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SANDIA aerospace STX 165 Pilot's Manual

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Pilot's Guide
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STX 165
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  • Page 1 STX 165 STX 165 STX 165 STX 165 STX 165 Mode A/C Transponder Mode A/C Transponder Mode A/C Transponder Mode A/C Transponder Mode A/C Transponder Pilot’s Guide Pilot’s Guide Pilot’s Guide Pilot’s Guide Pilot’s Guide...
  • Page 2 SANDIA aerospace All Rights Reserved This document and the information contained herein is the proprietary data of SANDIA aerospace, Inc. No port of this document may be transmitted, reproduced, or copied in any form or by any means without the prior written consent of SANDIA aerospace, Inc.
  • Page 3 165R This manual will only address the operation of the panel mounted STX 165. The STX 165 is a panel mounted transponder and uses a bright OLED display that is viewable in virtually all lighting conditions. The STX 165 detects ambient lighting conditions and automatically dims or brightens depending on the conditions.
  • Page 4 STX 165 Features In additon to displaying the transponder code, the STX 165 has the following features the provide the piolt with vaulable information Pressure Altitude. The STX 165 has a built-in encoder that is certified to 35,000 feet. The Unit will disply the Pressure alti- tude in the lower left hand quadrant When Sandia’s optional ST 78 OAT probe is installed...
  • Page 5 ALT: The STX 165 is on and responding to transponder interrogation with altitude data, also called Mode C. Reply Light This is a bar that will blink at a 1 Hz rate whenever the STX 165 is replying to transponder interrogation It is directly under the Mode.
  • Page 6 POWER The STX 165 is designed to come on automatically when the avionics master switches is turned on. The STX 165 can be turned OFF by pressing and holding the power/mode pushbutton for three seconds. If the pushbutton is disengaged prior to the three second time out, the unit will remain in the ON mode.
  • Page 7 SBY Mode after landing. When power is applied the STX 165 will tun on with the last active squawk code. The pilot can then change it to the code requested by the controller. The active code is shown in the upper right quadrant of the display.
  • Page 8 A flashing bar under the mode in the upper right hand corner of the display is the STX 165’s reply annunciator. It will blink at a 1 Hz rate whenever the STX 165 is replying to interrogations ground or TCAS interrogations.
  • Page 9 Timer Up is a resettable timer that allows the pilot to time various task, such as holding pattern legs. To begin the Timer Up function, rotate the SELECT knob to the lower right quadrant, and then rotate the DATA knob until the TIMER UP is shown. Press the ENTER pushbutton and the TIMER UP begins to blink.
  • Page 10 User Configurations allow pilots to set the STX 165 to display certain items to their preference. To set the user configurations press and hold the IDT pushbutton while turning the SELECT knob counter clockwise. Then press ENTER. The first configuration screen will appear. Rotating the DATA knob counter clockwise will scroll the various user set up items.

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