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Transponder TT21 versus TT22 - Considerations
On Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 11:57:33 PM UTC-5, WaltWX wrote:
Daryl, First, I have no intention of equipping with ADS-B out and agree that there is little or no value to gliders. My interest in having a Trig that is compliant for ADS-B out is just in case FAA changes their mind and mandates it for gliders in 2020. Yes, the complexity of certification and cost are prohibitive. I'm just trying to consider whether it's worth it for an extra $300 and slightly higher power usage to be "ready". My main interest is to protect myself against fast jets and airliners etc in busy airspace. Thanks for all your explanations and background in this discussion... although it sure makes a decision on which unit to purchase difficult. I agree the TT21 is probably all I need for the time being. Walt Rogers WX If you fly in busy airspace, with airliners and fast jets etc. Please install a transponder. Whether it is a Trig T-21 or TT-22 has really no difference for the usefulness of that transponder. If you intend in future to go though all the money, complexity and hassle (uh why?) of installing ADS-B data-out as well then the question about TT-22 TSO-C166b certification may become relevant. There is a lot of value in outfitting a glider with ADS-B OUT. Specifically, this is required to reliably receive TIS-B traffic from ADS-B ground stations. There are a lot of lower cost ADS-B OUT solutions in the pipeline. At OSHKOSH last summer L3 announced a complete 2020 compliant ADS-B IN/OUT solution that was suppose to cost $2-3K. This system was suppose to ship by the end of 2014. I suspect that there will be a number of significant additional product introductions at the next OSHKOSH show. ADS-B is going to be a very important collision avoidance tool for those of us who fly recreationally near major metropolitan airports, where the mid-air threats are not just gliders, but other GA and airline aircraft. |
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Transponder TT21 versus TT22 - Considerations
On Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 9:55:35 PM UTC-8, wrote:
On Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 11:57:33 PM UTC-5, WaltWX wrote: Daryl, First, I have no intention of equipping with ADS-B out and agree that there is little or no value to gliders. My interest in having a Trig that is compliant for ADS-B out is just in case FAA changes their mind and mandates it for gliders in 2020. Yes, the complexity of certification and cost are prohibitive. I'm just trying to consider whether it's worth it for an extra $300 and slightly higher power usage to be "ready". My main interest is to protect myself against fast jets and airliners etc in busy airspace. Thanks for all your explanations and background in this discussion... although it sure makes a decision on which unit to purchase difficult. I agree the TT21 is probably all I need for the time being. Walt Rogers WX If you fly in busy airspace, with airliners and fast jets etc. Please install a transponder. Whether it is a Trig T-21 or TT-22 has really no difference for the usefulness of that transponder. If you intend in future to go though all the money, complexity and hassle (uh why?) of installing ADS-B data-out as well then the question about TT-22 TSO-C166b certification may become relevant. There is a lot of value in outfitting a glider with ADS-B OUT. Specifically, this is required to reliably receive TIS-B traffic from ADS-B ground stations. There are a lot of lower cost ADS-B OUT solutions in the pipeline. At OSHKOSH last summer L3 announced a complete 2020 compliant ADS-B IN/OUT solution that was suppose to cost $2-3K. This system was suppose to ship by the end of 2014. I suspect that there will be a number of significant additional product introductions at the next OSHKOSH show. ADS-B is going to be a very important collision avoidance tool for those of us who fly recreationally near major metropolitan airports, where the mid-air threats are not just gliders, but other GA and airline aircraft. Technology like TIS-B as an aspiration are great, who would not love to see all transponder equipped aircraft nearby, but it's got to be affordable, its got to have low-power consumption and it's got to be compatible with what is in glider cockpits already, and pilots have to understand some restrictions on how the technology actually works/what it actually provides. TIS-B probably has little interest to most glider pilots. It requires you to equip with a currently expensive ADS-B data-out system, also have ADS-B data-in that is TIS-B compatible (PowerFLARM unfortunately is not) and then only shows you other aircraft within coverage of FAA ground radar, with radar and system time delay