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TouchTheSky - 8/31/2021 7:22:13 AM

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Adam Erchegyi - 8/30/2021 7:17:19 PM

Hi folks,

I am catching up with this whole traffic topic (and the posts of this thread) and looking for some recent experiences. My primary goal would be to display both ADS-B and FLARM traffic in SkyDemon (the aircrafts I fly - mostly in Switzerland - have either power-flarm or TAS, but unfortunately without connectivity). Seems there are two good options out there, one being SkyEcho2 (cost of the device and the need for a yearly subscription to decode FLARM data makes it somewhat nah), other is Stratux (rather bulky and comes with home-made feeling). So my questions are:

1. Why isn't this - very popular - option mentioned in the SkyDemon documentation? stratux.me doesn't show SkyDemon as a compatible EFB either.
2. Is there still any pre-built ready-to-use version of Stratux available for my use-case? It seems the well-documented version from Crewdog Electronics comes with UAT radio only and there is no European version available.
3. Are you aware of any other disadvantages compared to SkyEcho2 what I might have missed?
4. Is there any use of the AHRS module while only used with SkyDemon?
5. How do you avoid traffic warnings for your own aircraft?

Thanks for any further hints you might have. Happy landings!

Adam, as one of the Stratux Europe contributors I am certainly happy to answer:

1. This question obviously goes to Tim
2. As of now I am aware of the following sources for pre-built ready-to-use versions of Stratux Europe:
1. https://www.stratux-flarm.de/stratux-komponenten
   
2. https://dross.net/aviation/shop/
   
3. no
4. no
5. Air Avionics AT-1 connected to Dynon SkyView, Stratux connected to SkyDemon

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Adam Erchegyi - 8/31/2021 11:00:32 AM

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TouchTheSky - 8/31/2021 7:22:13 AM

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Adam Erchegyi - 8/30/2021 7:17:19 PM

Hi folks,

I am catching up with this whole traffic topic (and the posts of this thread) and looking for some recent experiences. My primary goal would be to display both ADS-B and FLARM traffic in SkyDemon (the aircrafts I fly - mostly in Switzerland - have either power-flarm or TAS, but unfortunately without connectivity). Seems there are two good options out there, one being SkyEcho2 (cost of the device and the need for a yearly subscription to decode FLARM data makes it somewhat nah), other is Stratux (rather bulky and comes with home-made feeling). So my questions are:

1. Why isn't this - very popular - option mentioned in the SkyDemon documentation? stratux.me doesn't show SkyDemon as a compatible EFB either.
2. Is there still any pre-built ready-to-use version of Stratux available for my use-case? It seems the well-documented version from Crewdog Electronics comes with UAT radio only and there is no European version available.
3. Are you aware of any other disadvantages compared to SkyEcho2 what I might have missed?
4. Is there any use of the AHRS module while only used with SkyDemon?
5. How do you avoid traffic warnings for your own aircraft?

Thanks for any further hints you might have. Happy landings!

Adam, as one of the Stratux Europe contributors I am certainly happy to answer:

1. This question obviously goes to Tim
2. As of now I am aware of the following sources for pre-built ready-to-use versions of Stratux Europe:
1. https://www.stratux-flarm.de/stratux-komponenten
   
2. https://dross.net/aviation/shop/
   
3. no
4. no
5. Air Avionics AT-1 connected to Dynon SkyView, Stratux connected to SkyDemon

Thanks a lot for the answer, I'll check the links.

Actually, it's a pity that none of the sets have battery included, so in the end it will look like a homemade explosive 

It's pretty much off-topic here and might need to bring this conversation to the Slack channel, although could be useful for other SkyDemon users in the future. I'm thinking about keeping the box permanently in my pilot bag and making a suction mount for external antennas only. Any practical experience on power consumption (Pi3 should be better than Pi4 if my understanding is correct) and heat generation?

I'm not sure if I understand your answer to #5. I meant how to avoid my own aircraft's target (either from modeS or Flarm) being visible on the SkyDemon map. Sounds like simple filtering based on whatever parameters. Why do you need AT-1 and SkyView for that?