IFD 5 Series & IFD 4 Series Touch Screen GPS/NAV/COM

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Forum Name: IFD 5 Series & IFD 4 Series Touch Screen GPS/NAV/COM
Forum Description: Topics on Avidyne's IFD 5 Series and IFD 4 Series Touch Screen GPS/NAV/COM
URL: http://forums.avidyne.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1540
Printed Date: 22 Feb 2025 at 11:04pm
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Topic: Radar

Posted By: Warrenwhis
Subject: Radar
Date Posted: 24 Jun 2018 at 7:20pm

Just flew with my newly installed ART2000 Bendix radar displaying on my IFD540. Worked great! Was able to circumnavigate storms I would not have attempted with only XM radar. I will pass on my experience with the install. I had to buy a $3.5k card for the Avidyne, the Bendix module had to be programmed to talk to the Avidyne, the mount on my Baron had to have a little reinforcement plate added. The total installment (including card and reprogramming) cost $7.4k. It displayed nicely but does not overlay the moving map. It is a stabilized unit, but unless you have a digital AI, like an Aspen or a G5 Garmin you have to use it without stabilization. I don’t think that is such a big deal in my type of flying. At present is wont work on the IFD100