limited positional accuracy of that other traffic. And all this that once these so far-mythical affordable systems become available and installable in a glider would then only be that useful for a short time until much of the GA fleet equip with ADS-B out, and ideally 1090ES Out (which it looks like most GA folks will... and many airliners and fast jets already are..). Which by then makes TIS-B uninteresting for gliders as you would hopefully receive much better traffic information via ADS-B/1090ES direct in your good old PowerFLARM. L3 seems to be stumbling a bit with the Lynx system (what you are referring to), they are around 6 months late on making available specifications they promised half way back in 2014, so while it would be great if they did something I'd not hold my breath. And any system is dead in the water for gliders unless it has low-power consumption.. so that will be the first spec to look at. And prices I've seen mentioned for Lynx starting around $2k for a 1090ES Out with a GPS source would be impressive.. but that starting price does not include the ADS-B In option... I've not seen any indication of pricing that includes that (maybe it is $3k bit that just seems pretty-amazingly cheap for such a system from L3). And besides power the next thing is can the traffic display be compatible with what is used in a glider... most gliders don't have space for yet another traffic display, and if anything need ADS-B data output in a Flarm compatible way to be displayed on a display they already have in the panel. And then if you do happen to have a PowerFLARM already there is a slight annoyance of how to deal with two sources feeding a display, and worse how to deduplicate traffic warnings, but all doable if somebody wants to build a custom box/software to do this, but it is not clear who that would be... It does look like Lynx (or well it's Optional ADS-B in part) and other ADS-B In systems from folks like Garmin are going the right way and doing dual-link 1090ES and UAT In. The mess the FAA created with dual-link basically ends up with the only reliable way to see all ADS-B traffic is to carry both a UAT and 1090ES receiver. And with much of the GA fleet lightly to be transmitting 1090ES the FAA could have saved all this effort and just gone 1090ES only. Sad really how badly this was messed up. Equipping with a plain old a Mode C or Mode S transponder still can give you pretty good bang for the buck if you fly near lots of GA traffic, and PCAS in PowerFLARM can be a nice low cost/low complexity help for you to be aware of that traffic. Equipping with a transponder lets ATC see you, can let GA aircraft "see" you if they are equipped with PCAS, TCAD, Mode S TIS (if your local approach SSR provides that) and full ADS-B systems in the right circumstances via TIS-B. Of course if L3 or others ever ships a 1090ES Out system with built-in IFR GPS source for the same price as a Mode-S transponder alone then and it's low enough power for a glider then I expect folks to go that route. Multiple vendors are talking about single box ADS-B Out solutions, ultimately it's a required step to get ownership and install costs down in GA aircraft that don't already have a IFR GPS systems. |
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Transponder TT21 versus TT22 - Considerations
This is the best answer on this thread.
Having flown a turbocharged airplane equipped with TCAS in the teens and low FLs around the west, I missed a lot of aircraft visually that came up In the screen. Flying without it feels like I'm flung blind. --bob |
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Transponder TT21 versus TT22 - Considerations
On Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at 2:06:21 AM UTC-5, Darryl Ramm wrote:
On Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 9:55:35 PM UTC-8, wrote: On Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 11:57:33 PM UTC-5, WaltWX wrote: Daryl, First, I have no intention of equipping with ADS-B out and agree that there is little or no value to gliders. My interest in having a Trig that is compliant for ADS-B out is just in case FAA changes their mind and mandates it for gliders in 2020. Yes, the complexity of certification and cost are prohibitive. I'm just trying to consider whether it's worth it for an extra $300 and slightly higher power usage to be "ready". My main interest is to protect myself against fast jets and airliners etc in busy airspace. Thanks for all your explanations and background in this discussion... although it sure makes a decision on which unit to purchase difficult. I agree the TT21 is probably all I need for the time being. Walt Rogers WX If you fly in busy airspace, with airliners and fast jets etc. Please install a transponder. Whether it is a Trig T-21 or TT-22 has really no difference