Another newbie question..
Can a Sirius XM be installed on an older dash that has the old-style gauges? (steam?)
Another newbie question..
Can a Sirius XM be installed on an older dash that has the old-style gauges? (steam?)
-Mike Kraus
RV-4 built and sold :-(
RV-10 built and flying
KitFox SS7 built and flying and now on amphib floats!
Bluetooth headset linked to your smart phone, iPod, or whatever. All the music you'll ever need or want without adding more "stuff" to the panel.
True, Sirius provides variety and new music. I get tired of my phone music often. Sometimes I need a DJ to take me home
I have a Sirius radio hooked up in mine. My MGL V10 radio has an aux input so it was just a matter of hooking the radio up to 12 volts on the power bus and plugging an ax cable in. It's really nice as it cuts out the music when transmisions are made and fades back up for a pleasant transition. Many headsets can have an adapter inline to plug in an aux sound source as well. Makes longer trips easier and I like the randomness of a dj and many more listening options.
In another thread you mention wanting to make relatively long cross country trips.
I agree with the poster above with regard to a Garmin portable.
A 396 can be had pretty cheap these days. You will have the music you want and XM weather which you will need on longer trips.
Sure there are ADSB solutions to weather but XM weather has some extras not provided by ADSB. For example winds aloft is nice to have and can be worth 5 to 10 knots on occasion.
There are innumerable RAM mounting solutions as well.
Maxwell Duke
Kitfox S6 IO-240 Built it (Flying since 2003)
Maule M7-235C Sold it (liked it though)
RV-10 IO-540 Bought it
Zenith CH-750 Built with 7 friends (DAR Vic Syracuse)
can I install these on an older KitFox that has an old panel layout? (Sorry, i'm somewhat naive to the inner workings of panel layouts) A used (cheaper) kitfox is an option until I have the time to build my own to the spec I want, I can live with an older/used one if I can get satelite radio. Sort of silly I know, but I'm a young guy that listens to a lot of music... just what I'm looking for. thanks for input N981MS/Geowtiz
I am pretty sure that ADS-B weather includes winds & temp aloft. I have not used XM weather but have been told that ADS-B weather is equivalent to the mid-range XM subscription and its free. You can equip yourself with ADS-B IN to get weather, traffic, and TFR's for less than a recent model Garmin with XM.
Jim Ott
Portland, OR
Kitfox SS7 flying
Rotax 912ULS
With the standard caveat that ADS-B IN information is not continuously available unless you have ADS-B OUT as well. However, time is short on this becoming mandatory if you fly anywhere that a mode c transponder is required today.
ADS-B equipage is something you should be thinking about anyway if you're looking to buy a used aircraft.