Recent content by gtae07

Heh, it helps to read, more negative means tones start earlier (faster IAS)... I went the other way at first and had no tones until very late this morning :D edit: I'm aiming to get the tones starting right around approach speed, maybe even 2-3kt above, so I have an audio reference...

I'll have to check that! I also borrowed a headset from a coworker to run a comparison. We'll see tomorrow morning... update: yep, the sidetone value was set to 5. I reset it to 50 and it's much better. Had no idea that was a setting... Also coworker's headset made no difference (it was...

Correct, only when transmitting on Com. I'm thinking the robot voice is probably bad noise filtering on the headset. I'm going to try both my other identical one and one borrowed from a coworker. The "no sidetone when transmitting" is mainly what I'm wondering about. Everyone says they...

Finally got airborne a week ago and working my way through testing. One annoying bug I've run across relates to comms... I have the Dynon intercom and SV-COM-X25. I can hear radio traffic fine. On the ground my intercom is fine. In the air, I sound like a robot to myself (though I suspect...

Turne out that yes, the wires were swapped at the terminals 🤪 Not quite sure how I managed to put white to red and red to white, but there you go. I'll confirm the temps next engine run.

Started my engine for the first time this past weekend. CHT #4 started at ambient temperature like the other probes, but then started trending negative the warmer the engine got until the other three were in the 180 range and it was reading -25. Eventually it dashed out. Pretty sure today...

Finally have real batteries installed and all sensors hooked up so now I'm trying to finish some setup tasks... it has led to a couple questions... 1. The offset values available are not sufficient for one of them and even after selecting the maximum offset value (8 IIRC) I'm showing a draw of...

Hm. I wonder... Do the connections have to be thermocouple specific or will any old connector work? I have extras of a lot of different ones (weatherpak etc). I could also order some specific ones, or get knife disconnects, or use D-sub pins with heat shrink over the joint...

I somehow managed to misplace the ship-side crimp terminals that are supposed to be used to connect the CHT and EGT probes to the wires. Anyone have a good part number/link where I can buy some more? I usually look on Digi-Key for such things but there are so many choices I don't know if I'd...

I asked Garmin customer service that exact question, because I was trying to find out if there was an internal diode or something allowing power from multiple sources. I think the answer was current carrying ability, not of the wires or connector but of whatever is inside the box (circuit board...

In 2013 the FAA's own Part 23 rewrite committee suggested the "Primary Non-Commercial" category that would allow aircraft over 20 years old to transition to that category, and cited Canada's program as an example of "see, it can work". They included a path back to standard TC configuration...

There are two questions, as you point out. "Can we do this?" (do we have the money and capability) and "Should we do this?" (is this the best use of our money?) which involves not only market research, but also consideration of alternative uses for that money that would bring better returns. I...

Years ago I was on the ASTM committee (as a private individual) that was working on the new means of compliance standards to go along with the new Part 23. On that committee (and officially in an advisory-only, non-voting position, but we all know who held the reins) were regulators from EASA...

Actually, I don't think you do. Looking at the Skyview install manual rev AI, page 4-27, it looks like an SL30 only requires one serial connection. For the MGL setup, you'd tie that serial to the Razor head (which emulates the SL30) and it then handles the connections to the individual N16...

It's my understanding that you can pair an N16 with a V16 and the Razor head (which talks to both) and it should theoretically work like a Nav/Com (like an SL-30 IIRC).