22 others Posted September 3, 2015 Report Posted September 3, 2015 I started another post on this last month, but some of my fellow cheap B's might have missed it. You can have a stratus-like ADS-B in receiver for about 0.1 amu's thanks to a few talented programmers who went out of their way. I'm always appreciative of any way to make this hobby a little safer without spending a lot of cash. The EAA just did a nice write-up on how you can make your own. Since it's an ongoing project, there is a forum with updates and comments at https://www.reddit.com/r/stratux/ I just used mine this weekend to avoid a few thunderstorms. 1
neilpilot Posted September 3, 2015 Report Posted September 3, 2015 Thanks for the info. We just ordered the components, along with a rechargeable power supply, all for under $110 on Amazon. I plan on having this up and running in time for an evaluation enroute to Mooney Summit III
carl Posted September 3, 2015 Report Posted September 3, 2015 can I do this too? I'm a cheap -B, but also a technical moron. carl
carusoam Posted September 3, 2015 Report Posted September 3, 2015 Carl, As long as you don't depend on it as a safety of flight item, you'll be good. If $200 in wasted parts is OK with you, you'll be good. There is a lot of upside, and very little downside, from what I see here. It won't be replacing any panel mounted hardware. If you aren't affording the full price of a portable unit, this is a good alternative. Check the price of used portables. gsengle reported he is selling a skyradar earlier today for $100. He just mounted another touchscreen device in his IP.... It looks like a fun project to say "I'm not a technical moron anymore!" With... Best regards, -a-
carl Posted September 4, 2015 Report Posted September 4, 2015 Just order the parts raspberry kit $ 71.99 vilos antenna tuner $ 24 noo elec. 1
philipneeper Posted September 5, 2015 Report Posted September 5, 2015 so this ADS-B in is a traffic awareness system?
gsengle Posted September 6, 2015 Report Posted September 6, 2015 I have put in a l3 Lynx box so I have a skyradar ads-b box for sale cheap Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
22 others Posted September 6, 2015 Author Report Posted September 6, 2015 so this ADS-B in is a traffic awareness system? Traffic and weather on your ipad or android. ADS-B "in" sans the "out" has some limitations.
carusoam Posted September 6, 2015 Report Posted September 6, 2015 (edited) PTG, check the the age of your data in the red flag... you may not have been getting updates. See? best regards, -a- Edited September 6, 2015 by carusoam
peevee Posted September 6, 2015 Report Posted September 6, 2015 (edited) the red flag is internet weather. see at the bottom where it says ADSB-OK? Also the METARS say they were received from ADSB Edited September 6, 2015 by peevee 1
Browncbr1 Posted September 7, 2015 Report Posted September 7, 2015 Has there been a firmware update in the past month? I understood just weather was working with current firmware
22 others Posted September 7, 2015 Author Report Posted September 7, 2015 Yes there has been an update. They've made several updates the past few weeks. Download the newest image here: https://github.com/cyoung/stratux/releases
peevee Posted September 7, 2015 Report Posted September 7, 2015 kind of watching to see if they get a little more robust AHRS going. I had the stuff on order and then figured I had other things to spend $100 on so I'll wait a bit.
Browncbr1 Posted September 7, 2015 Report Posted September 7, 2015 Thanks. I'll get the updated firmware. I knew it wouldn't be long before updates were made since there was so much interest. I bet before too long, they will find the addon hardware and get ahrs working. 1
peevee Posted September 9, 2015 Report Posted September 9, 2015 they have it working but the unit they are using is pretty delicate.
22 others Posted September 9, 2015 Author Report Posted September 9, 2015 I know there are lot of guys who are excited about the AHRS/GPS addition. I think they've got the GPS part working, AHRS is taking a little longer. But I'm a little ambivalent about that because I don't use Foreflight and my Ipad is a cellular model with GPS already built in. Dual band traffic + weather is the sweet spot for me...
Johnnybgoode Posted September 10, 2015 Report Posted September 10, 2015 (edited) Fixed by downloading a different piece of software to load the SD card - new app worked first time. Guess the PiFiller app had a conflict with something running in the background, even on a fresh reboot. for the record... So for all you pros - can't get my wife's Macbook to load that pi filler app - just keeps "quitting unexpectedly" on me when I go to run it. OS x 10.7.5 any successful Mac users on here? thanks, Moron Edited September 10, 2015 by Johnnybgoode added solution to question presented
Browncbr1 Posted September 13, 2015 Report Posted September 13, 2015 (edited) What is the IP address for the Pi2? i remember seeing the browser based configuration panel address, but can't find it now. Found it. http://192.168.10.1 Edited September 13, 2015 by Browncbr1
mooniac15u Posted September 14, 2015 Report Posted September 14, 2015 I finished mine this weekend. I was able to source all the parts from a local electronics store so I ended up with a different SDR and wifi adaptor. $85 all in, although I'm using a battery pack that I already owned. 1
Yetti Posted September 19, 2015 Report Posted September 19, 2015 Loaded up the version 2 and had some time to play with in the car. Was able to pick up two planes with both Avare and DroidEFB. For DroidEFB I was using ilevel with stratux changed SID in the options menu. Pretty cool.
neilpilot Posted September 19, 2015 Report Posted September 19, 2015 My Mooney partner just reported excellent reception using the "stock" Stratus with the latest download on a flight from KAWM to KHOT. Don't think we will give up XM on our GNS430, but after we get some time behind ADS-B weather on the iPad we may reconsider. Any idea if there will eventually be a way to add GPS to the Stratux package, or does that already exist?
peevee Posted September 19, 2015 Report Posted September 19, 2015 (edited) GPS and ahrs already exist, it's a 40 dollar part. The nice thing about xm is the ability to get destination weather further out than I can on adsb Edited September 19, 2015 by peevee
midlifeflyer Posted September 19, 2015 Report Posted September 19, 2015 GPS and ahrs already exist, it's a 40 dollar part. Mine is on the way.
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