---------------------------------------------------------- RV10-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 04/08/20: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 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) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:46:05 PM PST US From: "Albert" Subject: RE: RV10-List: 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. ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 05:46:27 PM PST US From: "Albert" Subject: RV10-List: 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 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 06:45:58 PM PST US From: Kelly McMullen Subject: Re: RV10-List: 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 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. > > ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 06:54:26 PM PST US From: Kelly McMullen Subject: Re: RV10-List: 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 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 > > ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 07:14:17 PM PST US From: Kelly McMullen Subject: Re: RV10-List: 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 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message rv10-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/RV10-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/rv10-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/rv10-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.