for the usefulness of that transponder. If you intend in future to go though all the money, complexity and hassle (uh why?) of installing ADS-B data-out as well then the question about TT-22 TSO-C166b certification may become relevant. There is a lot of value in outfitting a glider with ADS-B OUT. Specifically, this is required to reliably receive TIS-B traffic from ADS-B ground stations. There are a lot of lower cost ADS-B OUT solutions in the pipeline. At OSHKOSH last summer L3 announced a complete 2020 compliant ADS-B IN/OUT solution that was suppose to cost $2-3K. This system was suppose to ship by the end of 2014. I suspect that there will be a number of significant additional product introductions at the next OSHKOSH show. ADS-B is going to be a very important collision avoidance tool for those of us who fly recreationally near major metropolitan airports, where the mid-air threats are not just gliders, but other GA and airline aircraft. Technology like TIS-B as an aspiration are great, who would not love to see all transponder equipped aircraft nearby, but it's got to be affordable, its got to have low-power consumption and it's got to be compatible with what is in glider cockpits already, and pilots have to understand some restrictions on how the technology actually works/what it actually provides. TIS-B probably has little interest to most glider pilots. It requires you to equip with a currently expensive ADS-B data-out system, also have ADS-B data-in that is TIS-B compatible (PowerFLARM unfortunately is not) and then only shows you other aircraft within coverage of FAA ground radar, with radar and system time delay limited positional accuracy of that other traffic. And all this that once these so far-mythical affordable systems become available and installable in a glider would then only be that useful for a short time until much of the GA fleet equip with ADS-B out, and ideally 1090ES Out (which it looks like most GA folks will... and many airliners and fast jets already are..). Which by then makes TIS-B uninteresting for gliders as you would hopefully receive much better traffic information via ADS-B/1090ES direct in your good old PowerFLARM. L3 seems to be stumbling a bit with the Lynx system (what you are referring to), they are around 6 months late on making available specifications they promised half way back in 2014, so while it would be great if they did something I'd not hold my breath. And any system is dead in the water for gliders unless it has low-power consumption.. so that will be the first spec to look at. And prices I've seen mentioned for Lynx starting around $2k for a 1090ES Out with a GPS source would be impressive.. but that starting price does not include the ADS-B In option... I've not seen any indication of pricing that includes that (maybe it is $3k bit that just seems pretty-amazingly cheap for such a system from L3). And besides power the next thing is can the traffic display be compatible with what is used in a glider... most gliders don't have space for yet another traffic display, and if anything need ADS-B data output in a Flarm compatible way to be displayed on a display they already have in the panel. And then if you do happen to have a PowerFLARM already there is a slight annoyance of how to deal with two sources feeding a display, and worse how to deduplicate traffic warnings, but all doable if somebody wants to build a custom box/software to do this, but it is not clear who that would be... It does look like Lynx (or well it's Optional ADS-B in part) and other ADS-B In systems from folks like Garmin are going the right way and doing dual-link 1090ES and UAT In. The mess the FAA created with dual-link basically ends up with the only reliable way to see all ADS-B traffic is to carry both a UAT and 1090ES receiver. And with much of the GA fleet lightly to be transmitting 1090ES the FAA could have saved all this effort and just gone 1090ES only. Sad really how badly this was messed up. Equipping with a plain old a Mode C or Mode S transponder still can give you pretty good bang for the buck if you fly near lots of GA traffic, and PCAS in PowerFLARM can be a nice low cost/low complexity help for you to be aware of that traffic. Equipping with a transponder lets ATC see you, can let GA aircraft "see" you if they are equipped with PCAS, TCAD, Mode S TIS (if your local approach SSR provides that) and full ADS-B systems in the right circumstances via TIS-B. Of course if L3 or others ever ships a 1090ES Out system with built-in IFR GPS source for the same price as a Mode-S transponder alone then and it's low enough power for a glider then I expect folks to go that route. Multiple vendors are talking about single box ADS-B Out solutions, ultimately it's a required step to get ownership and install costs down in GA aircraft that