On Saturday, December 28, 2019 at 10:27:43 PM UTC-8, Darryl Ramm wrote:
On Saturday, December 28, 2019 at 9:23:02 PM UTC-8, wrote:
Well here is a link to a picture of a Ventus with the transponder antenna located as per Schempp Hirth.
Seems to work well only is straight flight. In any banking flight, the antenna is shadowed by the fuselage and/or wings.
Maybe a location on the turtledeck is better ?

https://www.airliners.net/photo/-/Sc...HgcaJ1/QJ2lC9A

Dan

Thanks for the photo, ouch yep that looks like a dopey position, if above is the only other practical option I'd do that.

I've got a Ventus 2c with a flexible antenna positioned exactly like that, per SH recommendations, and have passed a dozen ADS-B checks in the last year, with lots of low altitude yanking and banking.