Hi Bill
I got your e-mail and for the benefit of everyone here planning on doing the same, I'm in the process of doing just that and will report back here once everything is completed.
I should be doing the wiring tomorrow so it should be soon.
Cheers
Bruno
Bruno, great to read this status. Looking forward for more info after you can experience it. Does the configuration software allow to keep the light turned off?
Pete, uAvionix does not sell a wing tip transponder that satisfies the requirements for Canada yet. The SkyBeacon is a 978 repeater only. This (wingtip 1090 ES with dual antenna) should come in June accorfding to a response I have from them. Even then, this will not meet my requirements as I need a light with the rear position light as well on the wing tip. Moreover, I prefer the look of the Orion 600 freshly installed than that of the X antenna.
Hello Listers
First, sorry for the long wait for an update..
I was finally able to get airborne today with the weather improving and the strip finally drying out.
The Tailbeacon-X is working just fine in all phase of flight and today I was able to do a flight along the Canadian/US border so that I could get a compliance report from the FAA which I did and as far as I know it is good as there were no Red indications in the report.
For about an hour and a half I did step turns in both directions and all kind of manoeuvers as a way to shield the antenna but the Tailbeacon-X kept on trucking along just fine. So my use of an aluminum plate to mount the beacon doesn't seems to affect it in any way even tough a fiberglass plate will most likely be better.
I could see traffic and weather and the transponder worked as advertised.The GPS ''Nic & NACp'' were showing 10 most of the time which is the max you can get.
So for the ones of you thinking of doing the same I did, I think that the results are good and that you can go ahead with your installations.
Best of luck
Bruno
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Hi Bill
The beacon is mounted as UaVionix intended (with the antenna vertically) The only difference I used is that I mounted the mounting plate in the horizontal ( it can go either way )so that the two little screws ( about a 1/4 ‘’ ) holding the beacon tightly in place were at a 6 & 12 o’clock position ...
This allowed for a better access to them once the beacon was mounted in the wingtip..
Hope this helps
Cheers
Bruno
I installed my TailbeaconX today. I made a fiberglass bulkhead. Hope to complete the work on the panel tomorrow and finalize the documentation and fly
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So, if one was to remote mount a stratus “in” unit out of site could you use the existing blade antenna on the belly of my plane for the incoming signal? When I ask stratus support all they say is you need their antenna part # such n such. I already know you could and suction cup mount it to the inside of my comity but that is not my question. Does anyone know the answer?
Do you guys run a connector so that if you ever had to remove your wings you can disconnect the tailbeaconx at the wing root?
Do you guys run a connector so that if you ever had to remove your wings you can disconnect the tailbeaconx at the wing root?
I'm curious why folks are installing a Tailbeacon on a wing, when uAvionix sells a wing-tip version of the same thing??
There's gotta be a reason.........................
I put a molex connector on mine, although it's mounted in the tail. I can remove it and have a harness for hooking it up on the bench along with the AV-10 head unit so an avionics shop can test it outside the aircraft.Do you guys run a connector so that if you ever had to remove your wings you can disconnect the tailbeaconx at the wing root?