Garmin has unveiled Garmin Vantage, a family of existing Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) solutions for a variety of aircraft, including experimental, general aviation, helicopter, business and transport category aircraft.
For aircraft without modern display technologies, the GDL 84 presents many aircraft owners with a cost-effective solution to meet NextGen requirements without the need to overhaul the panel of the aircraft, Garmin officials said.
The GDL 84 offers experimental and general aviation aircraft an all-inclusive option to wirelessly display weather and traffic on a mobile device, while meeting regulatory requirements for ADS-B Out when operating below 18,000 feet.
Additionally, for aircraft owners who do not already have a compatible WAAS GPS position source on board their aircraft, the GDL 84 offers a built-in WAAS GPS receiver.
The GDL 88 goes one step further to provide the benefits of ADS-B on a compatible display installed in the panel.
These Garmin Vantage ADS-B solutions are approved for hundreds of aircraft makes and models.
Thousands of customers already equipped with Garmin avionics in their panel are provided an upgrade path to meet ADS-B airspace requirements.
Aircraft owners who already have a GTX 330 or GTX 33 transponder can pursue an Extended Squitter (ES) upgrade for $1,200 (plus installation). When paired with a compatible WAAS position source, this upgrade provides the transponder with the appropriate transmission capabilities to meet ADS-B Out requirements. For GNS non-WAAS customers, a path is available to upgrade existing avionics to WAAS for use as an approved ADS-B Out position source.
Many aircraft manufacturers are pursuing transponder-based solutions such as the GTX 33 ES, which are becoming available as an ADS-B Out compliant option for aircraft with a WAAS-enabled Integrated Flight Deck. For aircraft without WAAS, the GDL 84 can offer ADS-B Out compliance and ADS-B In capabilities for display on a mobile device. Garmin continues to work on solutions for Integrated Flight Decks that will be made available to aircraft manufacturers.
Garmin Vantage ADS-B solutions are further extended to experimental amateur-built and light sport aircraft (LSA). Pilots who install the non-certified G3X and G3X Touch systems can become ADS-B Out compliant with the remote-mounted GTX 23 ES transponder, when paired with an approved WAAS position source, such as a GTN touchscreen navigator. Transponder control is provided on the display of G3X and G3X Touch, giving pilots convenient access to this remotely installed solution.
Minimally intrusive ADS-B solutions provided by Garmin Vantage are available to aircraft owners who do not wish to modify the panel of their aircraft. The GDL 84 and GDL 88 contains patented AutoSquawk wireless interrogation technology, which interfaces with existing equipment to synchronize the squawk code between the transponder and the ADS-B Out solution, eliminating the need to install a separate dedicated UAT control panel. These Garmin Vantage ADS-B solutions interface with a wide range of general aviation transponders so pilots are offered flexibility without the cost of a major installation.
Garmin plans to conduct a series of online ADS-B webinars for customers. These webinars will discuss the technicalities surrounding ADS-B, address commonly asked questions and highlight a variety of Garmin Vantage ADS-B solutions that can help aircraft owners receive added safety benefits while satisfying global ADS-B requirements.
I’m hoping that as the deadline gets closer, prices will come down but I’m not going to hold my breath. Everyone knows aircraft owners are “Rich” right. There really is no reason that these boxes should cost so much. If it were made in China, it would be $ 19.95 plus free shipping. Also, the Feds have to know where your traveling all the time. “Big Brother” syndrome.
I was being sent information since the 1970s to join AOPA. I finally joined in the 2000s. I hate to say it, but I think they are more concerned about hiring new people and finding funding. I asked them many times to please ask a question of the membership. I needed to know how many single engine ATP pilots were affected by the new rules on Multi-Engine written tests. You’d have thought I was asking for a million dollars. They wouldn’t do it. They ask inane survey questions all the time about where to get that $100. hamburger. Well, I don’t think they fought hard enough for FSS or the ADS-B. There feet should certainly be “on fire” for this, or they’ll have a lot less pilots to represent by 2020.
I hear and read all about ADS-b. Well I have an ADS B in portable GPS and I fly with out talking to any one. If they want me to talk then Garmin or some Chinese company needs to bring out a $1,000 ADS B out!! Or i will continue to fly and the hell with talking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If a CB radio can transmit for $150.00 don’ t insult my intelligence buy telling me an similar unit can’t transmit my information to them.
