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New ADS-B Portables: Price for Every Purpose

The Stratus is still out there, but now in its third generation and with open architecture so it works with other apps. ForeFlight's new product is the $499 Sentry, a diminutive box that combines a dual-band ADS-B receiver with a carbon monoxide detector, plus AHRS. uAvionix - they're the guys everyone is waiting on to deliver the wingtip- and tail-mounted ADS-B Out units-designed and builds the Sentry for ForeFlight. Once again, it works only with that app. In concert with its push to establish a market for mid priced panel-mount avionics, Dynon showed up at AirVenture 2018 with the DRX, which clearly aims to anchor the bargain end of the price spectrum. No frills on this one; just the dual-band receiver and a little case for $349 discounted, $395 list.

Paul Bertorelli
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With the remorseless ADS-B deadline about to cast the unequipped into NextGen no-man’s land, we figured the portable choices would dry up. But, surprise. At midyear, along came the three new entries we’re reviewing in this issue.

This tells us manufacturers sense latent demand for portables, either because some owners just aren’t going to equip with ADS-B before the deadline-or at all-or enough are contemplating the cheapest Out-only solution and may be trolling for a portable to do the In part.

Paul Bertorelli

Paul Bertorelli is Aviation Consumer’s Editor at Large. In addition to his valued contributions to Aviation Consumer, his in-depth video productions on sister publication AVweb cover a wide variety of topics that greatly contribute to safety, operation and aircraft ownership. When Paul isn’t writing or filming, he’s out flying his J3 Cub.