ForeFlight (2017 Oshkosh Announcement) - $199 ADSB receiver

[Pdtofly]

Guess I must be doing something wrong. I got the SV-ADSB-470 and Foreflight and am not seeing the weather.... . Are there any settings I need to worry about?

Will try again when I am at the airport again.

Oliver

Oliver, I don't think ForeFlight was advertised to displayed weather and traffic from the ADSB-470. I don't think it is advertised to work with the ADSB-472 either, but I do get ADSB weather from SkyView ADSB-472 unit. I will test traffic when Dynon gets the wifi string working.

Now, second question.

What <EXTERNAL> setting are you using for FltPlanGo? The AVIONICS or the ADS-B portion?

I have SkyView selected under AVIONICS.

[DaleB]

Originally Posted by dtw_rv6

Long live Stratux.

Amen to that.

[jcaplins]

Originally Posted by dtw_rv6

Long live Stratux.

Can it be configured to communicate via wifi to an EFIS without going through some other EFB first? Dynon, AFS, etc?

(looks like serial, yes. But I don't have any more serial ports.)

[CODon]

Bought a Scout at OSH and it worked as advertised on way home. Weather and radar were quite solid. Only concern is that I cannot say that I saw any 1090 traffic pings. PLENTY of 978 traffic headed home from OSH. Will continue to "play" with it.

[timfwalsh01@comcast.net]

I fly a Velocity with original Dynon Skyview, and Foreflight. I have the ADSB-470, and I receive Weather, but no traffic.

I wrote both Dynon and Foreflight to determine if I missed a software upgrade announcement. Finally Foreflight told me that it is accidental that my Foreflight was receiving Weather. They are not blocking it, but they are also not supporting it.

I recently upgraded to ADSB-472, but have not flown it yet to determine if the 472 will receive Weather. I am holding on to the 470 until it is confirmed. I really like this feature. Tim

[rleffler]

Originally Posted by CODon

Bought a Scout at OSH and it worked as advertised on way home. Weather and radar were quite solid. Only concern is that I cannot say that I saw any 1090 traffic pings. PLENTY of 978 traffic headed home from OSH. Will continue to "play" with it.

My passenger bought one at OSH. We did see 1090 traffic a couple times, but to be honest I didn't really pay attention to it. I had traffic and weather on my AFS 5500. Having it on three EFIS is more than satisfactory. The iPad would make he fourth screen. It's a backup to my backup.

[az_gila]

Originally Posted by dtw_rv6

Long live Stratux.

Maybe, but bummer... my Stratux arrived the day before the Foreflight Scout announcement...

[Dean Pichon]

I pre-ordered a Scout on Amazon and received it about 10 days ago. I have made 3 flights with it (in my -4) using Foreflight. So far, I am favorably impressed. I have powered it using both a USB battery pack and ship's power via a USB receptacle. It starts displaying traffic and weather before I reach pattern altitude. It seems to shows traffic nicely. (I chased several down to make sure they were real.) Interestingly, after landing, in front of my hanger, it was clearly displaying a steady stream of jet traffic going into Boston and Bedford.

A couple of times during the first flight, it showed an aircraft directly above or below me. After several aggressive maneuvers, I figured out I would not shake this other aircraft (me). I has not happened since, but I'm not sure what would prevent it from happening again.

Weather displays nicely, though I have not been close enough to any bad weather go get much of a feel for how it performs.

For $200, this looks like a good solution until I install the uAvionix echoUAT and SkyFYX. (I have not yet decided whether I will do this during this year'a condition inspection, or next year's.)

Dean

[N402RH]

Originally Posted by jcaplins

Can it be configured to communicate via wifi to an EFIS without going through some other EFB first? Dynon, AFS, etc?

(looks like serial, yes. But I don't have any more serial ports.)

An AF-5000 will display weather and traffic using wifi from a Stratux.

Rob Hickman
N402RH RV-10

[thinkn9a]

As a heads up to others,...(or maybe there is a software update on the way)

Bought the Scout at Osh,... installed it night before leaving,...and enjoyed traffic and weather the next day,... first flight. (After cooling down the iPad that overheated while waiting in taxi line after the ground loop)

However,...second flight of the day was NO JOY. iPad recognized Scout WiFi,...but Foreflight did not recognize connection.

Foreflight support came up with "forgetting" the Scout WiFi on the iPad,... then powering up Scout and joining Scout wifi.....Seems to be working