Any pireps for PCAS MRX collision avoidance system?

On Thu, 31 May 2007 22:26:36 -0700, Mutts wrote:


worth 500 clams?..............

http://www.zaonflight.com/content/view/2/13/

No comment on the Zaonflight PCASs, as I have no experience with
them...

I have flown a Ryan 9900B TCAD equipped Seneca, and found the bearing
display a critical part of the TCAD package. Occasionally the Ryan
would only show altitude/distance (no bearing), and it was pretty
frustrating to only know there is a guy out there... It is REALLY
hard to find a plane only by knowing approximate range and altitude
delta. This is especially the case when near the pattern, and there
are multiple targets.

If I was going to buy a Zaonflight, I would shell out the bigger bucks
for the one equipped with Bearing.

-Nathan

A friend of mine has a similar unit as this one (diff mfr) and I used it
on a flight. It annoyed me to no end because of the fact there was no
bearing information, just altitude and range.. BFD... I still have to
look everywhere for the darn traffic. Also, it's quite annoying on the
ground.

Chris G.

Nathan Young wrote:
On Thu, 31 May 2007 22:26:36 -0700, Mutts wrote:

worth 500 clams?..............

http://www.zaonflight.com/content/view/2/13/

No comment on the Zaonflight PCASs, as I have no experience with
them...

I have flown a Ryan 9900B TCAD equipped Seneca, and found the bearing
display a critical part of the TCAD package. Occasionally the Ryan
would only show altitude/distance (no bearing), and it was pretty
frustrating to only know there is a guy out there... It is REALLY
hard to find a plane only by knowing approximate range and altitude
delta. This is especially the case when near the pattern, and there
are multiple targets.

If I was going to buy a Zaonflight, I would shell out the bigger bucks
for the one equipped with Bearing.

-Nathan

Nathan,

We have a non-bearing unit in our plane. No issue at all. Just look
outside when the alert comes and you'll find the target.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)