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Help with ADS-B

6/15/2015 9:11 AM

Walter

Joined: 7/8/2009

Posts: 2778

Re: Help with ADS-B

Hi Tex,

The 720 supports most of the brands out there: SkyGuard, SkyRadar, NavWorx, Clarity, Stratus I, Pathfinder, FreeFlight. We maintain a list of supported products for each iFly model on our website in the Support / Common Support Inquiries page.

All the devices have various pros and cons. As you add features - ADSB Out, AHRS, etc, you get some more capabilities - but the price goes up, or the installation headache goes up. If you want a solid weather device, inexpensive and easy to setup, Pathfinder is a good option. If you are also looking for Traffic information, and/or you want to take a step towards solving the 2020 mandate, you might consider NavWorx or SkyGuard.

Thanks,

Walter

Walter Boyd
President, Adventure Pilot

6/16/2015 7:33 PM

Tex Willer

Joined: 2/6/2015

Posts: 15

Re: Help with ADS-B

Thanks Walter, I will take a look!

6/18/2015 1:18 PM

Dave

Joined: 5/30/2015

Posts: 61

Re: Help with ADS-B

You'll find that ADS-B In only units are pretty much worthless when it comes to receiving traffic. You really need ADS-B out to wake up the local ground stations so they transmit to your specific area. Not an issue if all you want is free weather, though.

6/18/2015 1:42 PM

Joined: 1/1/0001

Posts: 0

Re: Help with ADS-B Modified By on 6/18/2015 1:43:10 PM

"Dave wrote:

You'll find that ADS-B In only units are pretty much worthless when it comes to receiving traffic. You really need ADS-B out to wake up the local ground stations so they transmit to your specific area. Not an issue if all you want is free weather, though."

I agree. I kept my Dual XGPS170 for only a short while before selling it on EBay and buying a SkyGuard transceiver for that reason.

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