meeting the TSO standards, for the rest of us, all we need to know is that the manufacturer feels they meet the standards. As I see it, we are not required to do the testing ourselves. I am not at all up to date on such things, but I do recall flying many hundreds, if not thousands, of IFR hours using equipment that was not certified by the FAA as meeting the applicable TSO's but that did work just fine for our Part 91 functions.

Once again, my disclaimer, I am no longer active in that area and I could very likely be way off base. Please let me know if that is true!

Happy Skies,

Old Bob
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Bob Siegfried
Ancient Aviator
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Downers Grove, IL 60516
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Bob,

You may be right? But most, if not all, of us lack the test equipment
to 'prove' that a given piece of equipment "meets the standards
required for IFR flight"?!

If the manufacture hasn't gone to the trouble and expense to show
their equipment meets 'standards' how can I? . . . Buying TSO'd
reduces that concern if you have it in the first place.

It's been awhile but I'm pretty sure the 'equipment requirements' for
IFR Flight indicate that certain equipment meet TSO standards?

My $0.02 worth!

Bob in SE Iowa



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:28 am    Post subject: 91.205 (WAAS) Reply with quote

Bob,

I believe that the FAA's intent is that GPS equipment used for IFR
must be TSO approved to either TSO C129, C129A, C145A or C146A.
AC90-94 Guidelines for using Global Positioning System Equipment for
IFR En Route and Terminal Operations and for Nonprecision Instrument
Approaches in the U.S. National Airspace System says that GPS
equipment for use in the US National Airspace System should in
installed in accordance with AC20-138, which requires TSO'd GPS
receivers. I'll be the first to admit that an AC is not a
regulation, but if you want to propose an alternate means of
compliance you need to get the FAA to agree to it. I am not a
lawyer, so I won't attempt to define the clear regulatory trail that
would require TSO's GPS receivers.

I wish the regs were clearer in this area. You shouldn't need to
hire a lawyer to figure out what the regulatory requirements are.

The situation in Canada is somewhat clearer. There is a notice in
the Canada Air Pilot (the document that contains all the publicly
available instrument approach procedures) which clearly states that
TSO'd equipment is required to fly GPS approaches. This notice is
reprinted in Aeronautical Information Circular 27/05 in the Canadian
Aeronautical Information Manual.

http://tinyurl.com/y442ct

Kevin Horton

On 6 Jan 2007, at 09:52, BobsV35B(at)aol.com wrote:

Quote:
Good Morning Kevin,

I am definitely stepping out from my area of expertise here, but is
a TSO required for operations of a home built aircraft?

It isn't even required for all operations of certificated aircraft.

The determination of the equipment that is required for IFR flight
appears to be left up to the operator. As long as the operator
determines that the equipment meets the standards required for IFR
flight, the stuff should be acceptable.

What do you feel is required?

Happy Skies,

Old Bob
AKA
Bob Siegfried
Ancient Aviator
Stearman N3977A
Brookeridge Air Park LL22
Downers Grove, IL 60516
630 985-8503

In a message dated 1/6/2007 6:26:49 A.M. Central Standard Time,
khorton01(at)rogers.com writes:
I'd ask to see a copy of the letters from the FAA that confirm the
TSOs have been issued.



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