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New traffic warning device
I have talked to a handful of pilots who have taken order on the new
cockpit-tcas "trafficscope" made by SureCheck aviation who swear by it. Has anyone else used it? |
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Loran,
The concept isn't as new as your post might suggest. There are three contenders in this: - Surecheck with the Trafficscope vr (no altitude readout) and vrx (altitude readout) - Monroy Aero's ATD-300 (altitude readout) - Proxalert's R5 (altitude readout) -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH) |
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(Loran) wrote in message . com...
I have talked to a handful of pilots who have taken order on the new cockpit-tcas "trafficscope" made by SureCheck aviation who swear by it. Has anyone else used it? Hi, You can find info on the Proxalert R5 at www.proxalert.com Only device to simultaneously displays info of up to three threats including code. Plenty of units already shipped in the US, Canada and Europe. Regards, Terry |
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(Loran) wrote in
m: Correct me of I am wrong, but don't most aircraft in general aviation squawk 1200? If 95% of aircraft around me are squawking 1200 how would this help me? I don't know if the 95% number is correct (I would have thought it considerably lower), but most of the true threat aircraft will be squawking 1200, if anything. I do suggest to the proxalert folks that they find someone with English as a first language to go through and edit their website. It would make their company seem a lot more professional. ----------------------------------------------- James M. Knox TriSoft ph 512-385-0316 1109-A Shady Lane fax 512-366-4331 Austin, Tx 78721 ----------------------------------------------- |
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Loran,
Keep in mind that beside VFR you also get IFR. If you get more than one threat around the competitve guy never stop his flip-flop between threats. Very disturbing. Andrew, R5 user (Loran) wrote in message om... Correct me of I am wrong, but don't most aircraft in general aviation squawk 1200? If 95% of aircraft around me are squawking 1200 how would this help me? Loran (Thierry) wrote in message om... (Loran) wrote in message . com... I have talked to a handful of pilots who have taken order on the new cockpit-tcas "trafficscope" made by SureCheck aviation who swear by it. Has anyone else used it? Hi, You can find info on the Proxalert R5 at www.proxalert.com Only device to simultaneously displays info of up to three threats including code. Plenty of units already shipped in the US, Canada and Europe. Regards, Terry |
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I think that would be the case with the atd300 device since it doesn't
show more than one traffic according to their user manual, but I have not heard or read that complaint from the trafficscope users. I skimmed through the trafficscope manual, and it says it allows for up to 3 threats to be shown as well. The ryan tcad does the same thing and allows multiple views. But as far as displaying the code, I think that is useless information because most aircraft are bound to be VFR, not IFR. Unless you are flying in bad weather or around a flight training hub, you will probably see a bunch of 1200 codes. I noticed that the R5 is from France, so maybe they have not flown around the U.S. much to notice this. What matters is portability, accuracy of the altitude, range, and the overall size in my opinion. So far I think from comparing manuals the trafficscope has the corner on all of these. One thing that disturbed me about the R5 is that to use it in my plane I would have to get an extra adapter for my 28 Volt bus, whereas the trafficscope accepts the internal batteries or up to 40 volts which is a very nice feature. I have one on order, and will report more as I fly with it. (Andrew) wrote in message . com... Loran, Keep in mind that beside VFR you also get IFR. If you get more than one threat around the competitve guy never stop his flip-flop between threats. Very disturbing. Andrew, R5 user (Loran) wrote in message om... Correct me of I am wrong, but don't most aircraft in general aviation squawk 1200? If 95% of aircraft around me are squawking 1200 how would this help me? Loran (Thierry) wrote in message om... (Loran) wrote in message . com... I have talked to a handful of pilots who have taken order on the new cockpit-tcas "trafficscope" made by SureCheck aviation who swear by it. Has anyone else used it? Hi, You can find info on the Proxalert R5 at www.proxalert.com Only device to simultaneously displays info of up to three threats including code. Plenty of units already shipped in the US, Canada and Europe. Regards, Terry |
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Loran,
What matters is portability, accuracy of the altitude, range, and the overall size in my opinion. Uh, price? -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH) |
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"Loran" wrote in message om... But as far as displaying the code, I think that is useless information because most aircraft are bound to be VFR, not IFR. Unless you are flying in bad weather or around a flight training hub, you will probably see a bunch of 1200 codes. Besides, what use is the code even if everybody had a discrete code. |
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