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The stratux ads-b dual band receiver is an excellent piece of equipment and highly recommended. I use Wing X and previously used another ads-b dual band receiver until I started to get a lot of radio interference from it. The old unit was bulkier and was not easy to move around. I decided to try the stratux ads-b dual band receiver and pair it with my Wing X on my ipad and it has worked flawlessly. The battery it comes with will keep the unit working for 4 or more hours before it needs a recharge. I have a Mooney Ovation with a G1000 and I compared the traffic and weather on my Wing X ipad with the stratux to the G1000 and it was almost exactly the same. The ahrs feature is also very, very good and comparing the G1000 synthetic vision to the ipad Wing X synthetic vision with the stratux is very similar. I recently took a trip IFR from South Florida to North Carolina and back and used the stratux during the trips. I found it to be very accurate and very reliable. The traffic, weather, ahrs and gps functionality were all excellent and I found it to be a great back up to my G1000. Having previously used another ads-b receiver, I can tell you that the stratux is actually a better unit and an excellent purchase because of its ease of use, portability, functionality, gps quality and functionality, accuracy, and excellent weather, traffic, gps positioning and ahrs capabilities. This is a must have for pilots whether flying VFR or IFR as a backup to your regular flight instruments. I highly recommend it.

I haven’t flight tested it yet, so i cant speak for the weather function. The traffic function is amazing. Set the unit on my window ledge and sat inside watching airplanes as they flew over. i have spare batteries and there’s an adapter included in case you have your own battery. Assembly was super easy. Took 5 minutes tops, took about 30 seconds to connect and see airplanes. The battery that comes with the unit has a plug attached directly to the battery that unfolds and plug conveniently into the side of the Stratux. It has a “home built” look (with the strap for the battery, two antennas, and the actual unit itself, having to unplug it to turn it off) but it’s got twice as many features at less than half the price. It also had no problems picking up a signal from the middle of my living room so I have a hard time believing it’d have any trouble picking up a signal anywhere in an airplane. The fan kicked on a couple of times and seemed to work well to keep it cool. It’s easy to connect to an iPad and to use with ForeFlight. The video provided on youtube by crewdog was excellent. He explained everything very well. I ran it for two hours with no hiccups. My house is underneath the flight path of a busy airport and it always displayed traffic. Very excited to actually use this and see the weather features, but so far i’m Very very impressed with the product. The cable that comes with it is a little too short for a battery, so i may buy a bigger one...but that’s a minor detail. It comes with a 6000 MAH battery and I bought an extra 8000 MAH. It’s only a back up battery anyway. So far, very impressed.

I've flown with this guy several times now and LOVE it. Not only is it fully featured, but it's reliable and so much less costly than the name brand devices out there. I paired mine to Foreflight and it works like a charm. I use the suction cups and stick it to the rear side window in our club Cherokee. Always gets good reception there with the antennas pointing skyward. I have a friend that lays hers on the dash, but it gets awfully hot there in the summer. Haven't had any problems with the Stratux at all. It's a little work to set up initially, but the instructions are really detailed and very well written, and the web site helps too. Videos are so helpful! I can't say enough how much respect I have for Crew Dog. The packaging was excellent, and the kit is very thoughtfully assembled (I bought the version that's prebuilt with only assembly of the battery-to-unit and suction cup bracket needed). As far as bulkiness, I worried about that, with those big ol' antennas and overall size. But it's not an issue at all after using it a bit. I keep the antennas in a slot in my flight bag and the unit in the main compartment with my headset. Prep for flight takes just a couple mins: screw on the antennas, plug the power cord in and stick it on the window. By the time I get get buckled in and set up my iPad, it's ready to go. I also love that this is a small start-up outfit. I don't mind buying good products from big companies, but I LOVE buying them from small competitors who still think like their own customers and love what they do more than just the profit. You go, Crew Dog!

Worked okay for 6 months and then suddenly stopped transmitting mid flight on a busy coastal night in Florida. Not something you want to have happen, If I were to do it again I’d pony up the extra $200 for the sentry.

So first off this little guy works as designed and is a really good value. Foreflight connects right up with my iPad and myself and my CFI both will connect to it for traffic alerts. AHRS works great too... i had a real world vacuum pump failure at night, so I switched on my attitude display in foreflight which was a great safety net. Things to keep in mind though, and I don't want to discourage what you are getting out of this device for the tremendous value that it is, but do keep these in mind on what you give up though by not going with the more expensive alternatives incase you are daily instead of weekly like me: 1. Needs an external battery, and the connector on the raspberry pi in the unit is weak. This isn't the fault of the assembler, the pi's the micro usb connector isn't very robust. I've been using mine for 6 months now and this connector has loosened up and prevented my device from receiving reliable power. I finally pulled it apart thinking i'd have to replace the raspberry pi in it and i was able to bend the connector back into shape and spare it. Thankfully if I do destroy the connector, a replacement PI is cheap and easily swapped. The higher dollar units with their internal batteries do not run into this. 2. The fan has gotten extremely loud when its running...sounds like the bearing is shot in...not sure what the quality is of the fan that comes with it (sleeve bearing perhaps?) but i'm looking for a replacement fan though. Not sure if the higher dollar units even have fans, if they don't then definite ding here. 3. Obnoxious Antennas. They stick out, take up space in my flight back, take up space on the window. Higher dollar units with their integrated antennas don't have this issue. But dollar for dollar, a great value, with these weaknesses I'm only knocking 1 star off because of the great value this device is.

