ADS-B For EFIS
I enjoyed reading your evaluation of the three most prominent ADS-B EFIS products in the June issue. I received my Stratus II about three days before reading your article. There is one, important negative feature of the Stratus II: It will only show the horizon in the landscape mode. If one has an iPad on a yoke mount, it will most likely be in the vertical position, so the horizon will be 90 degrees off. Otherwise, the iPad has to be taken off the yoke mount and held in the horizontal position, not easily done.
I spoke to Appareo about this situation and was told that they have had other complaints, but have nothing in the pipeline to correct it. The result is that the horizon feature is not really usable—something that would be unpleasant if the attitude indicator fails while in the clouds. My reason for spending the extra $200 to buy the Stratus II was to have the horizon feature. Had I known about the situation beforehand, I would have opted for the original Stratus model and saved $200.