Low cost ADS-B Options

On Saturday, August 6, 2016 at 10:43:51 PM UTC-7, Mike Schumann wrote:
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While I didn't get any info from TRIG on who they are working with on the TN72 GPS Source, one possibility is that this is based on the same platform used in Dynon's 2020 compliant GPS source, which is currently available for ~$600 (unfortunately it only works with the Dynon Skyview system). TRIG is the OEM supplier for the Mode S / 1090ES transponder that is part of the Skyview system, so these guys already have a close working relationship.

Mike

The Dynon SV-GPS-2020 is not TSO-C145c approved and has no STCs for installing in certified aircraft. It is a "meets requirements of.. " source. Without that I don't believe you can install this in a certified aircraft today, and Dynon's market is really experimental aircraft, where absolutely the "meets requirements of .." is enough. Like many vendors in this space you have to be very careful reading Dynon marketing collateral because most of it implicitly assumes the discussion is about experimental aircraft.

I have no clue who the OEM for the SC-GPS-2020 GPS engine is. It's got unusual packaging with the receiver built into the antenna housing like the previous Dynon GPS did as well.

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Now.... there is a separate effort that Dynon is part of to allow (via STC) non-TSO avionics use in certified aircraft. Dynon has a recent STC for their EFIS-D10A and EFIS-D100 units for example, nothing to do with ADS-B Out.. I am not aware of any other vendor with a STC for a non-TSO GPS source with an ADS-B Out transmitter. That *might* be what Trig is aiming at as well for ADS-B Out and account for how a NexNav Micro-i might be claimed as suitable in certified aircraft. Wether non-TSO but STC'ed stuff is a possibility for ADS-B out has been an area of speculation/confusion for a while. I'll (happily) believe it when we see an STC.

Darryl