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8/7/2017 6:26 PM
 

Can the AHRS info from the STRATUS ESG with AHRS be displayed on the 740, or Android/Apple tablets running iFlyGPS, for that matter?

I'm trying to decide whether to buy one with or without the $500 AHRS option, and the Appareo website is not very helpful so far.

Thanks,

Don Norris

 
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8/7/2017 6:38 PM
 

Why not a Stratux with AHRS for $199 from AP?  Or build one yourself in about 20 minutes for $150.

EDIT:  I guess I didn't know what a Stratux ESG was.

 
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8/7/2017 8:11 PM
 

Per their website, all Stratus transponders are ADS-B Out only, including the ESG.  I don't see an option to purchase an ESG with AHRS, so it must be coming from one of their portable systems.  Perhaps it's buried deeper in their website but like you said, they don't make it easy to find.  If I'm correct, then you'll have to buy an additional piece of hardware to get ADS-B in, and if you buy one of theirs, it may well be locked into talking only to Foreflight.  FF, Appareo, and Sporty's are pretty much married to each other and that's been their modus operandi lately: locking a user into using only THEIR hardware and software.  Their most recent example of this practice is the Scout.


Jeff Nokomis Clark, Mooney M20G, iFly app on ASUS ZenPad Z8s, ASUS ZenFone AR, ASUS Windows 10 tablet, Stratux ADS-B w AHRS
 
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8/8/2017 11:53 AM
 

I finally figured it out - Gulf Coast Avionics lists the certified Stratus ESG out unit either with or without AHRS. It seems that Appareo sells a bundle with the ESG and the Stratus receiver that can include AHRS, and is therefore limited to Foreflight, etc. SO, I answered my own question - no.

I will continue to use the Stratux ADS-B in receiver I built with the iFly units, and replace the KT76 with a new ESG transponder.

 
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8/8/2017 12:19 PM
 

I'm in the same boat as you, looking for an ADS-B Out transponder to replace my KT-76.  I'm looking at the Garmin 335 or the plug-n-play King KT-74, and right now King is giving $100 for old KT76's.  I like the idea of an always-improving Stratux rather that a certified, stale-software ADS-B In source.


Jeff Nokomis Clark, Mooney M20G, iFly app on ASUS ZenPad Z8s, ASUS ZenFone AR, ASUS Windows 10 tablet, Stratux ADS-B w AHRS
 
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