ADS-B IN

[FAST FLIGHT OPTIONS LLC]

So I was thinking about getting ADS-B (IN) to take advantage of the free wx and traffic services being offered as it seemed like a no-brainer as opposed to paying those lofty xm subscription fees. But nothing in aviation is that simple right?  Really… free wx? Hummm? What’s the catch I thought to myself?

…The catch is this…no one really offers a unit that will allow you to display the free wx.  Garmin won’t allow it to be compatible with my 430W or any of their GPS nav/coms for that matter.  You have to but the very expensive GMX 200 if you want to have a display for the free wx.  Even Aspen hasn’t decided on if they are going to allow the free wx to be displayed on the PFD’s/MFD’s.  I guess I’ll have to wait a bit longer to see how this all plays out

[N601RX]

Quote: JimR

Hi, Nick.  If you have an iPad already you can add a Sky Radar ADS-B In & WAAS GPS receiver for about 1 AMU.  They communicate via wi-fi.  Go to www.skyradar.com, I think, for more info.

Jim

[jlunseth]

Does Skyradar work with Foreflight now?  I thought only the Baron unit did, so far.

[FlyDave]

Quote: jlunseth

Does Skyradar work with Foreflight now?  I thought only the Baron unit did, so far.

[danb35]

Foreflight has expressed interest in working with ADS-B, but they haven't announced any plans that I'm aware of.

[jetdriven]

Sad seeing how ads-b is free and xm is 400-1200$ a year.   Something is up with that.  

 

[DaV8or]

I would really like to see ADS-B become a practical reality for GA pilots. Partly for the free WX info, but also the traffic info. My idea on how to do this would be like this-

In my car I have an iPod adapter that interfaces with the factory radio via the XM input. It mimics XM braodcasts and works great. I figure that lots of people now have Garmin hand helds with XM inputs. Somebody just needs to make an adapter that recieves ADS-B and then sends the info via the XM input to your Garmin to display the info. Seems there would be no more need for Garmin's blessing or participation then there is Apple.

I would buy this system in a heartbeat for use with my panel mounted 696.