iFly GPS Forum

You may want to hold off on the Navworx ADS-B for now.

It seems the FAA is now inferring that these units do NOT meet the requirements for ADS-B.

I have the Navworx 600 EXP and for the 6 months I've used it I have been very pleased. In fact it has prevented two possible midair incursions in the last month alone.

FAA approved the Navworx system 3 years ago and now they have issues a statement that casts doubt on the acceptability of these units.

They're not happy until.... Well, You've heard it before.

I won't leave the ground without it.

Bill at Navworx has issued a statement to owners and is contesting the FAA questions.

John M

I purchased a pingBuddy by uAvionix dual band (978 & 1090) ADS-B receiver for $100 OSH sale price, regularly $150. It requires 5VDC for power and communicates via WiFi with my iFly 740. The 5VDC is supplied through a USB cord which can be plugged into the iFly or any 5 volt USB outlet. At home I plugged the pingBuddy USB cord into my computer to get power. The WiFi password (uavionix) must be entered in "lower" case.

The iFly 740 displayed airliners when they happened to fly overhead. I went outside and could see their vapor trail. I have only flown once so far with the pingBuddy and iFly. I hung the pingBuddy under the rear window in my RV-12 where it worked fine on the 1 hour flight. The iFly 740 displayed traffic that I never would have seen looking out the window. I do not have ADS-B-Out yet, so depended on others to activate the ADS-B ground stations in the Detroit area.

A dual band (978 & 1090) receiver is required to receive traffic info directly from all other ADS-B-Out equipped aircraft. Ground stations can get knocked out by lightning or they can be out of range at traffic pattern altitude. And the highest concentration of traffic is in traffic patterns. A 978 Mhz only receiver will not receive signals directly from other aircraft that are broadcasting ADS-B-Out on 1090. The majority of ADS-B-Out transmitters operate at 1090.