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  1. BurnieM
    Buy a power bank. These can be charged in the plane and then recharge the SkyEcho overnight. Also good for any other device (phone, camera etc) you need to charge away from mains power. Just work out the capacity you need.
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    A big advantage is the cost but it is a double edged sword. You absolutely do not want to present an engine range with a quality/reliability question as cheap
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    (Potential) customer perception; There is a big quality/reliability question Zonsen have way too many models Introductory or discount pricing is unwise. This works backwards with the number 1 perception problem You need to establish one or maybe 2 models as reliable I would pick the CA500 (912ULS) and maybe the CA550Ti (915). You need to get 10 of each model flying asap Maybe a factory loan deal with ongoing data logging - low or no cost to test group owners Common parts for models you support need to be always available in Australia, 2 day delivery All of this will cost you and the factory a significant amount but I do not see you succeeding any other way.
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    Problem is it does not have a reputation yet. I guess what I am looking for is "we have 200 of them flying with 500 hours or more and these are the failure numbers with these specific types of failures" Sorry but 1 or 10 or 50 with 100 hours does not cut it.
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    I have Garmin Pilot. If you have traffic on then an aerial box in the top left corner of the screen is displayed. If no information is received the box has a red 'X'. I am currently using it with 'AvTraffic' via phone hotspot to the internet.
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    I believe pingUSB uses the USB port for power, either cig lighter or powerbank and connects to your EFB tablet via wifi. However a few people commenting that it is not robust with some failing at less than 12 months.
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    0r 15 Dec 2025
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    https://www.9news.com.au/national/belimbla-park-plane-crash "The 72-year-old was instructing a 29-year-old pilot inside a Cessna travelling from the Hunter to Wollongong around midday yesterday when it collided with another light plane over Belimbla Park, in the Macarthur region."
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    Both need to have ADSB-out to be seen but if even one conflicting aircraft had ADSB-in then your odds go up significantly. If you are thinking of a panel mount transponder then also seriously consider something wih audio alerts (may require audio panel or new VHF radio with builtin audio) Eyes out with ADSB-in audio alerts is your best option.
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    I believe the Cessna 182 is based at Shellharbour. It seems unlikely that he was not aware of The Oaks/Camden procedures/freqs.
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    https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/456466 https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/456459
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    I believe he flys out of The Oaks and it looks like this is approx 1 nm NW of The Oaks. From the ABC video it appears one plane is mainly white and the other mainly yellow.
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    I guess it does not really matter if it is wrong as long as altimeters in your general area are equally wrong.
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    From Garmin Pilot; the reference point at East Sale is 23ft and West Sale is 93ft
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    https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2020/aair/ao-2020-012 "The student pilot in AEM was using ‘AvPlan’ electronic flight bag (EFB) software installed on an iPad." "The iPad in AEM was fitted with a SIM card capable of providing the required data connection to AvPlan live, but was not fitted with an external ADS-B receiver." "Due to the damage to the tablet sustained in the impact, it was not possible to recover data from the iPad to determine whether the traffic information overlay display was selected at the time of the collision."
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    Disappointing that they both had ADS-B out to help themselves and each other but no ADS-B in display which would have literally saved all 4 lives. https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2020/aair/ao-2020-012 "The aircraft was certified for IFR and charter operations and was equipped with dual controls for the student and instructor. The aircraft was also equipped with a Garmin GNS530 radio communication and GNSS navigation system, together with a second communication radio. The aircraft was also fitted with a Garmin GTX335 ADS-B OUT transponder. AEM did not have any ADS-B receiving equipment." JGF; "The aircraft was certified for IFR and private/airwork operations. It was equipped with dual controls for the student and instructor. The aircraft was also equipped with a Garmin GNS430 radio communication and GNSS navigation system and a second communication radio. The aircraft was fitted with an Appaero Stratus Mode-S transponder unit, which had ADS-B OUT transmit capability only."
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    My impression was both aircraft had ADSB out and one had ADSB in on a tablet (but no audio alerts?). Cannot remember the source.
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    Yes, but I do not have much to compare it with. The iPad version is way ahead of the Andriod version. Ideal device would be a Ipad mini 6 cellular (for the GPS) with 64GB memory. You do not need a sim to run it. I hotspot to my phone for notams and weather. It is free to download but they charge a subscription for the maps. I believe you can download the maps for 30 days demo without charge.
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    There are 4 theory exams for RPC. The next 2 are Air Legislation (wider scope) and BAK. Human Performance now has a few questions in most of the exams.
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    I think you need to reset your dataset. How about we drop 2020 and 2021 from all comparisons of all types and look at comparisons with 2019. Just a little thing called Covid than generated significant behavioral changes for both enforced and emotional reasons.
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    I regularly use Chemtech CT18 on cars, motorcycles and boats so should work fine on painted surfaces. What are people using for windscreens ?
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    Its you.
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    Seems like Dynon Skyview SE SV-D600 is a 7 inch efis that does not have a mapping display. Can you use the attached GPS as a ADS-B position source ? Need model. Do you need to purchase a new GPS ? A Dynon SV-GPS-2020 is $1600. Sounds like this efis can control the transponder. Is it worthwhile to wire the transponder thru the efis or should it be wired separately with its own gps source ? What model gps do you need to use with the transponder ? You probably need to talk to a Trig dealer.
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    What model GPS do you have ?
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    Whether it is achievable and at what cost is going to depend on the combination of components you have. What model Dynon efis and what model gps do you have connected to it ?
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