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PostPosted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 8:01 pm    Post subject: Zaon Traffic System Reply with quote

Anyone fimiliar with the Zaon flight systems traffic avoidance system ?
Looks promising and has a RS232 output which may make it compatible for
showing traffic on the GRT. And from what I've read it will pick up traffic
pretty much anywhere in the USA.

Randy

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:28 pm    Post subject: Zaon Traffic System Reply with quote

Randy,
Their XRX is the newest of the model line and can also detect 8 regions or
sectors around you to give some idea of where the target is in angular
relation to you. I just received this unit as an upgrade from the VRX and
have not installed nor operated yet.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:09 am    Post subject: Zaon Traffic System Reply with quote

David thanks for the info please keep me informed on how well
this system works for you. And if it accually picks up in remote area's.

Randy
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:26 am    Post subject: Zaon Traffic System Reply with quote

Randy,
Keep in mind that the unit, and its kin, are "passive" receiver design.
It will not show any other aircraft in a remote area if a ground radar or
TCAS is "not" pinging it in the normal way. All the Zaon/Surecheck models
basically sniff the air for transponder energy from other aircraft. I have
used their VRX. It was very good showing relative distance from you,
altitude differences between you and the target, and altitude trends. And,
would do this for several aircraft in the area.

I did not like 2 things about the VRX.
It did not give you angular indication of the nearby aircraft; you did not
know where to "look" for a close target.
The other was the display. I believe that it is of the earlier generation
LCD. It worked fine if it was mounted directly in front of your eyes. I
had mounted the VRX more directly in front of the co-pilots eyes as I did
not want the unit mounted on my panel top directly in my eye line for
critical pitch and landing control. I do a lot of back country flying and
it would be bad to not see a large rock landing on a rough strip, if the
unit blocked my view for a second.

These units are quite small; I should have mounted in directly in front of
me.

Now, the XRX model... this one is new. Last year at Oshkosh, they did not
have it ready to sell but, made an attractive offer. If one were to buy the
VRX then, they would take it back at full price, when the XRX came out. I
bought it on that basis and returned the VRX last month and they sent me
the XRX. I have not mounted it yet.

They said that it uses a different display. But, I suspect that it is the
same. It doesn't matter as I will mount this new unit in front of me and I
will just have to get used to the little box with a "hump" in my eye sight.
The hump is the new phased array receiving antenna. Now, you are get 8
quadrants of angular target location using a display of small arrows. It
will track 3 aircraft at once that are being interrogated by normal ground
radar. It's algorithm chooses the must critical to you to put on the main
display with the most ranging data to display to you. An example.... if the
unit is tracking 2 aircraft, one is 1 mile out and the other is 3 miles
away. One would think that it would place the closest aircraft into the
main display location. But, it is smarter than that. It reviews the
altitude trends and direction in relation to your flight position. Thus, if
the closest aircraft is moving away from you in altitude or direction, it
is not considered a threat, when the farthest aircraft may have a climbing
trend towards you or the converging heading, then, it gets selected as the
main threat.

All in all, the little units do a very fine job, since they have internal
altimeters as well as altitude data from any mode C transponder. It left me
wanting more..... Thus, the reason that I opted for the XRX at more than 2X
the cost. I treat it as insurance..... the one time that it alerts me to
deviate it will have paid for itself...!! Sorry for spinning out of
control with all the additional details........
David
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