uAvionix has announced that its tailBeacon ADS-B Out solution has been accepted by the FAA for installation on rotorcraft. The company says it originally intended for tailBeacon installations on rotorcraft to be permitted when the product was certified, but held off due to questions regarding the need for ADS-B systems to provide a means to determine the air-ground status of rotorcraft. uAvionix reports that its Beacon products “employ unique algorithms for airplanes to determine this air/ground state, but doing so accurately for rotorcraft is more difficult.”
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/avionics/adsb/tailbeacon-approved-for-rotorcraft