New traffic warning device

Loran,

Since the ATD relies solely on your transponder for altitude,

If you took off out of an airport and you didn't reach adequate radar
coverage for 1000 feet or more, how is the ATD unit going to know
what altitude you are?

Huh? If my transponder is not interrogated, how will other traffic close by
and at my altitude be interrogated? So, even if my traffic detector knows
my altitude from pressure, it will still not know the target altitude.

That scenario doesn't work for any traffic detector.


If you where flying in radar coverage at say 5,000 feet, and another
aircraft is say 5,700 feet headed towards you. The ATD would say
you are 5,000 feet correct? but what happens if you fly out of radar
coverage, and climb or descend?


Same thing: If my transponder is not interrogated, the target transponder
won't be, either.

So if you started climbing, 5,100......5,200.....etc the ATD would
still say you are at 5,000 feet since that was the last altitude it
got from your transponder correct?

No. It would show absolute altitude of the target, if the target transponder
is being interrogated and giving off Mode C info, and mine isn't.


Suppose you are flying with the ATD at 2,000 feet and ATC gives you a
squawk code that equals 1,400 feet. Another aircraft close by is at an
altitude of 2,900 feet The atd will be confused and bounce between
showing traffic +900......-600.......+900.......-600

Well, time to read the manual again. To quote "In extremely rare cases..."
the above may happen. A solution to the problem is given in the manual.


let me ask you this. If you flying in the pattern of a busy airport,
how often are other aircraft within 1 NM of you?

Not sure I understand the meaning of the question. But I'll offer one thing
which I have said befo If you are looking at any traffic detector while
in the pattern of a busy airport, please tell me before which airport it will
be so I can stay as far away as possible.

If two equal threats come into the scene, what will the ATD show? a
flipping back and forth picture? At what rate? Is it not possible
for 2 or more aircraft to be flying around you near any airport? See
the problem here?

No. The ATD will give preference to the closer threat. Makes sense to me.
And by that time, you should be looking outside anyway!


Let me ask you this, with other units having most likely a higher
profit margin, more ESSENTIAL features, why are you as a business, so
eager to promote and sell a less superior product line and make less
money? That makes no sense to me if I where a business. I would
think you would want to sell your customers the best products for the
most profit. That is how I run my business anyway. There are many
competitive products I can choose from, but I wouldn't pick out the
least favored and less profitable to run frontage on.

Least favored by who? Do you read Aviation Consumer, for example? Their
preference among the previous generation of traffic detectors was pretty
clear. Also, if you assume higher profits (which I don't know anything about),
are you saying you LIKE to be ripped off?

Let me tell you my business model: I try not to rip off my customers on the
vague assumption that "Anything good in aviation has to be expensive".
And yes, that works quite well, thank you.

Have you spent any time actually flying with a traffic detector? I have.
That's how I arrived at my questions and conclusions. And the scenarios you
offer frankly don't convince me at all to spend almost double the money.
But then, I'm probably biased. g

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Thomas Borchert (EDDH), www.aeroversand.de