Hi all, I am just reaffirming what Jeff mentions below, There have been issues and both Skyguard and Ifly have been very good about working issues out. The skyguard recently had to be returned to up grade firmware to meet the latest government standards. I have several quality flights since everything has been up-dated and re installed. It seems to be working very good now. The weather and doppler returns seem to be very accurate. I flew yesterday with some very light rain showers around and I could fly along the edge of the green blobs and not get wet and move a hundred yards over and be in the drizzle. As far as other planes around me most of the time there were between 10 and 20 targets on the screen. I saw 3 planes on an hour plus flight. I knew where to look and most were more than 6 miles so I doubt that I could have seen them but I knew they were there I had more time to alter a flight path knowing the path of other aircraft. ADS-B is an incredible tool. I live and fly in the Northeast corridor and I am surrounded by control zones of all types plus a few military bases. In the 90's when I first started to fly it was a very busy area.In an hour flight it was not uncommon to see 20 to 25 planes and often there were 2 to 4 in the pattern most of the time. The past 12 years or more has been pretty silent but there is hope showing the past couple of years with incremental increases in traffic. I don't mind having traffic around me, but I really do like knowing it before I see it... Joe Horton, N357CJ
----- Original Message ----- From: "KRnet" <[email protected]> To: "KRnet" <[email protected]> Cc: "Jeff Scott" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2017 11:14:14 PM Subject: Re: KR> Dynon Duel Band ADS-B Sorry for the repeated blank emails. My email program automatically changes everything to HTML, and I am prone to missing it. -Jeff -------------------------- I bought a Skyguard TWX unit a couple of years ago. It's not been without some growing pains, but once it's installed and left alone to work, all you have to do is supply power to it and it does what it's supposed to do. It has an internal WAAS III GPS and external antenna, and also queries the transponder to get the squawk code and pressure altitude to include in the UAT ADS-B out signal. It has wifi so can talk to a number of GPS units or Android/iPad/smart devices if you want to have traffic/weather etc displayed. It costs around $1500. There are a few other vendors in a similar price range (NavWorx) with various features to make them simpler to install or more compact. But if you aren't planning to replace your transponder to do Mode S, most of the basic systems that are legal ADS-B Out for Experimental aircraft fall into the $1500 and up price range. -Jeff Scott Los Alamos, NM ------------------ I am perfectly comfortable without any electronics, although I do have a Communications radio installed as well as a mode C transponder to meet the requirements of the 30 NM veil that I live inside of, and have also flown my KR2S coast to coast. However, with 2020 approaching, I am keeping my eyes out for solution to the mandatory requirements that will allow all the other aircraft out there that want to see me depicted on their displays, without having to install expensive displays I have no desire for in my airplane. I have seen some articles and postings of equipment people have built for under a few hundred dollars themselves to meet ADS-B requirements, but they have appeared to be adding capabilities to already installed equipment and displays costing thousands of dollars. Have you stumbled across anything yet for your "completely electronics free" airplane? Todd Thelin Spanaway, WA _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected]
