ADVANCED AIRCRAFT ELECTRONICS, INC

http://www.advancedaircraft.com/

Does any body have any experience with this antenna mounted in
the wing tip of an RV?

A regular whip antenna can have as much as 3 pounds of drag at 230 MPH
which
translates to an  HP requirement of about 2.3 HP. That is a fuel burn of
about
1.2 pounds an hour or about .2 gallons an hour.

"Advanced Aircraft Electronics Inc. (AAE) offers a series of aircraft
antennas
specifically designed to be used without a ground plane.  This means that
composite aircraft and fabric covered aircraft can now have their antennas
mounted totally within the structure. "

Paul Lamar


Hi  Guys;

This is Bob Archer. I make Internal antennas only.  I guarantee they are
better than the AAE antennas.

I am retired from doing spacecraft antennas for 35 years. I have been
selling many-many wing tip antennas for RVs and the users are very happy
with them. I have VSWR charts and radiation patterns for them. My E mail
address is :

bobsantennas@earthlink.net

If you have any questions just let me know

I will attach a product list just in case anyone is interested.

Regards



BOB ARCHER
SPORTCRAFT ANTENNAS
21818 Ocean Avenue
Torrance, California  - 90503
Tel. 310-316-8796
"E" Mail <bobsantennas@earthlink.net>

The Highest Performance Internal / Flush Aircraft Antennas Available at Any Price.


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PRODUCT LIST
Product Model Numbers with a short description of each.

SA-001 - Wing tip VOR antenna. Fits larger tips such as T-18's and RV's. Also fit Bonanza and larger Piper types. Wing tip antennas have traditionally not worked well because of the proximity of  the wing tip lights and wires but these unique designs solve the problem.

SA-001A - Wing tip Com antenna. Looks the same and Fits the same tips as those above but tuned for the Com band. Offered because of pressure from RV builders. Does not perform as well as SA-002 Com antenna because of lack of vertical polarization but users report good communications at ranges greater than 50 miles.
    
SA-002- Tail top Com antenna meant to fit inside the tail top fairing on metal aircraft. Gives a very good omni-directional radiation pattern by avoiding RF obstacles such as landing gear and vertical tails. Very good performance

SA-003 & 4- Wing tip VOR antennas are nearly the same for smaller tips but the 004 has a 10 degree flare to fit the Lancair IV wing tips & droop Cessnas. Most if not all LA-IV's use these antennas. Great pilot reports.

SA-005 - Printed circuit board transponder antenna, 6" X 7"X 1/16" thick.6" dimension vertical. Mounts out in a wing if deep enough or back in the tail cone at the aft bulkhead. The VSWR usually less than 1.1:1.0. Would work well in a fiber glass ventral fin.

SA-006 - Com antenna designed for installation on the inside surface of fuselage tail cones or the vertical tails of smaller aircraft. Received acall from an aircraft calling unicom from 170 miles.  26.5"Vert. X 11.5"Horiz.

SA-006-V-- Vor antenna version of SA-006. For smaller areas such as cabintop of smaller non-conductive aircraft
Takes only 27”wide and 13” fore and aft.

SA-007 - Vor antenna designed for installation in horizontal surfaces, wings, horizontal tails or fuselage tops or bottoms. Elements variable in sweep +-45 deg. for ease of installation.

SA-008 - Com antenna designed for installation in larger vert. tails. Larger aperture causes a bit higher performance than #6. Same design as #7 but tuned for Com band.

SA-009 - Marker Beacon antenna. Consists of copper tape (about 1/4 wave length) and enough coax cable for most installations in fuselage area, plus hardware. Works fine in glass wing tips and fuselages bottoms or wing to fuselage gap seals.

SA-010 - T/R Switch- Allows reception on two transceivers simultaneously and on transmit the signal goes directly through the switch to a single good antenna.

SA-011- Marine band Com antenna. For use in aircraft needing communications with boaters. Installs like SA-006.

SA-012- Com band antenna for installation in glass winglets or certain aircraft vertical Stabs.

Models 001 through 004  are COM and VOR antennas for conductive aircraft with fiber glass wing tips and tail top fairings. I have recently made available a modified SA-001 wing tip antenna retuned for the Com band because of builder request. I only recommend them for aircraft with large/deep wingtips thatcan support some vertical polarization. RV builders report a good solid fifty50 mile range for communications.

All antennas are $75.00 except SA-009 Marker Beacon which is $37.50. T/R Switch is $175.00.
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Bob do you have antenna patterns you can up load in jpg form for
your wing tip comm antenna's?

Thanks

Paul Lamar