don't already have a IFR GPS systems. It is very unfortunate that PowerFlarm doesn't support TIS-B. That would make it a great solution for glider pilots who want all the advantages of ADS-B IN and also have FLARM capability. The PCAS functionality in PowerFlarm doesn't come close to matching the functionality you get with TIS-B. You have no idea where the conflict aircraft is, only its altitude and approximate distance (based on some very crude received power level measurements). That's a whole lot different than TIS-B which shows you the absolute position of the target to the same resolution that is available on an air traffic controller's radar screen. While TIS-B will eventually disappear after we have universal deployment of ADS-B OUT, we still have ~6 years before that happens. Every glider pilot is going to have to make their own decisions on the optimal solution they want to deploy. If you are a contest pilot flying in remote locations where radar coverage is spotty, TIS-B might be of limited utility and FLARM may be more important. If you are a recreational pilot flying near a major metropolitan airport, getting an ADS-B solution that supports TIS-B, even if it just interfaces with ForeFlight on your iPhone, could save your life. |
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Transponder TT21 versus TT22 - Considerations
Mike Schumann wrote:
On Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at 2:06:21 AM UTC-5, Darryl Ramm wrote: On Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 9:55:35 PM UTC-8, wrote: On Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 11:57:33 PM UTC-5, WaltWX wrote: Daryl, First, I have no intention of equipping with ADS-B out and agree that there is little or no value to gliders. My interest in having a Trig that is compliant for ADS-B out is just in case FAA changes their mind and mandates it for gliders in 2020. Yes, the complexity of certification and cost are prohibitive. I'm just trying to consider whether it's worth it for an extra $300 and slightly higher power usage to be "ready". My main interest is to protect myself against fast jets and airliners etc in busy airspace. Thanks for all your explanations and background in this discussion... although it sure makes a decision on which unit to purchase difficult. I agree the TT21 is probably all I need for the time being. Walt Rogers WX If you fly in busy airspace, with airliners and fast jets etc. Please install a transponder. Whether it is a Trig T-21 or TT-22 has really no difference for the usefulness of that transponder. If you intend in future to go though all the money, complexity and hassle (uh why?) of installing ADS-B data-out as well then the question about TT-22 TSO-C166b certification may become relevant. There is a lot of value in outfitting a glider with ADS-B OUT. Specifically, this is required to reliably receive TIS-B traffic from ADS-B ground stations. There are a lot of lower cost ADS-B OUT solutions in the pipeline. At OSHKOSH last summer L3 announced a complete 2020 compliant ADS-B IN/OUT solution that was suppose to cost $2-3K. This system was suppose to ship by the end of 2014. I suspect that there will be a number of significant additional product introductions at the next OSHKOSH show. ADS-B is going to be a very important collision avoidance tool for those of us who fly recreationally near major metropolitan airports, where the mid-air threats are not just gliders, but other GA and airline aircraft. Technology like TIS-B as an aspiration are great, who would not love to see all transponder equipped aircraft nearby, but it's got to be affordable, its got to have low-power consumption and it's got to be compatible with what is in glider cockpits already, and pilots have to understand some restrictions on how the technology actually works/what it actually provides. TIS-B probably has little interest to most glider pilots. It requires you to equip with a currently expensive ADS-B data-out system, also have ADS-B data-in that is TIS-B compatible (PowerFLARM unfortunately is not) and then only shows you other aircraft within coverage of FAA ground radar, with radar and system time delay limited positional accuracy of that other traffic. And all this that once these so far-mythical affordable systems become available and installable in a glider would then only be that useful for a short time until much of the GA fleet equip with ADS-B out, and ideally 1090ES Out (which it looks like most GA folks will... and many airliners and fast jets already are..). Which by then makes TIS-B uninteresting for gliders as you would hopefully receive much better traffic information via ADS-B/1090ES direct in your good old PowerFLARM. L3 seems to be stumbling a bit with the Lynx system (what you are referring to), they are around 6 months late on making