I still like the KX-170B's one of the best GA Nav/Coms ever made. I thought I died and went to heaven when I started flying an airplane so equipped in 1976, As for this ADS-B, I think for a lot of light aircraft owners it's a good solution. We had heads up on this for a long time.

i first learned to fly out Windham in 1990 , 1800 hrs later Living in florida i miss that airspace

Thanks for posting. The Stratus ADS-B out-equipped transponder install was running ~$5k all-in last summer so this does sound like half that amount which is a major help.

Wow, such a simple solution to meet the mandate… Thnx for this great/helpful vlog...

I had this installed on my '71 177B, the Cardinal uses a non-standard position light and needed an adapter to mount it, this information was available to uAvionix when I order the unit but they didn't tell me about the adapter so this delayed installation by about two weeks until they sent the part, a small piece of plastic slightly larger than a ping pong ball and costing $100 plus shipping and tax. I don't have wing tip strobes so that wasn't an issue. The installer made an error in the paperwork, seems that I have the only 177B made by Piper, I caught that error, the FAA had approved it, apparently giving it the same intense review they gave to the Boeing 737 trim system. I had to return all the bad paper to the FAA before they'd issue new paper, apparently they like to hide their mistakes. I called the local FAA tower and asked if I could do an flyby check of the system and they assured me that they could, I did this two days later, the controller indicated that all was fine and the ADS-B was giving all the right information, I then asked that they provide the paper report on line, well they couldn't do that, thus closing the window on my $500 rebate. Weather and product delivery delays had eaten the available time, not me or the installer. This all reinforces the FAA motto, 'we're not happy until you're not happy' since had I know they couldn't do the report, I would have flown to another area that could do it. Price-wise it is a little cheaper than having the box inside and I was concerned about how much panel real estate this was going to take. Installation was pretty expensive since my plane was snowed in for most of the winter and the installer came to my airport rather than do the job at his, my hanger is on a grass strip and they generally don't plow grass.

Hi thinking installing one of these on our Warrior. I do have a question wrt the the wiring of the strobe. Our aircraft also employs the Whelen power supply to drive the strobes. The circuit of the strobes looks to be around three hundred volts. Did you pull the 12 volts for the strobe from the Whelen power supply if so which output on the power supply did you use and were was the power supply installed on the aircraft you worked on. Cheers, and thanx

I'm not in love with the idea of the ADS-B being reliant on the position light switch rather than the radio switch but this is a nice budget friendly alternative.

Thanks for the report including the body mike sound but in sections both have distortion, possibly because of over modulation (level too high?) and/or an impedance mismatch.

Thanks for the informative video. Question: is it best to have ADS-B IN and OUT? Thank you to all that answer.

Since when do you have 12v ?

So when the nav lights are off you no longer have ADS-B out? And the FAA signed off on that? There actually are people in aviation who try to get away with things they should not and this is one of them!

Thanks for another very interesting and professional video, always enjoyable. One small point tho, wouldn’t it be even better to wire it up to the nav light circuit instead of the strobes? That way it simply comes on without an extra checklist item and thus no chance of missing it being turned on. Just a thought. Thanks again, timely info as usual.

Just wait till you have to pass a successful PAPR. We've had nothing but issues with Mode 3 failures with the installs we've done on 3 Cessnas. It's a trial and error process in adjusting the monitor threshold.

Ok, so how did you fix the gap?

This is a good video as far as the real-time install estimate. Some other websites are advertising it as a "less than 10-minute installation." I’ve installed several of these as well as several panel mount ADS-b transponders. It is the easiest and simplest installation available but I can assure you it’s not a 10-minute installation, even just the physical part. Most airplanes require some minor modification to make it fit properly so figure a minimum of 30 minutes up to 2 hours for a more complicated install like a Beech or Rockwell airplane or others with covered nav light assemblies. It will take 10+ minutes just to read and understand the instructions for a first-time installer. Then add another 15+ minutes for downloading the app to a smartphone and programming. The 337 and associated research and mailing prep will probably take an hour minimum. It’s a great little system but advertising it as a 10-minute install is misleading.

How was gap filled?

How do you order the report ?

Do you need a 337?

I was waiting for a solution on the extra 450v line coming from the whelen hv ps other than 4 new leds... And also the open gap...

They call that a strobe?

If your aircraft has the option for independently switched strobe/nav lights and the leads are not easily identifiable when the light mount is removed, is it important to determine which lead gets connected to which in the Skybeacon?

So they are making it mandatory to run nav lights even in daytime?

where come GPS Speed, Position etc from?

Be careful on using the Nav light wire on an aircraft with say gear lights (or any other indication lights that dim with the Nav light switch). The 3 green gear down lights dim and can't be seen with the Nav lights on during the day. ATC is NOT going to be happy if you turn your Nav lights off (and thus the ADS-B) in the pattern so you can see your 3 green indicator lights...

I;ll wait for the tail unit to be approved. An ipad and wifi works to program too?? No smart phone :)

I was there when it was installed

You can do a DIY one for $120

This is almost worthless. You show very little of the actual install. And the option of connecting the strobe and position light to the one power wire wasn't mentioned. Sheesh. So, if you don't have a strobe you can still use the Skybeacon strobe. Position light and strobe light wires from Skybeacon gets twisted together and connected to the one power wire from the plane. And no 337.

From what I've read about how ADS-B works, it would appear to me that it violates our 5th Amendment rights against self-incrimination... I wish someone would take it to court... I really don't like the idea that these 3-letter agencies can come up with basically new LAWS without any Congressional oversight... These agencies need to be put down HARD when they try crap like this...

ADS-B no matter of what stripe means losing your privacy and no more autonomy. There's LOTS of airspace to fly in without spending money and besides that "SEE AND AVOID" never works with your eyes inside looking at glass gadgets.