Stratux battery life depends on two things: how much current your build draws and how much capacity your power bank can deliver. A typical dual-radio Stratux setup pulls between 1.2–2.0 amps at 5V. Get the math right and you can...
The Raspberry Pi 4 is the most powerful Pi available — faster CPU, more RAM, dual-band WiFi. It seems like the obvious choice for a Stratux build. The reality is more complicated. Stratux was designed primarily for the Pi 3B...
A dual-radio Stratux receives both 978 MHz UAT and 1090 MHz Extended Squitter. A single-radio build receives only one. Whether you need both depends on where you fly and what you want from the system. Here’s the straight answer. What’s...
Updating Stratux firmware keeps your unit current with bug fixes, new features, and protocol improvements that affect how well it works with apps like ForeFlight and Garmin Pilot. The process is straightforward — you can do it entirely through the...
Stratux GPS should acquire a full fix within 2–5 minutes under open sky. If yours is taking 10+ minutes, or never locks indoors, or drops fix frequently in flight — something is wrong. This guide covers the common causes and...
Stratux WiFi problems are the most common support question in the community. The good news: almost every WiFi issue has a straightforward fix. Work through these eight in order and you’ll almost certainly find the problem. Before You Start: Confirm...
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 — total hardware cost under $70. Commercial equivalents cost...
Stratux and WingX Pro7 work together out of the box. If you’re a WingX user who wants ADS-B traffic, free FIS-B weather, and AHRS synthetic vision without buying expensive commercial hardware, this is your setup guide. Five minutes and you’ll...
What ADS-B Weather Actually Shows Pilots (NEXRAD, METARs, PIREPs) ADS-B weather is free, it’s in the cockpit, and most GA pilots still don’t fully understand what it’s showing them. Not all ADS-B weather is the same, not all of it...
The House of Representatives failed to pass the ROTOR Act on February 24, 2026 — but buried inside the congressional debate was something GA pilots should know: the nation’s top aviation safety official stood before Congress and said that a...
