Why Open Source Matters in Aviation: The Stratux Story In 2015, a pilot named Chris Young published a GitHub repository called Stratux. He’d built an ADS-B receiver from a Raspberry Pi, two RTL-SDR dongles, and some code he wrote himself...
Most Stratux support questions start the same way: “It worked great on the ground and then…” Don’t be that pilot. A two-minute pre-flight check of your Stratux takes longer than reading this sentence but saves a lot of frustration 5,000...
Your Raspberry Pi has no idea what time it is without an internet connection. The onboard clock drifts. If you’re running a homelab, doing ham radio APRS or FT8, or just want a reliable time source off the grid, you...
Problem 1: iPad Keeps Disconnecting from Stratux Wi-Fi This is the most common complaint, and it has a completely fixable cause. Root Cause A — Screen Dimming and Auto-Lock When your iPad screen dims or auto-locks, iOS aggressively manages Wi-Fi...
Stratux Works With Any EFB — And That’s the Point A lot of pilots are thinking about their EFB setup right now. App ecosystems change. Companies get acquired. Features disappear. Prices go up. What felt like a permanent tool starts...
There's a question that comes up every time someone compares Stratux to a sealed ADS-B receiver: "Aren't they basically the same thing?" The hardware does similar things. The price is similar. But the philosophy isn't. Open source means the code...
Will It Work With Your EFB? Yes — and that’s the right question to ask first. Stratux is compatible with ForeFlight®, Garmin Pilot, FlyQ, WingX, and Avare. The connection is dead simple: Stratux creates its own Wi-Fi network, your iPad...
You can turn a $30 Raspberry Pi and a cheap RTL-SDR dongle into a real-time flight tracking station that feeds live aircraft data to FlightAware and FlightRadar24. The hardware is cheap, the setup takes under an hour, and once it’s...
Stratux works with Garmin Pilot. Traffic, weather, and GPS — all the data a GDL 39 provides — streamed to Garmin Pilot over WiFi at a fraction of the cost. This guide walks through the complete setup so you’re flying...
ForeFlight synthetic vision shows a 3D terrain view on your attitude indicator — mountains, valleys, and obstacles rendered in real time based on your GPS position. It normally requires a Garmin GDL 39 3D or similar AHRS-capable hardware costing $700+....
