Traffic warning devices

Search the archives and you should find quite a few favorable mentions
of the MRX. I'm not sure how practical the XRX would be in a
sailplane. It is relatively large/cumbersome - where would you put it?
has a cooling fan etc. and draws considerably more power than the MRX.
With the MRX warning induced scanning for traffic sees to work well,
false positives are not an issue.

Darryl

On Jan 22, 7:02 pm, AK wrote:
Does anyone have any experience with one of these devices?

PCAS XRX $1795
PCAS MRX $549

Is there enough value in XRX's ability to show direction?

Last year I flew a plane from NH to PA. I had a Garmin 430 with
traffic. I was at 8,000 feet and about 80 nm west of New York City
when the instrument warned me about a potential collision with a fast
moving aircraft. I had to dive to avoid collision and with my family
on board it was not a good experience. The worst part was that I was
assigned a transponder code and I used flight following. It seems our
ATC is quite broken these days.

Anyway, I am looking for traffic warning device for my glider. If XRX
is worth the price I will buy it, but in a glider I am not sure it
makes a difference, especially while circling. Please share your
experience.

AK