FLY IN AT FENLAND SATURDAY 19th SEPT - PILOTAWARE HOTSPOT FOR THE DAY?

[thearb]

fog just lifted, on our way.

[stephenmelody]

I just watched G-CDFL arrive from overhead folkingham disused. However it crashed on my device as the plane entered the ATZ. I got it reboot to see it arrive on final

[Admin]

I just watched G-CDFL arrive from overhead folkingham disused. However it crashed on my device as the plane entered the ATZ. I got it reboot to see it arrive on final

Hi Stephen,

can you tell me what crashed ?
PilotAware or ipad ?
(hopefully not G-CDFL)
Thx
Lee

[stephenmelody]

Hi Lee,

Can't narrow it down completely, sky demon says GPS lost and then I have to reboot the RPi and reconnect everything to get it working again.

Still testing it in the air now.

Kit is a EC power bank 22400mAh. 20 AWG cable, powerPod instead of the Chinese thing.

Running ios9

[stephenmelody]

Hi Lee,

seemed to me it was the PA box stopping, I'm going to boot it up now at home and see what happens.

[Admin]

Hi Stephen

Can you describe your power setup in the plane.
Power is absolutely critical, poor quality USB and power supplies are really bad

I think nearly every issue I have seen relating to dropouts has come down to power

Thx
Lee

[stephenmelody]

Sure...

One of these:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B010XWJBS6

Being powered by a fully charged one of these:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00F5Q4F0U


HTHs

Steve.

[Admin]

Yikes, is it really a 3m cable ?
If so that will have quite a voltage drop, I use cables from the same manufacurer, but the 50cm version

Thlee

[stephenmelody]

No... I think it's the 1.5m one...

I'll order a 0.5m one and see if that helps

[John Parker]

Hi.
I had the a 2nd generation big iPad with and external xgps unit blue toothed in the tower. After several lost GPS connections I gave up with that one. I did manage to see daves Falco a treat on skydemon recieving ADSB early on and all the way into the circuit and land with great accuracy on the screen.

I then went flying with the internally GPS equipped iPad mini and the Skydemon locked up (froze). never have I seen that one before.



Thanks  John

[stephenmelody]

Yes... mine only crashed whilst close to Fenland, was fine all the way across from Nottingham.

[Pete]

Hi John

Are you at Fenland this Sunday 20th  ( Tomorrow) as I wanted to fly over to test my own device. I will not be able to land as I really need tarmac or super smooth grass.

Lancair 235  G-BSRI.

Thanks in advance.

[John Parker]

No sorry, My one day do what you like token has been used up  My setup need a bit of a review in the power supply. More stability and power quality

[thearb]

We picked up someone on the ground at fenland as we approached, then after we parked up we followed g-cdfl taxiing, taking off and climbing out, was he outputting adsb or pilotaware?

[Pete]

No sorry, My one day do what you like token has been used up  My setup need a bit of a review in the power supply. More stability and power quality

Try the Charge 2/4  USB Power supplies from Jeremy Curtis. I fitted one and have now  tried a lot of different Tablets and iPhones/iPads with no issues but as Lee as stated, keep the USB leads as short as possible and the bigger the wire gauge the better.
Hopefully meet up soon.