iFly GPS Forum

Expand on traffic...

First off I would say if using a receiver-only ADSB device (regardless of brand), traffic should be all but ignored. It will be spotty at best. I would go so far to say that traffic alerts with such a unit will be so sporadic that any expectations of an alert could be dangerous.

Specifically regarding the SkyRadar, it seems the method they are using to transmit traffic data has changed from the original design, and the design of the simulator we received from them. We still get some traffic data from SkyRadar units, so it's not 100%. We don't know which of their devices, revisions, or other variables determine how a traffic message is sent. And due to the reasons stated in my first paragraph, this is not easy to pin down. But we have one of their new models now, so we'll do some work to try and support the additional traffic message they send in a future release.

Hope this helps,
Walter

. The , and any reliance on traffic alerts from a receiver-only unit would be , and if any reliance at all was placed on traffic alerts with such a receiver.

- the stars would need to all line up perfectly for you to have a chance of a successful traffic alert.

For clarity...it's not the iFly alerting that is not reliable, it's simply that the FAA is not broadcasting much traffic data. The only traffic included in their broadcast are those planes in the immediate area of any aircraft with an ADSB OUT device. So if you have one of those devices you will be aware of airplanes around you. If you have a RECEIVER ONLY device, you will see these little pockets of aircraft at specific altitudes potentially dozens or even hundreds of miles away, and you may have no knowledge of the plane right underneath you...