Fantastic! Just got it, so haven't had a chance to use it in the air. However, it was basically plug and play. I turned it on (plugged in the battery) and my iPad recognized the Stratux wifi signal right away. I have Wings X Pro. Stratux associated with it immediately and from my front porch began showing traffic all around. I used Wings X settings to select attitude indicator. Worked perfect and smoothly when I moved the Stratux in pitch and roll. Be sure to point the Stratux correctly forward as indicated on the unit. Otherwise you will get reverse sensing. Can't imagine so much technology being so readily available for us these days! I've been flying for over fifty years and would have never imagined this. Thanks Crew Dog! (And thank you Crew Dog for your military service). Adding. I just took an 800 mile round trip in my non electric Aeronca. I just sat the Stratux on the baggage shelf behind me. Worked great, sending WiFi to my iPad and Wings X Pro. It found satellites quickly and connected to the iPad quickly. The traffic displayed was very helpful, allowing me to see aircraft in my vicinity that I might have missed seeing otherwise. The weather was clear so I didn't have a chance to use the Nexrad weather info. I did buy a larger capacity battery off Amazon for about $20. That battery gave me 8 hours of run time. I used the original battery as a back up standby. Love it!

They claim three-four hours of battery life. You'll definitely get more than that. I've gone three 1.5 hour flights without recharging and still have at least half the battery left. GPS works wonderfully. Very accurate although it sometimes does get a bit off. AHRS is okay. What you'd expect from a secondary device that isn't built into the airplane. TIS/FIS is great! Never had any issues. Overall, this device is WELL worth the price. Way better than buying a $500-600 Stratus/Sentry. The $200 Scout doesn't even have GPS nor does it have a built in battery. This is a bit bulky with the battery but it'll never cause an issue in the cockpit. The suction cups are strong enough to never fall off the cockpit (in fact, you have to dig your nails into it after the flight to release the suction which shows great security). I returned my DualGPS device to get this. You could easily build your own Stratux for cheaper, but you won't receive the great customer support CrewDogElectronics provides. I spent the extra price simply to have the support in case anything went wrong, and I was not let down. I've received nothing but great help from this small team and I highly recommend them!

So after some initial issues thought to be Stratux related, no exaggeration, within the hour I was contacted by Sean at Crew Dog Electronics. Full disclosure, having been over 30 days (almost 2 months) since I purchased the Stratux, I did not even consider getting a resolution from Crew Dog Electronics as a viable option. So I mistakenly assumed whatever 'issues' I had with the Stratux, I was on my own. However, I was very much mistaken. Even at this point, Sean at CDE was quick to try and assess the situation. With regards to my loss of GPS signal with the Statux while flying, it actually turns out that the EFB platform I use, Foreflight, has been having some serious connection loss issues with ADS-B devices such as Stratux and the Stratus 2 ever since they released their last update. After having done some research, I apparently am far from being the only one from having loss of GPS signal issues with an ADS-B receiver thats used in conjunction Foreflight. This is clearly a Foreflight issue and NOT a Stratux issue, and as a result, it seems some of these folks with similar issues are looking for other EFB platforms, and rightly so. All that being said, almost two months later Sean at Crew Dog Electronics offered at no cost to inspect, repair or replace my Stratux should there be an actual problem with the internal GPS, and of course is also addressing the loose antenna connection issue I mentioned in my initial review. I can honestly say that I was pleasantly surprised. Having had several email conversations with Sean within the past day or so regarding this issue, it is quite evident that he stands by his product, is genuinely passionate about putting forth a quality product but yet is quick to address any potential issues with the Stratux. You really cannot beat that sort of customer service, particularly when the alternative is costing you about $1000. UPDATE 11/2/17: Received the unit back from Crew Dog Electronics a few days ago and finally had a chance to fly with the unit yesterday and worked perfectly! Incidentally, ForeFlight also released an update during the time the unit was with Crew Dogs Electronics apparently after many complaints of loss of signal, and low and behold, not a single issue post update. That said, Crew Dogs Electronics was even nice enough to include their new mount for the Stratux, which went on without a hitch on the flying lawnmower, aka the Cessna 152. Again, I have to emphasize what total professionals and on top of their game they are at Crew Dogs Electronics. Cheers.

