A more interesting project is the Stratux project. http://stratux.me. Essentially a Raspberry Pi based ADSB receiver. A single band version can be built for about $120 US. Dual band with GPS drives the cost up another $50 or so. Some people even have AHRS working although I did not acquire the modules for that yet. Apparently AHRS stopped working in the latest version of Foreflight.
I ordered all the parts to build a Dual Band version for my power plane. The US with it's darn Dual Band option just complicates things, but this is a relatively cheap option for traffic display on a Tablet running some EFB. Morgan On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 1:29 AM, Peter Nyffeler <pe...@nyswi.ch> wrote: > Dear soaring colleagues, > Please be aware that the Kickstarter project is NOT intended for glider > pilots, especially not for Europeans. > It has features for services not provided in Europe, as far as I know. The > TRX-1000 mentioned by Martin, nor PowerFlarm, doesn't them. Therefore the > Kickstarter project may be of interest to American glider pilots. > So I hope they will be successful and not having troubles with FAA due the > lack for certification. > If we would have real ADS-B at 978MHz in Europe, I guess we wouldn't have > to install those power consuming mode-S transponders which can cause fault > alarms of TCAS in airliners e.g. by winch launched gliders. > > Peter > > > > > Am 18.12.2015 um 19:31 schrieb martin.kopp...@gmx.de: > > Well except for the WiFi, it does not seem to do much more for me than the > TRX-1000 I already have > <http://www.air-store.eu/epages/AIRStore-LuftfahrtbedarfundAvionik.sf/de_DE/?ObjectPath=/Shops/AIRStore-LuftfahrtbedarfundAvionik/Products/B105> > several > years, for about the same price. Also, it appears bigger and my favorite > app is not among those listed on their Kickstarter page. (And adding WiFi > to the TRX would only be about €25 by just buying a standard WiFi module > online, and half an hour soldering a cable for it, should need be.) > > How good is the live ADS-B weather actually? Is it worth the effort (for a > glider pilot, that is)? > > Martin > --- > > > Am 18.12.2015 um 18:46 schrieb Morgan Hall < <morh...@gmail.com> > morh...@gmail.com>: > > I looked at it and considered backing it for my use in Power planes, but > I'm a Foreflight user and it's questionable if Foreflight will support it. > For gliders, it doesn't interest me right now. I don't have a need for > weather in the cockpit and Flarm already provides me with ADSB traffic and > the added FLARM traffic which is far more useful where I fly. Hopefully > they hit their Kickstarter goals though. Options and competition are good > for consumers. > > Morgan > > On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 3:56 PM, Robert Hart < <crispin...@gmail.com> > crispin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi folks > > I just came across this hardware on Kickstarter. > > > https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bad-elf/bad-elf-ads-b-affordable-weather-and-traffic-recei?ref=category_popular > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Xcsoar-user mailing > listXcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.nethttps://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Xcsoar-user mailing list > Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user > >
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