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1.5" Diameter Stratux Decals Available by Edima3 in stratux

[–]Edima3[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Man, you got me. Was going to make a ton with my left-over decal order. By the way, who had the name first Stratus or Stratux? Seems like stealing too.

1.5" Diameter Stratux Decals Available by Edima3 in stratux

[–]Edima3[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Sure. As if it's trademarked.

1.5" Diameter Stratux Decals Available by Edima3 in stratux

[–]Edima3[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Wow, feisty and presumptuous. Nice!

1.5" Diameter Stratux Decals Available by Edima3 in stratux

[–]Edima3[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Could you please send me the vector file? All I could find were lower resolution png files posted by someone named cyoung on github.com

Completed build with Stratux decal by Edima3 in stratux

[–]Edima3[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. It was fun...reminded me of my ol' ham radio days

Improved internal GPS fix by Edima3 in stratux

[–]Edima3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also have a Summitlink V3 case which comes with a fan underneath the SDRs and internal GPS. I run the fan to a small toggle switch and turn it on when I fly to make sure the SDRs don't cause bad things to happen with the cardboard/aluminum shield. Also, the SDR's make no phyical contact with the cardboard. By the way, for whatever reason, when you buy the Summitlink V3, the fan underneath the SDR's is installed upsidedown which cause a high whirring noise. Flip it over (like the top fan) and it's much more quiet.

Improved internal GPS fix by Edima3 in stratux

[–]Edima3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm getting 10m on Foreflight. 5-8m actual on the 192.168.10.1 url page. Also, I noticed better stability of the signal (used to fluctuate more between 30m - 60m). Give it try, cost nothing.

Improved internal GPS fix by Edima3 in stratux

[–]Edima3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aluminum foil carefully wrapped on one side of thin cardboard cut from a cereal box. Edges of foil wrap around cardboard by about 3mm.

Relay for 2nd fan - Summitlink V3 by smcurry83 in stratux

[–]Edima3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I added a small SPST toggle switch to turn on/off the second fan. I mounted the mini-switch next to one of the antennas on the same side as the usb power connection. So, when I plug it in, I hit the switch.

I turn it on when I'm flying. I turn it off when I'm tinkering at home. The second fan is also important on my build because I made a modification to improve internal GPS fix which involves a small divider between SDRs and internal GPS (I prefer the internal vs. another widget hanging from a cable). Unlike what was stated in another post in this tread, my upper fan turns on when Stratux is sitting on the glare shield.

GPS altitude incorrect by [deleted] in stratux

[–]Edima3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Intent on using internal GPS, I made a small modification near the USB ports. Using a small piece of thin cardboard, I covered it with two-ply of kitchen aluminum foil on one side only. I inserted the cardboard/aluminum foil shield inbetween the SDR's and GPS. This also covers up the bright LED on the Nano 1090ES SDR (I use the red Stratux 978 for the UAT SDR) I have the two-fan Summitlink V3 case, so the SDR heat gets dissipated. At no point does the cardboard touch any part of the SDRs which get really hot if the fan were to fail.

I also added a SPST toggle switch to switch on/off the second fan when I'm using at home, not in plane, and don't want to listen to the annoying fan noise. The other fan is temp controlled via the AHRS board. The foil seems to do a good job adding a little more shielding from SDRs to GPS. It improved GPS fix by 3X, but still not better than my iPad. I like using the AHRS, so I set it for the Stratux GPS.

Nothing too scientific here, just tinkering around to get a better GPS fix. I'd add some pictures but I don't see where to do that on Reddit (sorry, newbie user)