Power Flarm Antena Mounting

I'll be interested to see how the nose mounted antennas work out as I have a pure glassfibre ASW too. Some pilots have reported good results with antennas mounted there so I guess as long as the antennas aren't too close to the rudder pedals it would be a viable option.

One thing I find interesting is that the brick manual includes the following as ideal FLARM antenna locations:

" - On the coaming of the instrument panel, in front of the compass (4 inch, 10cm. minimal distance to compass)
- I the tail fin of the glider (use low loss 50 Ohm RF cable for the antenna cable extension)
- Behind the pilot's head in the fuselage (not in gliders with carbon fuselage)"

The "Hall Of Shame" shows a portable unit mounted behind the pilot's head so I assume in this case the problem was that the antenna was very close and almost parallel to the wing pin handle?

I notice they also recommend 1ft. spacing between all the antennas with the brick.

I have a DG-300, which means there's empty space forward of my
instrument pod... But here's how I did it, and I see targets out to 8
miles:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/noel_wade/8048620724/
(note the mounting arm is about 8" long and plastic)

Enjoy,

--Noel

On Saturday, February 16, 2013 10:58:14 PM UTC-5, K wrote:
List, Am installing PF Brick into a 27. At first I was going to address the 27/29 Yahoo list but thought I might reach a wider range of experience here. I flew all of last season including a contest with a PF portable on a Williams Soaring mount on the glare shield and it worked great (And yes it did receive ADS-B). The 27 is a bit different than the 20 (Less room and Carbon fiber thru most of the cockpit area) and I was wondering about what pilots have done with antenna placement. I have seen the Butterfly site and the hall of shame so I think I have a bead on what NOT to do. My idea is to drill/cut holes in the glare shield and mount the Flarm dipole and GPS antenna from the bottom with Velcro (TM) so they will pull loose in an unplanned evacuation (OK Bailout). There were pictures on the PF site (Not the hall of shame portion)that showed the antennas mounted UNDER the glare shield. This isn't right is it? Also, the old portable was easy to set up by just scrolling thru the pages and following prompts. As I understand this will not be possible with the Brick. I am using an LxNav Flarmveiw so should be able to update with an SD card. I will be using the PF GPS for my SN10. Will this call for other configuration changes other than the Baud rate. Thanks

Contact UH directly and I can forward a few photos of '27 installation.
UH

Looking at the 27 install pictures and hearing that it is effective makes me feel more positive about installing one on my ship. I really wasn't looking forward to the possibility of having a forest of antennas in my field of view. I specifically have the compass in the panel and even the yaw string is mounted low on the canopy and kept as short as possible just because I find any obstruction in that area annoying even if it doesn't really block the view much in any practical way.