iFly GPS Forum

Dave,

My lady friend pilot has the Stratus 2 to use with her Ipad(s). I can tell you that it is very robust and bullet proof. it was truly a plug and play (unlike the nightmare experience with Clarity). That being said, we spent time this past weekend trying to get the Ifly 720 to "talk" to the Stratus 2. Although the Ifly clearly sees the wifi signal from Stratus, apparently they do not speak the same language--in other words, we were unable to utilize the Stratus with the Ifly. It would be a great discovery if someone could break the code so that the Ifly could use the Stratus.

Back to your basic question about what device to use with Ifly for ads-b weather. I and several others on this site went the Clarity route. There are several design flaws with the Clarity so that it doesn't work reliably with Ifly. Although Walter is working on resolving the problem, there were other issues with Clarity that affects other platforms. I would not recommend Clarity due to the problems and the price. I would rely heavily on Walter's recommendation of what does work. I believe the products from Levil work well with Ifly but there seems to be new products coming out every day for this service.

FYI,

We actually have a Stratus 2 on the way to take a look at. If Walter can get it playing nice, we'll add it to our beta ADSB Weather like the Stratus 1. Obviously, if they go changing things via updates and such, that might break the link. Stay tuned for more, we should have the unit this week and know more by next week.

I've heard good things about the Stratus 2, just have not put our hands on it yet. We've been pushing to integrate the Transciever features for the NavWorx and SkyGuardTWX Vision Pro. Transcievers are gaining popularity as people see how much more traffic you get that with a receiver only.

The ADS-B market is a hot topic and is changing very fast. I think you'll see many more new units in the near future. My advise, Buy what you need and don't worry about the new stuff coming out. Look at the mobile market, it makes ones head spin with how fast they are releasing models.