New Active Weather Sources?

[Painter1]

Is anybody aware of any plans in the making for a new in-flight active weather app or appliance?

I used a Stratus 2 recently on a flight from South Florida to the Midwest and found the real-time weather on the Ipad very handy.

I thought about getting one, but a Grand is a chunk of change. I can't find anything else that interfaces with ForeFlight and does the job.

Just wondering what is coming down from the skunkworks

 

[Jim_R]

I think FF has said that Stratus is the only device they plan to support.

There are other ADSB-in receivers and software packages that are out there. Some use their own display hardware, some work with iPad, some with Android.

Garmin Pilot / GDL39 is one.

Plenty of others. All are on the order of $1000-ish.

 

[rbridges]

you could probably get a first gen Stratus for much less. The newer one has AHRS capability, but if you're a VFR pilot, you don't really need it.

 

[AggieMike88]

.Plenty of others. All are on the order of $1000-ish.

Correct. Including the ones that play nice with WingX.

And the Freeflight Systems ADS-B In and Out box (just certified as a permanent mount solution for certified aircraft) is a smidge north of $5000.

Then the other popular solution for in cockpit weather is XM Weather being displayed on the various Garmin devices.


We have a Stratus 2 in our club and I like it. Very tight GPS resolution in addition to the traffic and weather service.

 

[Painter1]

Thank you for the help. I just got back to flying after a few years off. I love the Garmin 530 and Foreflight. I spent a lot of years with Low Altitude Enroute Charts and 40 lbs of Jepp binders. This technology is great. Just hate to buy and have something better on the horizon.

 

[AggieMike88]

Welcome to the world of "it's obsolete when you bought it brand new" also known as iPhones and iPads.