Combiné avec ForeFlight ça fonctionne vraiment très bien. J’ai mis une antenne 868 MHz qui me permet de recevoir les trafics Flarm avec une modif soft dispo en open source. L’antenne 1090Mhz permet de recevoir les trafics ADS-B d’autant mieux si vous êtes équipés vous même d’un transponder ADS-B out. ForeFlight vous donne un horizon artificiel de secours avec une vue 3D du terrain. Ventousé à la vitre de l’avion je n’ai jamais eu de soucis de chauffe même en plein été. Par contre c’est top de voir les planeurs en arrivant sur un terrain.... même s’il faut surtout continuer à regarder dehors !! Bon vols à tous !!

No problems, just follow instructions. Switch off power saver. Works great.

I’ve been interested in this device for several years and finally decided to purchase it. I'm an American pilot living in the UK, so I was cautious as to how it performed here in the UK. After using the system for a couple of flights, I wanted to share my feedback. 1) Initial Setup: The Admin page is user-friendly. Watching the YouTube video tutorials (some videos could use an update) helped me successfully set up the AHRS and adjust it to the right side of the aircraft, following the video instructions. Beware that we use Skydemon in Europe. And despite a few attempts, I eventually managed to connect it. There isn’t a Strutux option in Skydemon. You choose SkyEcho 2 instead (picture attached). 2) First Flight Attempt: a. ADHRS: I discovered that Skydemon’s synthetic attitude indicator was utilising data from the AHRS of Stratux instead of its own GPS and attitude sensors on my iPad. Whilst I hadn’t originally considered this, it made sense once I thought about it. I originally calibrated the Stratux at home, but after mounting it in the aircraft, on its side, on the right side window, above the luggage door (Piper Arrow IV), I had recalibrated the AHRS while seated in the aircraft before starting up the engine (I performed this calibration on my Skydemon on my iPad as well as the Skydemon on my co-pilot’s mobile phone). At first, it appeared to work well during taxi, but at takeoff and during the flight, I did notice some fluctuations with the synthetic attitude indicator of Skydemon, which occasionally seemed to lose its orientation. On a 30-minute flight, the indicator lost its reference several times. With two Skydemons connected to the Stratux (recalibrated on the ground before engine startup), both devices exhibited the exact same simultaneous behaviour, which raised some concerns about the Stratux AHRS consistency. b. Multiple Aircraft: An unusual occurrence during my flight was seeing eight aircraft in a circle around mine. Initially, I struggled to explain this, but I suspect it relates to how Stratux picks up limited Mode S data. It seems to gather altitude estimates but struggles with directional information. I need to confirm this further (photo attached). c. Weather: I was unable to receive any weather data. This is due to the lack of weather stations outside US territories. This was a bit disappointing, but it's essential to understand the limitations outside the US (ADS-B Weather Tower map attached). 3) Second Flight Attempt: a. AHRS: For my next flight, I repositioned the Stratux from the baggage window to the rear seat window, mounting it upright on the right side of the aircraft. This adjustment seemed to improve performance, as I didn't experience as many issues with the Skydemon attitude indicator – but it wasn’t as flawless as without it, using just Skydemon and the iPad alone. Of course, I recalibrated the AHRS of Stratux before engine startup. b. Multiple Aircraft: I still observed the same pattern with multiple aircraft around my aircraft, reinforcing my earlier theory. 4) Support: After my experiences, I reached out to Crew Dog Electronics to gain further insights. Although I received a prompt response, I was provided links to YouTube videos (which I had already viewed), a Discord group, a GitHub link, and a tower location URL. While I appreciate the prompt response, I was hoping for more specific advice from experience, so I’ll likely consult the Discord community for additional support. Overall Review: If considering this product for use outside the United States, be aware that some capabilities may be limited, particularly regarding weather data. This is largely due to the availability of US-specific technology rather than any shortcomings of the unit itself, I would guess. I will continue to evaluate the Skydemon attitude indicator (connected to Stratux) to see if mounting it upright resolves the orientation issues. On the positive side, I now have visibility of other aircraft, which is beneficial for IFR flying in IMC conditions. I do like the added battery that enables me to power the Stratux and then feed a USB cable to the battery. I do wonder if it's possible to receive traffic information from Stratux, but without receiving AHRS and allowing my iPad GPS and attitude do the lifting there. I rated it 3 stars out of 5 due to the cost vs my experience with the synthetic attitude, its use outside the US and having to refer to a Discord group for support answers. I’m not a programmer, so GitHub isn’t of any use to me.

This is worth every cent I spent on it. This is great for showing ADS-B traffic and I never knew how much traffic was in my vicinity until I recently started using this product. It has certainly alerted me from conflicting traffic in my immediate vicinity. On occasions though neither of my ipads seem to pickup the traffic even though they're connected to stratux wifi and I have to disconnect and reconnect the wifi a few times before it shows traffic. Despite this hiccup, I would definitely not hesitate to buy this product and I recommend it to every pilot.

This product works nicely and very easy to use