Flying Bozo Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 Yesterday my friend came over to my hangar with his small gadget to test it for receiving ADSB weather and Traffic and airport information. It is called respberry pi . Read the blog below and then if you are interested look at the shopping list. Total price would be about $125. The components go together without soldering. This thing was amazing. We were in front of my hangar on the ground here in Cottonwood AZ receiving the above mentioned ADSB information. It will run for 10 hours on the battery or you can use a USB power from the cigarette lighter for power It should work on most EFBs but we had I Fly, Android phone, I phone,android pad. This is super for the cost. You do have to download the software on to the mini SD card using the link. https://www.reddit.com/r/flying/comments/3g7urb/the_11390_adsb_receiver_for_foreflight_or_pretty/ Shopping list. http://amzn.com/B00MV6TAJI $69.99 http://amzn.com/B00P2UOU72 $25.95 http://amzn.com/B00JM59JPG $13.99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingMonkey Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 We tried this in my airplane the other day with a unit my friend cobbled together. Seemed to work fine. We got traffic and weather. Traffic spotty and reliant on somebody else's traffic "puck" of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Bozo Posted September 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 Yes the traffic is spotty because of needing another's reply. However there is talk that FAA is going to turn it on 24/7.But in the meantime you have great nexrad weather and then the airport weather too. Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N456TS Posted September 16, 2015 Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 Interesting use of dump978. I operate 978mhz and 1090mhz ground receivers for aircraft tracking. Oliver wrote dump978 mostly as a proof of concept. He lives in the UK and they don't use 978 UAT, so it was mostly a "for fun" project. Just to clarify, a Raspberry Pi is just the low cost computer, not the name of the linked project. They can be used for...anything. I've got 4-5 for different projects [using them]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMcCand - N248CT Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 I tried a stratux with Foreflight, Wing-x and iFly yesterday. All could see it. I had a poorly mounted antenna, so reception was limited. However, this is a *great* project. I like having something that talks to Foreflight (and doesn't cost too much). This is a great merge of my computer and flying hobbies. Now, is it worth having this as well as Navworx in/out UAT? not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 There's a project running in the UK called PilotAware http://www.pilotaware.com I've built a device and it works fine though over here we have no provider of weather services through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ls6pilot Posted March 7, 2017 Report Share Posted March 7, 2017 I built this stratux adsb for $160 from parts from amazon. Works well with most EFB programs. See http://stratux.me/for list. 20 minute easy build after you figure out how to open the case. one photo showing battery pack beside stratux one with it attached. Rich Chesser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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