New MLB100 978 MHz ADS-B In Receiver

Yah, Mike and Orest have it correct.

Let's say hypothetically that I have an Aspen Evolution system, an Aspen datalink receiver, an AXP-340, an IFD-540, and a TAS-605A with your eventual upgrade to support ADS-B In.

Edited by MikeK - 18 Oct 2014 at 7:16pm

I would take a slightly different tack.

The TXP gets you ADS-B out whether or not you choose to use a portable/iPad for ADS-B in (display).

I like what I am doing with thee TXP and the TAS device - at least around a high density traffic area (PHX class Bravo) - got it covered. The TAS (someday) will integrate active transponder trafffic with ADS-B traffic (again, someday..)

Then add the receive only box (and as stated there are bunches out there) - voila!

My total cost for ADS-B in/out (sans install, which is also trivial) is going to be ~ 3.2K. Completely functional, and fully 2020 compliant.

Oh, on the contrary, I would say we totally get it and have figured it out.  Along those lines, this MLB100 product is not the only one we'll create to provide a broad set of options/solutions for the market.

We would certainly agree that some of the architectures/combos you guys suggest are a very good set for a large part of the market.

This current set of options/solutions does work quite well for number of folks and for those for whom it doesn't, we will eventually have some more available options/solutions to consider.





Edited by AviJake - 10 Oct 2014 at 8:38am

MysticCobra wrote: ADSB-in weather receivers are a dime a dozen.  Plenty of inexpensive, highly-functional devices out there to do that today.  Hard to justify paying $3K to have it on my 540 instead of $500-$1000 to have it on my Nexus 7 or iPad. Traffic is the differentiator.  An elegant and affordable solution for ADSB-out (to trigger the traffic broadcast from the FAA) plus a well-integrated ADSB-in receiver that can feed Wx and traffic to _all_ their displays--panel-mounted and portable alike--is what GA pilots are looking for. From my perspective, Avidyne hasn't figured that out yet.  The AXP340+TAS6XXA/MLB100 isn't it:  Bugsmashers don't need 1090ES, they're better suited to 978-out where they can form their own mesh network in the lower altitudes if there's no ADSB tower around.  They don't need to mesh-network with the flight level traffic.  And the TAS box is just too darned expensive for the typical bugsmasher owner.  The MLB100 doesn't give me anything a far less-expensive solution--one that I already have, BTW--doesn't already provide. Color me disappointed.

I wasn't going to say it, but now that it has been said...
I too already have ads-b in, and yes it was relatively cheap.

This, exactly:
 An elegant and affordable solution for ADSB-out (to trigger the traffic broadcast from the FAA) plus a well-integrated ADSB-in receiver that can feed Wx and traffic to _all_ their displays--panel-mounted and portable alike--is what GA pilots are looking for.

1.  Plan on late winter/early spring 2015.

Edited by AviJake - 09 Oct 2014 at 8:12pm

$2495.

Today Avidyne announced another part of the ADS-B product line.