Raistlin Posted February 19 Report Posted February 19 Hiya folks I was wondering if someone had any issues with a Skywatch sensor integrated in a G1000 setup. Mine randomly (but very often, like 80% of time) disconnects, sometimes pulling the breaker for a while and resetting it solves the problem, most of the time it doesn't. The issue seems to be connected to overheating. I have been quoted an astronomical 10k to overhaul and fix it, and was just wondering if someone had previous experiences of this sort. Quote
LANCECASPER Posted February 20 Report Posted February 20 On 2/19/2025 at 8:17 AM, Raistlin said: Hiya folks I was wondering if someone had any issues with a Skywatch sensor integrated in a G1000 setup. Mine randomly (but very often, like 80% of time) disconnects, sometimes pulling the breaker for a while and resetting it solves the problem, most of the time it doesn't. The issue seems to be connected to overheating. I have been quoted an astronomical 10k to overhaul and fix it, and was just wondering if someone had previous experiences of this sort. People thinking that ADS-B traffic is just as good as TCAS foolishly remove these during panel "upgrades". The good news is that the processors are available at a reasonable price. As an example here's what eBay has at the moment: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=SKYWATCH+497&_sacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p4432023.m570.l1313 Quote
Raistlin Posted February 24 Author Report Posted February 24 On 2/20/2025 at 8:56 PM, LANCECASPER said: People thinking that ADS-B traffic is just as good as TCAS foolishly remove these during panel "upgrades". The good news is that the processors are available at a reasonable price. As an example here's what eBay has at the moment: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=SKYWATCH+497&_sacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p4432023.m570.l1313 Yeah, that's the solution I am also considering. Quote
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