available specifications they promised half way back in 2014, so while it would be great if they did something I'd not hold my breath. And any system is dead in the water for gliders unless it has low-power consumption.. so that will be the first spec to look at. And prices I've seen mentioned for Lynx starting around $2k for a 1090ES Out with a GPS source would be impressive.. but that starting price does not include the ADS-B In option... I've not seen any indication of pricing that includes that (maybe it is $3k bit that just seems pretty-amazingly cheap for such a system from L3). And besides power the next thing is can the traffic display be compatible with what is used in a glider... most gliders don't have space for yet another traffic display, and if anything need ADS-B data output in a Flarm compatible way to be displayed on a display they already have in the panel. And then if you do happen to have a PowerFLARM already there is a slight annoyance of how to deal with two sources feeding a display, and worse how to deduplicate traffic warnings, but all doable if somebody wants to build a custom box/software to do this, but it is not clear who that would be... It does look like Lynx (or well it's Optional ADS-B in part) and other ADS-B In systems from folks like Garmin are going the right way and doing dual-link 1090ES and UAT In. The mess the FAA created with dual-link basically ends up with the only reliable way to see all ADS-B traffic is to carry both a UAT and 1090ES receiver. And with much of the GA fleet lightly to be transmitting 1090ES the FAA could have saved all this effort and just gone 1090ES only. Sad really how badly this was messed up. Equipping with a plain old a Mode C or Mode S transponder still can give you pretty good bang for the buck if you fly near lots of GA traffic, and PCAS in PowerFLARM can be a nice low cost/low complexity help for you to be aware of that traffic. Equipping with a transponder lets ATC see you, can let GA aircraft "see" you if they are equipped with PCAS, TCAD, Mode S TIS (if your local approach SSR provides that) and full ADS-B systems in the right circumstances via TIS-B. Of course if L3 or others ever ships a 1090ES Out system with built-in IFR GPS source for the same price as a Mode-S transponder alone then and it's low enough power for a glider then I expect folks to go that route. Multiple vendors are talking about single box ADS-B Out solutions, ultimately it's a required step to get ownership and install costs down in GA aircraft that don't already have a IFR GPS systems. It is very unfortunate that PowerFlarm doesn't support TIS-B. That would make it a great solution for glider pilots who want all the advantages of ADS-B IN and also have FLARM capability. The PCAS functionality in PowerFlarm doesn't come close to matching the functionality you get with TIS-B. You have no idea where the conflict aircraft is, only its altitude and approximate distance (based on some very crude received power level measurements). That's a whole lot different than TIS-B which shows you the absolute position of the target to the same resolution that is available on an air traffic controller's radar screen. While TIS-B will eventually disappear after we have universal deployment of ADS-B OUT, we still have ~6 years before that happens. Every glider pilot is going to have to make their own decisions on the optimal solution they want to deploy. If you are a contest pilot flying in remote locations where radar coverage is spotty, TIS-B might be of limited utility and FLARM may be more important. If you are a recreational pilot flying near a major metropolitan airport, getting an ADS-B solution that supports TIS-B, even if it just interfaces with ForeFlight on your iPhone, could save your life. Actually TIS-B only functions if the ground station sees an ADS-B out target. They then compute any target in your "donut" and transmit that data out. No ADS-B out no TIS-B for you. You can still piggyback on someone else's signal but TIS-B isn't a broadcast of all targets all the time. Peter |
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Transponder TT21 versus TT22 - Considerations
On Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at 4:47:34 PM UTC-5, vontresc wrote:
On Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at 2:06:21 AM UTC-5, Darryl Ramm wrote: On Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 9:55:35 PM UTC-8, wrote: On Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 11:57:33 PM UTC-5, WaltWX wrote: Daryl, First, I have no intention of equipping with ADS-B out and agree that there is little or no value to gliders. My interest in having a Trig that is compliant for ADS-B out is just in case FAA changes their mind and mandates it for gliders in 2020. Yes, the complexity of certification and cost are prohibitive. I'm just trying to consider whether it's worth it for an extra $300 and slightly higher power usage to be "ready". My main interest is to protect myself against fast jets and airliners etc in busy airspace. Thanks for all your explanations and background in this discussion... although it sure makes a decision on which unit to purchase difficult. I agree the TT21 is probably all I need for the time being. Walt Rogers WX If you fly in busy airspace, with airliners and fast jets etc. Please install a transponder. Whether it is a Trig T-21 or TT-22 has really no difference for the usefulness of that transponder. If you intend in future to go though all the money, complexity and hassle (uh why?) of installing ADS-B data-out as well then the question about TT-22 TSO-C166b certification may become relevant. There is a lot of value in outfitting a glider with ADS-B OUT. Specifically, this is required to reliably receive TIS-B traffic from ADS-B ground stations. There are a lot of lower cost ADS-B OUT solutions in the pipeline. At OSHKOSH last summer L3 announced a complete 2020 compliant ADS-B IN/OUT solution that was suppose to cost $2-3K. This system was suppose to ship by the end of 2014. I suspect that there will be a number of significant additional product introductions at the next OSHKOSH show. ADS-B is going to be a very important collision avoidance tool for those of us who fly recreationally near major metropolitan airports, where the mid-air threats are not just gliders, but other GA and airline aircraft. Technology like TIS-B as an aspiration are great, who would not love to see all transponder equipped aircraft nearby, but it's got to be affordable, its got to have low-power consumption and it's got to be compatible with what is in glider cockpits already, and pilots have to understand some restrictions on how the technology actually works/what it actually provides. TIS-B probably has little interest to most glider pilots. It requires you to equip with a currently expensive ADS-B data-out system, also have ADS-B data-in that is TIS-B compatible (PowerFLARM unfortunately is not) and then only shows you other aircraft within coverage of FAA ground radar, with radar and system time delay limited positional accuracy of that other traffic. And all this that once these so far-mythical affordable systems become available and installable in a glider would then only be that useful for a short time until much of the GA fleet equip with ADS-B out, and ideally 1090ES Out (which it looks like most GA folks will... and many airliners and fast jets already are..). Which by then makes TIS-B uninteresting for gliders as you would hopefully receive much better traffic information via ADS-B/1090ES direct in your good old PowerFLARM. L3 seems to be stumbling a bit with the Lynx system (what you are referring to), they are around 6 months late on making available specifications they promised half way back in 2014, so while it would be great if they did something I'd not hold my breath. And any system is dead in the water for gliders unless it has low-power consumption.. so that will be the first spec to look at. And prices I've seen mentioned for Lynx starting around $2k for a 1090ES Out with a GPS source would be impressive.. but that starting price does not include the ADS-B In option... I've not seen any indication of pricing that includes that (maybe it is $3k bit that just seems pretty-amazingly cheap for such a system from L3). And besides power the next thing is can the traffic display be compatible with what is used in a glider... most gliders don't have space for yet another traffic display, and if anything need ADS-B data output in a Flarm compatible way to be displayed on a display they already have in the panel. And then if you do happen to have a PowerFLARM already there is a slight annoyance of how to deal with two sources feeding a display, and worse how to deduplicate traffic warnings, but all doable if somebody wants to build a custom box/software to do this, but it is not clear who that would be... It does look like Lynx (or well it's Optional ADS-B in part) and other ADS-B In systems from folks like Garmin are going the right way and doing dual-link 1090ES and UAT In. The mess the FAA created with dual-link basically ends up with the only reliable way to see all ADS-B traffic is to carry both a UAT and 1090ES receiver. And with much of the GA fleet lightly to be transmitting 1090ES the FAA could have saved all this effort and just gone 1090ES only. Sad really how badly this was messed up. Equipping with a plain old a Mode C or Mode S transponder still can give you pretty good bang for the buck if you fly near lots of GA traffic, and PCAS in PowerFLARM can be a nice low cost/low complexity help for you to be aware of that traffic. Equipping with a