What are 24 month transponder checks running these days? Haven’t had to have one done since selling my Diamond in 2009.
VFR S-LSA, all glass with Garmin 345R (remote) transponder.
24 month Transponder check?
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Re: 24 month Transponder check?
It varies widely by location. Here in Lock Haven, I think I paid $100 last time (Keystone Instruments, on the Piper Memorial Airport).
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Re: 24 month Transponder check?
Thank you drseti.
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Here on Long Island I paid $180 at the avionics shop.
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$90.00 in the S.F. Bay Area on January 25, 2019. Precision Static Testing based at LVK drove up to Santa Rosa and did several here at STS on the same day. It's a part time gig for a Jet Blue A320 captain. He could be Matt Damon's twin and I gave him a nice tip.
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Re: 24 month Transponder check?
Thanks Stan, was the test done all remotely? Did they have to access your pitot-static system? I’m told for my aircraft it’s just the transponder. I’ve got a Garmin 345R, which transmits altitude.Scooper wrote:$90.00 in the S.F. Bay Area on January 25, 2019. Precision Static Testing based at LVK drove up to Santa Rosa and did several here at STS on the same day. It's a part time gig for a Jet Blue A320 captain. He could be Matt Damon's twin and I gave him a nice tip.
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It wasn't done remotely; he spent an hour with me in my hangar doing the testing and had access to my pitot-static system. This same guy had done the pitot-static tests on my C172 and my Zodiac several times when I was based in Oakland (KOAK). My transponder is a GTX 327 with a separate Sandia SAE 5-35 altitude encoder.Sling 2 Pilot wrote:Thanks Stan, was the test done all remotely? Did they have to access your pitot-static system? I’m told for my aircraft it’s just the transponder. I’ve got a Garmin 345R, which transmits altitude.Scooper wrote:$90.00 in the S.F. Bay Area on January 25, 2019. Precision Static Testing based at LVK drove up to Santa Rosa and did several here at STS on the same day. It's a part time gig for a Jet Blue A320 captain. He could be Matt Damon's twin and I gave him a nice tip.
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Re: 24 month Transponder check?
I think for VFR it’s just the transponder. Right around $100 around here*.
I think it’s only for IFR certification that the whole pitot/static system needs checking.
*Word of caution - my last one was around $700. My Garmin failed some test and the easiest way out was installing an overhauled unit. So it goes. Not horrible given my original transponder had performed perfectly for over 10 years.
I think it’s only for IFR certification that the whole pitot/static system needs checking.
*Word of caution - my last one was around $700. My Garmin failed some test and the easiest way out was installing an overhauled unit. So it goes. Not horrible given my original transponder had performed perfectly for over 10 years.
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Same here in Florida, $100 for VFR checks. I have mine done up in Ocala at Quest Avionics.
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The local guy used to charge me $50. Then he sold the avionics shop and the new owner charges $150.
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