I put the Stratux together yesterday with the parts listed on the site and using the SD image file. I also made the read-only modification from
here, because I figured I'd be just unplugging the power when I was done trying it, and it seems this might keep the file system from getting corrupted when I yank the power.
We tried a test flight this morning (didn't get an early start, so it was a little hot and bumpy).
I put the Stratux between the seats:
and did a fancy install of the antenna:
Sue monitored Foreflight on the iPad while we were climbing out, and then we both explored the data a bit.
We had one ADSB tower available still on the ground (KAEG is line-of-sight to the top of the Sandias), and we picked up a second by 1000AGL. During our brief flight, we generally had three towers show up - once it dropped to one, and once we had five, at a time when we had climbed to 4000AGL.
The local radar updated, and we were able to get METARs and TAFs with no problem. I haven't flown with a Stratus or equivalent, but the performance was good enough to inspire some more tests.