iFly GPS Forum

Hi all,

I'd like to hear from some of those who have purchased the SkyRadar units and are now using them with the iFly 700. I am looking towards making a purchase of a SkyRadar unit later this year and I'd like to see how the units are performing in the field with the iFly 700 and maybe see what glitches have been discovered. Does everyone feel that the SkyRadar was worth the purchase?

Sam

I bought my SkyRadar primarily to have subscription-free weather radar in the cockpit. For that, it works fine.

I have not seen a traffic alert on mine, but there is a known limitation that an aircraft in the area needs to be transmitting ADSB-out before the FAA will broadcast traffic information in that area...since the SkyRadar is only a receiver and not a transmitter, another plane in the area must have a transmitter to wake up the FAA's broadcast before the SkyRadar can receive it.

Others have reported issues with winds aloft, but I have not tried to use that in the cockpit and can't say whether it works in my area or not.

I am happy with my purchase.

The Winds Aloft is an iFly problem, which we will get fixed in version 7. As others have said, you will never get reliable traffic with the SkyRadar. Folks with the NavWorx transceiver have reported good traffic data, and like how the iFly displays and alerts...but that is a $2500 unit. Notams are rare...in all the recordings I've taken with our SkyRadar I've never seen a notam or TFR report. This may be something the FAA is rolling out in mass later, or perhaps they just don't have much cause to send them in my area. Currently, if a notam came through, it will not be shown on the iFly but we will enhance the interface to include this data as we expect it to eventually be common practice.

-Walter