Transponder for Ultralight

[Jan Nademlejnsky]

I fly open cockpit trike AirBorne from local airport which made mandatory
now to have transponder class C. Is there something on the market for
ultralight, which is small, has own antenna and is reasonably priced,
please? Transponder Class B sends unique assigned code to control tower
radar and Class C version sends also the aircraft altitude (has built in
altimeter).

I appreciate any information or links to this type of transponder.

Thanks
Jan

[Gus Cabre]

Jan,

I have never heard of class B, but mode A and mode C. However, do not buy a
mode C as Europe is forcing anything that flies to put in mode S. There will
be exceptions in some countries, for some areas. However, if your airport
demands you have a transponder, then you will need one.

In the UK, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has requested companies look
into building a simplified light mode S transponder for microlights and
gliders. Run a search in Google.


Gus

Post by Jan Nademlejnsky
I fly open cockpit trike AirBorne from local airport which made mandatory
now to have transponder class C. Is there something on the market for
ultralight, which is small, has own antenna and is reasonably priced,
please? Transponder Class B sends unique assigned code to control tower
radar and Class C version sends also the aircraft altitude (has built in
altimeter).
I appreciate any information or links to this type of transponder.
Thanks
Jan

[toby]

have you seen the t2000 from microair? www.microair.com.au

Post by Gus Cabre
Jan,
I have never heard of class B, but mode A and mode C. However, do not buy
a mode C as Europe is forcing anything that flies to put in mode S. There
will be exceptions in some countries, for some areas. However, if your
airport demands you have a transponder, then you will need one.
In the UK, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has requested companies look
into building a simplified light mode S transponder for microlights and
gliders. Run a search in Google.
Gus

Post by Jan Nademlejnsky
I fly open cockpit trike AirBorne from local airport which made mandatory
now to have transponder class C. Is there something on the market for
ultralight, which is small, has own antenna and is reasonably priced,
please? Transponder Class B sends unique assigned code to control tower
radar and Class C version sends also the aircraft altitude (has built in
altimeter).
I appreciate any information or links to this type of transponder.
Thanks
Jan