Noah
Well Known Member
I need to equip 2 aircraft with ADS-B out. One of them is my RV, and the other, a manned hydrogen balloon, is only flown once or twice per year. I'm thinking of having compliant position sources, antennae, transponders, and harnesses in each aircraft, and simply moving the ADS-B unit itself. This should be pretty simple if I locate it someplace accessible.
Any gotchas to this plan I haven't thought of?
I'm currently leaning toward the uAvionix Echo, simply due to cost. Registration, aircraft type, and other settings are easily reconfigured via wireless connection to a tablet, so the thinking would be that I would have a list of settings to change when moving between aircraft. Position would come from a GNS430W in the RV, and a SkyFYX in the balloon. Each aircraft already has a Garmin transponder. Might not be able to do international flights with 978 MHz UAT transmitter. Planning to port data to AFS4500.
Any gotchas to this plan I haven't thought of?
I'm currently leaning toward the uAvionix Echo, simply due to cost. Registration, aircraft type, and other settings are easily reconfigured via wireless connection to a tablet, so the thinking would be that I would have a list of settings to change when moving between aircraft. Position would come from a GNS430W in the RV, and a SkyFYX in the balloon. Each aircraft already has a Garmin transponder. Might not be able to do international flights with 978 MHz UAT transmitter. Planning to port data to AFS4500.