Dynon's ADS-B View

[RudiGreyling]

To Dynon Support,

From AVWEB: "Currently, the FAA proposed mandate states that 100% of operators operating in controlled airspace must be compliant by 2020. Industry leaders expect the final ADS-B Out rule to be published in April of 2010."

Looks like ADS-B is the talk of the town lately. 10 years before mandatory compliance is a long time. But I can see the benefits are there to be reaped by early adopters.

QUESTION: Currently ADS-B does not even feature on the http://www.dynonavionics.com/docs/news_technology_preview.html list. What is Dynon's view currently on ADS-B and the Skyview? Is it possible and even remotely on the plan?

Thanks in advance,
Rudi

 

[dynonsupport]

Traffic and weather are both on there as discrete items, but specific devices and protocols aren't yet since we're still a little bit away from working on them. Remember that ADS-B is just one particular way to get traffic and wx. And, right this second, there isn't a full ADS-B transceiver that you can buy for under $6-8k, and by the time the mandated functionality comes around, the lower cost receiver-only solutions that are coming to market now won't cut it (you won't receive traffic, in particular, if you aren't broadcasting your position). It'll be a few years before coverage and affordable transceivers converge, and coincidentally, it will probably be a year or so before we get to traffic and weather on SkyView

So, in short, yes, we'll support ADS-B in the future.

 

[RudiGreyling]

Thank you.