Experimenter is a magazine created by EAA for people who build airplanes. We will report on amateur-built aircraft as well as ultralights and other light aircraft.
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packages can spark the engine without tapping any external electrical power. The importance of receiving both cannot be overstated in today's environment. The company also helped ensure the E-Mag's reliability by providing a drive connection that doesn't penetrate the electronics side, so a leaking oil seal can't doom the circuitry. Learn more at www.EmagAir.com. ADS-B Out users may opt for a 978 universal access transceiver to satisfy both Out and In needs for flying at or below FL180—18,000 MSL. Users also enjoy an all-altitudes option, a Mode S transponder variation called "1090ES." The "ES" means "extended squitter"—the carrier of ADS-B Out data. These two frequencies are received and retransmitted by any of the hundreds of ADS-B ground stations scattered across the country; however, not all yet participate with both frequencies, so an ADS-B In user may see some traffic but not all. Further, the weather and relayed traffic promised under ADS-B requires 978 megahertz reception in the aircraft. Clarity SV covers both frequencies, gets all the flight information service–broadcast (FIS-B) weather, and uses the data to provide synthetic vision driven by GPS position data from an integral receiver, with an attitude heading reference system (AHRS) to keep accurate the image perspective of the SVS function. The In-side Scoop on ADS-B Clarity SV and the base Clarity (without SVS and AHRS) both play through a tablet—iPads only as of this writing— using a wireless link, so your tablet becomes a weather and flight-data system suitable for experimental and certificated aircraft. Learn more at www.SagetechCorp.com. For years several friends have questioned the value of automatic dependent surveillance–broadcast (ADS-B) In and its promises of free weather and traffic services. As one pilot pointedly put it, "That stuff is already in my panel." He recently began to understand his minority position concerning weather datalink and traffic-avoidance hardware. Most aircraft (and thus most pilots) lack both because most of their aircraft fall into the realm of older models, including many experimental designs. Typically, costs hold up the investment into this equipment; the airframe's value is often less than the cost of installing standalone traffic and weather hardware, not to mention the running costs of datalink subscriptions. GoFlight iPad Mounting System Hence the enthusiasm of many pilots for the explosion in ADS-B In products available for use with a variety of display options. Sagetech's Clarity SV (synthetic vision) stood out as something new in ADS-B In receivers, thanks to its ability to receive both ADS-B Out frequencies: 978 megahertz and 1,090 megahertz with Extended Squitter (1090ES). The need for a display to work with ADS-B In receivers such as Clarity's highlights the value of a cockpit mount for iPads and other tablets used in the cockpit. MyGoFlight answers the need with a clever system that mounts in a 2.5- or 3.5-inch instrument opening in the panel. Remove any blanks or plugs, bring the mount in EAA Experimenter 23