Low cost ADS-B for VFR
A reminder for all those who think "See and Avoid" is sufficient in VFR conditions: Planes collided over Coeur d'Alene Lake
A reminder for all those who think ADSB and other gizmos are the solution: Accident Near Mangalore Airport - Possibly 2 Aircraft down
A reminder for all those who think ADSB and other gizmos are the solution: Accident Near Mangalore Airport - Possibly 2 Aircraft down
They both had the ADSB equipment that has been mandated by the ‘safety’ regulator on ‘safety’ grounds.
I guarantee if I had been flying there with my low cost ADSB-IN solution, I would have been able to see both of them, assuming their ADSB operational, and it wouldn’t have been via Melbourne Centre or Flight Radar 24 - it would have been by a direct ADSB-IN link.
I noticed in a video that Stefan Drury was using Flight Radar 24 to locate a nearby company aircraft. The issue with this is:
- You need a valid 4G plan
- You need a solid 4G signal
- You don’t know if it’s real time or not
A Sky Echo or similar IN solution is by far the best option. I even note that the Sky Echo also receives FLARM traffic.
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still the Sky Echo seems a very good solution.
Just curious, what kind of ADS-B in do you have? I've considered the Dynon SV-ADSB-470 for my SkyView installation but IMHO there are insufficient ADS-B Out-equipped aircraft to justify the cost at present for the areas and flying I do.