The portables only receive and will never be able to supply the transmit out requirement of the mandate. They will and are receiving data link from ground stations that already paint a more thorough picture of the traffic that is flying around you. There are limitations to that of course, but portables are a good option for tis-b traffic and fis-b weather displayed on iPad and the like. The ADS-B out requirement is to be able to transmit at 200 watt minimum, air to air and air to ground, a data link message of information consisting of Mode 3A code, airspeed, altitude, and GPS lat and Long, and other information taking the place of the current radar (transponder) only dependent method currently in use. Until 2020, and a total compliance for commercial and general aviation is reached, most of the data link traffic you are seeing is still being compiled from the current ground radar and sent to a plane having ADS-B equipment. That will slowly transition as more and more ADS-B equipment is being installed. In 2020, it will all be data link with radar still used in large traffic areas as a back up. That being said, the ADS-B mandate and performance was finalized and decided by the Feds. Each manufacturer is currently scrambling to produce a low cost solution to meet that requirement. That’s the truth of it.
GDL 84 would cut the cost of ADS-B out compliance for my nonWAAS GNS430 + GTX327 panel in half, and give me ADS-B in to my iPad ‘IF’ I use Garmin Pilot EFB instead of ForeFlight. I see what you did there 😉
Surely by 2020 someone can come up with a simple UAT transceiver that could be easily installed for around $1K for those $25K airplanes. If not I think there will be a significant decrease in flying where ADS-B is required which will result in an overall decrease.
L 3 has a slit on hat will make you ADS-b out compliant for about $1500 plus install.
I thought that only ADS-B out was the only equipment required in 2020? What is this WAAS and is it part of the required ADS-B out manadate.If it isn’t why is it being “pushed”?
WAAS is a required part of the ADS-B out equipment. If you have WAAS you can connect it to the ADS-B out box. If you don’t, there are ADS-B out boxes that have built-in WAAS.
WAAS GPS is the position source specified for ADS-B Out. Wide Area Augmentation System basically corrects small variations in the GPS signals to give more accurate position.
The Internal WAAS spoken of means the UAT comes with built-in GPS WAAS so that it is a stand alone unit without the need for an external WAAS GPS unit such as a GNS 430W, GTN 750, Etc., for the GPS source. This is useful if the plane currently does not have a Compatible GPS Source already installed. The Built-in WAAS GPS meets the performance requirements of Version 2 final of the mandate.
Kudos to Garmin in an “attempt” to make ADSB affordable as original projected cost per the FAA was $10,000.00 per airplane, but after reading this article my reaction is, “Nice, but no cigar”
The article states that the squitter will cost for $1,200.00 assuming that I already have a GTX 330 or GTX 33 tr5ansponder. Well I don’t.
So here we go again. I own a simple 2 seat $25,000.00 airplane with mode c and encoder.
From what I can see, in having to purchase a GTX unit plus the squitter and installation, the cost will be about $5,000.00 for my aircraft. This is simply not a good investment in consideration of my aircraft’s value.
So here’s the bottom line. If aircraft owners as myself will not be able to purchase ADSB for $1,000.00 or less, we will simply sell our aircraft and retire from flying. As a side note, I have been a pilot for 44 years and isn’t it a shame that I will have to hang up my wings because of another outrageously expensive FAA requirement?
Don’t get me wrong. I think the ADSB concept is great as I am always for improving safety—but not at any price.
See and avoid has been working very well for years. If ADSB is unreachable for many of us due to ridiculous pricing, then once again the FAA has come up with a way to shoot itself in the foot by decreasing the pilot population and discouraging the interest of new prospective pilots.
Look into an organization called http://www.nextgenfund.com and an initiative called Jumpstart GA 2020 ( http://www.nextgenfund.com/files/downloads/NextGen%20GA%20Fund%20JumpStart%202-11-15.pdf ). Might take some of the sting out of the ADS-B mandate.
Are you nuts? This outfit will only write a *minimum* $10,000 note. I didn’t see an interest rate or terms, but the question is not, “How much a month?” But rather, what will it cost to continue to be able to fly.
Perhaps if they were offering 30 year terms, and 0.05% interest, it might be a good idea, but somehow, I’d bet they’re not.
This issue is cost, not how much a month. Another cost that has not been discussed is the ongoing maintenance/certification costs which I’ve heard no one talk about.
I agree Nate. I’m in the same boat but let’s not go quietly into that good night. I say we fight the FAA on this just as strongly as the NRA fights gun control. AOPA needs to have their feet held to the fire as to why it is not fighting harder for GA. They like to pass the blame onto lawyers and insurance etc but it’s time for some reform in aviation lawsuits to bring the cost of flying g down. Otherwise, we will be just like Europe and very few will be able to afford flying at all, nevermind own an aircraft!
Did anyone ever think that a lot of this ADS-B action is to protect against terrorism? You will know who everyone is that flies and is a way for the government to track people. There is a reason, and then there is the real reason…