Lsapilot Posted April 3, 2019 Report Share Posted April 3, 2019 Does anyone have any experience with the uAvionics tailBeacon? Is a modified template needed? thanks.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Downs Posted April 6, 2019 Report Share Posted April 6, 2019 I have a tailbeacon installed on one of my planes. Waiting until after Uavionix Sun & Fun people get back on Monday to discuss with them.There seems to be a problem with the shadow of the elevator similar to the skybeacon caused by the winglets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Downs Posted May 8, 2019 Report Share Posted May 8, 2019 It appears both the Skybeacon and TailBeacon do not work well on the CTLS. I have tried both and cannot get good flight reports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WmInce Posted May 8, 2019 Report Share Posted May 8, 2019 1 hour ago, Al Downs said: It appears both the Skybeacon and TailBeacon do not work well on the CTLS. I have tried both and cannot get good flight reports. That is unfortunate. Was hoping that would work out for you and others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msoliday Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 Al, did you find a fix for the shadow? I had the tail beacon installed and am not getting a good report. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Downs Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 No, I could not get it to work reliably. I switched to Skygaurd TWX. About $1300 and it is in and out. Working great on all 4 planes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrassStripFlyBoy Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 I installed TailBeacon in Jan, and have not had any issues with reports showing great results. I have some insight on two items that others have struggled with, one is the settings within the App, and the second is the manner of flying the test flight to check the performance. Can you post the flight report, and share more details? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Downs Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 I don't have details as I tried to use it last summer and after the poor results I gave up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msoliday Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 Darrell, attached are my reports. Any suggestions? Flight Track Log ✈ N27SB 18-Apr-2020 - FlightAware.pdf PAPR_20200418_A2A5B5_424989388.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrassStripFlyBoy Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 Looking at the track of that flight, is this really what you were flying, or is this error that is part of your questioning the performance? The reason I ask this, is low level and/or aggressive maneuvers are known to negatively impact results. Were you steady altitude here in the red? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msoliday Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 yes i was steady, also there were red categories in the other report. I am a new pilot and this is my first plane. Sorry for all the questions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrassStripFlyBoy Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 The items that others have had to address to improve performance are: 1) In App Advanced settings, for the Transponder Threshold Adjustment, enter a value of 35. I used this from the initial install and all has been working well. I believe this was recently learned towards end of last year, that 35 is the optimum setting for Tailbeacon to read transponder signal. I forget where I found that info at the time, it may have been in uAvionics info, or from some other forum. This value can be adjusted up and down in trial and error as well, but would not jump to that. I'd start by confirming where yours is set, and change to 35 if not presently at 35. 2) The test flight should be flown to the prescribed manners of powering up and awaiting 5 minutes without motion, steady slow taxi, complete stop on runway when ending flight. Leaving a lot of particulars out here, the uAvionix site has info, and broad searches speak to what others have done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msoliday Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 I'll check the setting and i saw those prior posts. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrassStripFlyBoy Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 Another point to share is only rely on the PAPR for true understanding, as I often have pointed to FlightAware in these discussions and that is ground based receiver info separate from FAA. I fly out of my backyard and in an area with few ground stations feeding these web based flight trackers. I rarely pick up complete flights on FlightAware in local area unless very high altitude, but PAPR still reads great. Just checked my last three flights, all still reading excellent with no issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Baker Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 You also need to remember that the CTLS and CTSW are different, and what works for one might not work for the other. I would need to double check, but I think the stabilator on the CTLS is carbon fiber and the CTSW is not. That would account for the difference in results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Downs Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 You are correct Tom. I have not had good luck on CTLS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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