I got the email from uAvionix, did not see anything about A&P sign off; I guess that is in the software on Windows. I don't have Windows anymore for one. I don't care about the FAA getting a better picture of me for two. It does not seem to be mandatory for three. ....What am I missing?
I didn't see anything about who can sign it off, or even that it had to be entered into the logs.
The SB does have a paragraph that asks you to file an online maintenance report with uAvionix.
There's a spot on that report for who did it, but it doesn't say anything about A&P or IA there either--
I just put in my own name.
My buddy who is an IA supervised & signed off my Tailbeacon installation a year ago,
he offered to do the same with this update so my update will have an official signature.
As far as not caring about FAA getting a better look....
my concern would be that this update is probably to fix a glitch,
which may or may not affect your unit.
If it fails to meet performance parameters,
FAA may end up flagging it & booting you out of the system.
Then no more flying in rule airspace until you clear that up.
I believe MTV went through at least the beginning of this process when he first installed his skybeacon.
So you might want to do the update anyways.
It's pretty easy, I'm sure you know someone with a PC that you can use.