I highly recommend checking out the "stratux" open-source ADS-B -IN project. For about $110 overall (not counting batteries or power supplies) you can have in-flight weather, gps location, true AHRS (if your tablet software can use it,) and location of other ADS-B out and/or transponder equipped planes (within FAA design limits.)
It is a LOT of fun! Actually works, especially in-flight weather and location of other aircraft. I test it at home a lot... David Merchant On 01/26/2016 01:35 PM, Mike Stirewalt via KRnet wrote: > Jeff said, > > "Gyros are heavy and require a vacuum source with a lot of associated > heavy plumbing. Mike Stirewalt has his Dynon D2 for sale for a very > reasonable price." > > I did have it for sale . . . but within minutes of listing it on > Vansairforce I had two buyers. I sold it to the one whose email came in > first. > > I can't recommend the Dynon D2, although it worked exceedingly well on > the recent ferry flight for which I bought it. The attitude information > it displays is dependent upon receiving a GPS signal. It has it's own > internal GPS and gyros it's true but for some inexplicable reason if it > loses a GPS signal - it happens - you lose your horizon. > > For a low-cost attitude instrument I highly recommend the TruTrak ADI. > Used ones sometime show up on eBay in the $500-600 range. They used to > make the 3 1/8" ADI which is the one I have in the KR. Currently their > ADI that looks like mine is a 2+ inch instrument, which is fine. I just > prefer the larger one. They do make a couple newer instruments which do > the same thing as their ADI but look a little different. The name Gemini > comes to mind, but check out their website. These instruments by > TruTrak, the ADI, Gemini and I think a couple others they make are > self-contained attitude instruments. They do connect to a GPS puck but > that is strictly for ground track (heading) information. > > The D2 is very smooth and usable. I liked it. However, just imagine > being totally dependent on it when in IFR conditions - cloud or on a very > dark night without any outside reference. I don't like the idea at all > of its dependency upon a GPS signal. > > Thanks Jeff. > > Mike > KSEE > > ____________________________________________________________ > Experience Threedom > $49.99/mo 3 years. Same great TV price. Netflix included for 1 year. > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/56a7cad746e524ad713bbst02vuc > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options
