ArVeeNiner
Well Known Member
I’m posting this for an A&P friend. He is working with a guy with an RV-12 and he wants to install ADS-B. The guy bought a Uavionix tail unit and told my friend that it doesn’t fit on the rudder. My friend lives an hour and a half from this guy so he doesn’t want to make the drive before he understands the situation. I am pretty unfamiliar with RV-12s so I’m not sure why it wouldn’t fit.
They are also looking at the wingtip version but the guy really doesn’t want to do that because he wants to be able to remove his wings. Of course he could simply put in a plug for the unit…problem solved. However I just saw a drawing online that looks like the RV-12s have internal position lights on the wing tips like most of the other RVs. That would make the wing tip version probably not viable.
I have a simple Ted transponder antenna on the belly of my Rv9A that I use for ADS-B and it works just fine. I guess they could go that route as well. It’s very simple to do.
So, what has worked for you RV-12 drivers?
They are also looking at the wingtip version but the guy really doesn’t want to do that because he wants to be able to remove his wings. Of course he could simply put in a plug for the unit…problem solved. However I just saw a drawing online that looks like the RV-12s have internal position lights on the wing tips like most of the other RVs. That would make the wing tip version probably not viable.
I have a simple Ted transponder antenna on the belly of my Rv9A that I use for ADS-B and it works just fine. I guess they could go that route as well. It’s very simple to do.
So, what has worked for you RV-12 drivers?
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