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    Default skySensor installed

    1/2 hour install during our recent annual, oddly they used 6-32 screws instead of the 8-32 used on the skyBeacon, so I had to re-do the Helicoils.

    Now ADS-B in comes on with the light switch, TSO compliant, seems to have better reception...

    20240103 sky sensor.jpg

    uAvionix Sentry available $300 or best offer... thanks

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    Glad these are for certificated aircraft. This is next on my upgrade list.

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    Had it on my PA-30 as a field approval before they got TSO.


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    Quote Originally Posted by thebeerdedpilot View Post
    Glad these are for certificated aircraft. This is next on my upgrade list.
    I made some glovebox doors with a circuit breaker panel for the glovebox on a 50 Pacer. Not using them and they are not far from you if you want. I also have all the bucks that I used to form the panel overlays and cutouts for the glove boxes and the center instrument panel.

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    Beautiful aluminum work reminds me of the Gov't stuff I used to see 30 years ago in another life. So well made, complex, very robust stuff that few can reproduce. I might ask, though, have you doubled the weight of the device in mounting it?
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    Sorry for the thread drift. These are up for grabs. Made from same thickness as original 1950 Piper pacer glove boxes, just moved the breakers up into the glovebox. With the trig radio and transponder installed its just a fraction of the original Nuclear age Narco Omni glass tube radio which weighed about 65lbs. and had three boxes to operate. The original door latch would not hold it shut, so I made a bracket with two screws to hold it in.

    I thought if he was going to upgrade to uavonix AV30C and skysensor he could use them and keep the original look of his aircraft.
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    Beautiful work!

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    Installed mine yesterday. IMG_6933.jpeg

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    Quote Originally Posted by blue44 View Post
    uAvionix Sentry available $300 or best offer... thanks
    Hi Donn, I sent you a PM about the Sentry ADS-B IN, please call or email to discuss.


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    Any installation tips for those of us waiting in the wings for the skySensor?

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