transponder lets ATC see you, can let GA aircraft "see" you if they are equipped with PCAS, TCAD, Mode S TIS (if your local approach SSR provides that) and full ADS-B systems in the right circumstances via TIS-B. Of course if L3 or others ever ships a 1090ES Out system with built-in IFR GPS source for the same price as a Mode-S transponder alone then and it's low enough power for a glider then I expect folks to go that route. Multiple vendors are talking about single box ADS-B Out solutions, ultimately it's a required step to get ownership and install costs down in GA aircraft that don't already have a IFR GPS systems. It is very unfortunate that PowerFlarm doesn't support TIS-B. That would make it a great solution for glider pilots who want all the advantages of ADS-B IN and also have FLARM capability. The PCAS functionality in PowerFlarm doesn't come close to matching the functionality you get with TIS-B. You have no idea where the conflict aircraft is, only its altitude and approximate distance (based on some very crude received power level measurements). That's a whole lot different than TIS-B which shows you the absolute position of the target to the same resolution that is available on an air traffic controller's radar screen. While TIS-B will eventually disappear after we have universal deployment of ADS-B OUT, we still have ~6 years before that happens. Every glider pilot is going to have to make their own decisions on the optimal solution they want to deploy. If you are a contest pilot flying in remote locations where radar coverage is spotty, TIS-B might be of limited utility and FLARM may be more important. If you are a recreational pilot flying near a major metropolitan airport, getting an ADS-B solution that supports TIS-B, even if it just interfaces with ForeFlight on your iPhone, could save your life. Actually TIS-B only functions if the ground station sees an ADS-B out target. They then compute any target in your "donut" and transmit that data out. No ADS-B out no TIS-B for you. You can still piggyback on someone else's signal but TIS-B isn't a broadcast of all targets all the time. Peter That's absolutely correct. That's why it is so important to get a cost effective ADS-B OUT solution. That's why products like L3's Lynx are so critical. It's going to be interesting to see what gets announced at this summer's Oshkosh. |
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Transponder TT21 versus TT22 - Considerations
Here's the reply to my question from Trig. The TT21 does not comply with ADS-B for the 2020 Mandate.
__________________________________________ Dear Walter, Thank you for your enquiry and for considering Trig. 1. There is no real practical reason to need a TT22, but there is unfortunately a regulatory reason; Our TT21 and TT22 transponders are certified to TSO-C112c and therefore the DO-181D document applies. DO-181D paragraph 1.4.5 states: Two minimum peak output power levels are supported by this version of these MOPS, 125 watt (21.0 dBW), which is designated as Class 1 equipment, and 70 watts (18.5 dBW), which is designated as Class 2 equipment. For more information on output power levels, see §2.2.3.2. Class 1 equipment is intended for use in aircraft that operate at altitudes above 15000 ft, or have a maximum cruising true airspeed in excess of 175 kt (324 km/h). Class 2 equipment may be used in aircraft that operate at altitudes not exceeding 15000 ft, and have a maximum cruising true airspeed not exceeding 175 kt (324 km/h). Given that you are flying above 15,000ft frequently, the Class 1 TT22 would be more suited to your needs. 2. Cost wise, it may vary slightly depending on the supplier, but the TT22 is usually about $200 more expensive. I would agree with you , I do think collision avoidance is worth being involved in. 3. Not a great deal more power consumption for TT22; Typical Consumption (at 14 V) TT21 idle: 0.15 A active: 0.28 A TT22 idle: 0.15A active: 0.34 A 4. To comply with the FAA's 2020 mandate for ADS-B Out a certified Class 1 transponder is required after 2020, so a TT21 would not give a certified ADS-B Out solution. If the FAA decide gliders need to transmit ADS-B out, the TT22 will meet all the requirements. You will need to connect a GPS to the TT22 which provides the positional information and the type of GPS will depend on what the FAA decide is required for gliders. I would therefore conclude that the Trig TT22 would better satisfy your requirements. I hope this is helpful, but if you have any further questions please do not hesitate to ask. Bruce Grammon Trig Avionics Technical Support Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics 9400 E. 34th Street North Wichita, KS 67226 (800) 821-1212 ph (316) 630-0723 fx www.mcico.com www.trig-avionics.com |
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