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uAvionix skySensor: Wingtip Traffic and WX

Larry Anglisano
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Omar Filipovic

The skySensor is designed to bolt in place of many existing green navigation lamps that use a three-hole mounting scheme on the starboard wingtip. Built-in Wi-Fi streams the ADS-B, position and 
altitude data to a variety of nav apps using the industry standard 
GDL 90 open-architecture ADS-B protocol.

When uAvionix brought the skyBeacon wingtip ADS-B Out/strobe light to market, it promised a certified companion device for the other wingtip that receives ADS-B traffic and weather. Four years later and with over 20,000 skyBeacons in service (that’s nearly one-third of the ADS-B Out market), uAvionix has TSO approval for the long-awaited skySensor—a matching electronic fin that fits in place of a standard green navigation lamp on the aircraft’s right wingtip. 

With built-in Wi-Fi, a GPS engine, a pressure altitude sensor and an LED strobe and nav light, the $750 skySensor should be attractive to the budget-conscious buyer looking for a modern lighting upgrade and a hard-installed weather and traffic receiver in one device.

Larry Anglisano

Editor in Chief Larry Anglisano has been a staple at Aviation Consumer since 1995. An active land, sea and glider pilot, Larry has over 30 years’ experience as an avionics repairman and flight test pilot. He’s the editorial director overseeing sister publications Aviation Safety magazine, IFR magazine and is a regular contributor to KITPLANES magazine with his Avionics Bootcamp column.