[ML-General] Do we have any pilots?

[Kevin E. Ivey]

On 2015-10-26 13:29, david wrote:
> Are there any pilots in the group?
> 
> Or maybe anyone that likes to monitor airplanes going around,
> especially with the ADS-B?
> 
> I've run across this really fun thing called 'stratux' that is (almost
> complete) ADS-B in and for less than $130.  Computer of choice for it
> at the moment is the Raspberry Pi 2.
> 
> David M.

As a professional and military pilot, I have operated in some scary 
conditions and used ADS-B as a primary source of tracking where there is 
no radar coverage.

I have successfully used a Raspberry Pi and a cheap RTL-chip based 
dongle to receive and serve position, speed, altitude and flight number 
information on aircraft in a large, 200 Nautical mile area.  The Pi runs 
on a wi-fi network and acts as a server for any web browser equipped 
device and displays a map with all the aircraft.

The Pi software is 1090dump, and there are many other applications for 
receiving and displaying ADS-B data.  For a total investment of $40.00 
(including the Raspberry Pi), I think that is a good project for pilots 
and non-pilots who are curious about hos the system works...

The commercial products are basically the same components in a sexy box, 
with a sexy price.

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Kevin
K4IVE