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1. 05:46 PM - Re: Builders tool set wanted (Albert)
2. 05:46 PM - ADS-B Out Performance (Albert)
3. 06:45 PM - Re: Builders tool set wanted (Kelly McMullen)
4. 06:54 PM - Re: ADS-B Out Performance (Kelly McMullen)
5. 07:14 PM - Re: ADS-B Out Performance (Kelly McMullen)
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| Subject: | Builders tool set wanted |
Bruce, I have been contacted by a new builder here and I think the tools I
want to get rid off will go to him. No shipping charges and I get to work
with him on his plane. Sorry for the false start but I think this will work
better. Good luck building. You will love the plane. Albert
PS: Try a magnesium bucking bar, they are pricy but better that steel. Also,
find a EAA Chapter, good advice, lots of help and they may lend you the
pricy tools (like a pneumatic squeezer) or give you a chance to see if you
really need a specific tool as there are many others ways to do things. Like
nut plate jigs, hole finders, etc. You can even make washer wrenches from
popsicle sticks.
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| Subject: | ADS-B Out Performance |
I installed a MicroAvionics Sky Beacon in my left wing tip and I'm not
always getting good FAA reports from it. Anybody have some information on
this. There have been several tail beacon units installed here recently and
many have the same proble.
I have asked for reports on about 7 separate flights since Nov. when I
installed the unit and 3 of them had red boxes 3 had no red boxes and 1 did
not generate a report. The most recent flight, about an hour was below 3000
AGL and had a lot of touch and go's at a local practice field, and had red
boxes on it.
All flights have been made with same equipment, nothing changed in setup or
software.
If you get a good report do you ever have to check again? Is each flight a
separate issue, some could be good, some bad? Does anyone keep track. If you
had a good report and never checked again, could you get into trouble flying
in to Class B or C? Does anybody have answers?
Albert Gardner
Yuma, AZ
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| Subject: | Re: Builders tool set wanted |
NOT magnesium. He wants a Tungsten bucking bar...around $100-150, but worth
it in the long run. Small to get in tight places, but just as much weight
as a big bucking bar.
Bucks rivets like butter.
Sent from my TRS-80 Model 100
On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 5:50 PM Albert <ibspud@roadrunner.com> wrote:
> Bruce, I have been contacted by a new builder here and I think the tools I
> want to get rid off will go to him. No shipping charges and I get to work
> with him on his plane. Sorry for the false start but I think this will work
> better. Good luck building. You will love the plane. Albert
>
>
> PS: Try a magnesium bucking bar, they are pricy but better that steel.
> Also, find a EAA Chapter, good advice, lots of help and they may lend you
> the pricy tools (like a pneumatic squeezer) or give you a chance to see if
> you really need a specific tool as there are many others ways to do things.
> Like nut plate jigs, hole finders, etc. You can even make washer wrenches
> from popsicle sticks.
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: ADS-B Out Performance |
uAvionics generally work quite well. I have installed 3 wingtip and 3
taiBeacons. There can be an issue between the sensitivity of the beacon
and your Mode C transponder.
Send your performance reports to uAvionics support. They can advise you on
what needs to be adjusted. IIRC there is a section at the back of the
install manual on how to adjust that sensitivity. Mainly you need the
Skybeacon to properly see the squawk and altitude from your transponder, so
it can include that information in your ADS-B data stream.
Once you get a clean performance report, it is recommended you get a new
report every 12 months at a minimum. I wouldn't try to get a report on
flying the pattern with touch and goes. Let your transponder warm up for at
least 5 minutes in ALT mode before taking off. Fly around for 15-30
minutes. Land. Wait 30 min and then submit your request for a report. You
can get some idea of how your unit is doing by going to Flight radar 24 and
search for your tail number. That will show you your ground track, pressure
altitude, and airspeed. Depending how far you are from a ground station,
you may be seen on the ground or at a few hundred feet in the air.
Kelly
KCHD
Sent from my TRS-80 Model 100
On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 5:52 PM Albert <ibspud@roadrunner.com> wrote:
> I installed a MicroAvionics Sky Beacon in my left wing tip and I'm not
> always getting good FAA reports from it. Anybody have some information on
> this. There have been several tail beacon units installed here recently and
> many have the same proble.
>
>
> I have asked for reports on about 7 separate flights since Nov. when I
> installed the unit and 3 of them had red boxes 3 had no red boxes and 1 did
> not generate a report. The most recent flight, about an hour was below 3000
> AGL and had a lot of touch and go's at a local practice field, and had red
> boxes on it.
>
>
> All flights have been made with same equipment, nothing changed in setup
> or software.
>
>
> If you get a good report do you ever have to check again? Is each flight a
> separate issue, some could be good, some bad? Does anyone keep track. If
> you had a good report and never checked again, could you get into trouble
> flying in to Class B or C? Does anybody have answers?
>
> Albert Gardner
>
> Yuma, AZ
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: ADS-B Out Performance |
Yes, you should check occasionally, to be certain nothing has changed. No,
each flight is not a separate issue...either it is working correctly or it
isn't.
If the FAA detects your unit outputting an erroneous datablock, you will
get a letter with typically 45 days to correct it.
A friend with uAvionics Echo unit was misconfigured. The FAA contacted the
airport management within hours, and airport delivered emailed letter very
shortly afterwards.
The Echo requires hex number to be entered separately from tail number, and
his was incorrect. If you fly into Phoenix Class B mode C veil and talk to
approach control, they will tell you if they don't see your ADS-B. A very
high percentage of problems are just incorrect configuration, which once
resolved should not reoccur.
Kelly
Chandler AZ
EAA Chpt, 1445
On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 5:52 PM Albert <ibspud@roadrunner.com> wrote:
>
> If you get a good report do you ever have to check again? Is each flight a
> separate issue, some could be good, some bad? Does anyone keep track. If
> you had a good report and never checked again, could you get into trouble
> flying in to Class B or C? Does anybody have answers?
>
> Albert Gardner
>
> Yuma, AZ
>
>
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