Now that I have started putting the 40 hours on my RV I'm starting to think about IFR certification -- ie static and txp check. I ran into someone who does IFR certs and mentioned that I will need one in the near future on my RV-8. He very quickly said that he would not certify anything that was not TSO'd --- with reference to my Dynon EFIS and or non-TSO'd "steam" altimeter. I'm confortable with what I have given that the Dynon has an ADI backup for attitude and the Falcon Altimeter for backup plus of course the 430W and 496.
The question is --- Is this guy just setting his own standard or is there any requirement that I must go out and buy a TSO'd altimeter plus a TSO'd encoder [at the moment the Dynon feeds the data to the Garmin 330 TXP].
I do not see anything in the FAR's that specify that the altimeter and encoder be TSO'd. In my case the primary box for both would be the Dynon D-180.
The question is --- Is this guy just setting his own standard or is there any requirement that I must go out and buy a TSO'd altimeter plus a TSO'd encoder [at the moment the Dynon feeds the data to the Garmin 330 TXP].
I do not see anything in the FAR's that specify that the altimeter and encoder be TSO'd. In my case the primary box for both would be the Dynon D-180.