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PowerFlarm and transponders while towing?
Eric,
I'd guess he is using the Proxalert R-5. I've got one and like it. It tracks several and displays the 3 most significant treats along with their squawk code (so you can tell if their are talking to ATC or not). But, the R-5 is much larger than the tiny Zaon MRX - - I had one of those too, and it displays only the most significant single threat like the PF. The additonal functionality of the R-5 is nice, but the MRX gets the job done. I figure I can only dodge one at a time anyway. If there's two coming at me at once, the plan is to wait 'till the last moment, duck, then turn and watch the confusion. I tested the R-5 alongside the PF in the Husky - - about 3 inches apart. Half way through the flight, realized the R-5 was interfering with the PF, so had to toggle power on and off to test and compare PCAS function in both. The PF PCAS works as well as the R-5. In addition, the PF displays discreet info on ADS-B out aircraft, and way out at 32 nm. bumper What are you using for a PCAS now? -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me) |
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PowerFlarm and transponders while towing?
On 2/25/2012 7:52 PM, bumper wrote:
Eric, I'd guess he is using the Proxalert R-5. I've got one and like it. It tracks several and displays the 3 most significant treats along with their squawk code (so you can tell if their are talking to ATC or not). But, the R-5 is much larger than the tiny Zaon MRX - - I had one of those too, and it displays only the most significant single threat like the PF. The additonal functionality of the R-5 is nice, but the MRX gets the job done. I figure I can only dodge one at a time anyway. If there's two coming at me at once, the plan is to wait 'till the last moment, duck, then turn and watch the confusion. I tested the R-5 alongside the PF in the Husky - - about 3 inches apart. Half way through the flight, realized the R-5 was interfering with the PF, so had to toggle power on and off to test and compare PCAS function in both. The PF PCAS works as well as the R-5. In addition, the PF displays discreet info on ADS-B out aircraft, and way out at 32 nm. My understanding is the MRX will track more than one target, but only display the greatest threat. Not quite as informative as the R-5, but perhaps better than it appears from just the display. -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me) |
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