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RobHickman(at)aol.com
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 Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 5:43 pm Post subject: Avidyne Traffic |
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Has anyone put the Avidyne TAS600 traffic system with the dual Antenna's in a RV-10?
Where did you locate the Antenna's and where did you place the processor?
Rob Hickman
N402RH RV-10 (Flying again with all new Cylinders)
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John Ackerman
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 8:15 pm Post subject: Avidyne Traffic |
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Well, Rob, the antennae are in place!One is on top centerline just aft of the thick part of the cabin top for structural reasons per Vans. That means no other antennae up there. Rats!
One is on the belly just forward of spar.
Two GPS antennae are just aft of firewall and forward of windscreen, com antennae are on belly aft of door.
Nav antennae ore in wing tips.
Processor is on a spanwise shelf between the longerons immediately behind the baggage compartment. A dedicated encoder is right beside it - saves a lot of wiring that way.
Mounted engine today. W00T!
'Bout time something visible got done!
John Ackerman N8863
On Nov 20, 2008, at 6:42 PM, RobHickman(at)aol.com (RobHickman(at)aol.com) wrote:
| Quote: | Has anyone put the Avidyne TAS600 traffic system with the dual Antenna's in a RV-10?
Where did you locate the Antenna's and where did you place the processor?
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N402RH RV-10 (Flying again with all new Cylinders)
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wayne.e(at)grandecom.net
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| Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 6:17 am Post subject: Avidyne Traffic |
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Rob,
Yes I have the Avidyne traffic system installed and I talked to their engineer several times about antenna placement. Based on the manual and talking to the engineer the best place for placement is for the top antenna to be as far forward on the canopy so that it has a clear view of the sky area above and the bottom antenna offset from this antenna towards the rear with no obstructions, such as the landing gear blocking it's view, so it has a clear view below.
When I was installing mine Toni at Accuracy hadn't yet developed his overhead console and I was concerned about the wiring that would have to be run up above the front seat area that I would have to somehow hide. So I talked to their engineer about putting the top antenna to the rear just above the battery box area and the bottom one far forward ahead of the landing gear. Another issue was the grounding plane that was necessary and putting it on the fiberglass canopy was a concern, however T Townsend put his there and made a grounding plane to put it on. I have some photos from him on what he did if you want them. I ended up later getting Toni's overhead console so I could have gone up there with the antenna after all.
Anyway with the grounding plane issue and the concerns for wires hanging down from overhead I went with my install and it's working great, I'm sure you've read this, but the antenna wire length that is necessary is very critical, based on what they told me so be aware of that. I can't remember exactly but it seems like there had to be two runs of something like 26' ? I have the control unit installed on the floor in the rear of the baggage wall just to the right side of the battery. That worked very well for ease of access and also with the rear antenna almost directly above made it easy for that antenna connection. If you want ant photos of this install let me know.
One mistake we made, and I'm sure you probably wouldn't, it's necessary to run a wire from your transponder back to the control unit so that the control unit can isolate your transponder signal and not paint it as a target. We somehow missed that page and had to run it later down through the tunnel.
Anyway I've been very happy with the unit once I figure out how it operates. You know I had installed in a Baron I had the BF Goodrich traffic system. I had it installed when it very first came out, which was maybe 10 years ago?, and I paid, with installation, nearly $40,000 back then so when I got this unit, which works just as well if not better I was really happy about the price comparison. When I bought my Avidye it was retailing for $10,000 and I think I ended up buying it for $7300 so I felt like I got a steal in comparison, although that's still a lot of money.
I also bought the optional remote display unit, I think it was $900, which I would strongly recommend. You can see the traffic on the displays and it shows relative position and height above or below and rounded distance away but the remote display show the actually bearing from you and distances with 10th of a mile included, i.e. 3.6 not 4.
Hope this is of help to you.
Wayne Edgerton N602WT 210 hrs
Time: 05:43:29 PM PST US From: RobHickman(at)aol.com (RobHickman(at)aol.com) Subject: Avidyne Traffic
Has anyone put the Avidyne TAS600 traffic system with the dual Antenna's in
a RV-10?
Where did you locate the Antenna's and where did you place the processor?
Rob Hickman
N402RH RV-10 (Flying again with all new Cylinders)
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