Recent content by madb1rd

Well, I've long been disappointed with Seattle Avionics refusal to develop a simple OS app for installing the databases on Macs. It's like they are stuck in the IBM 80's. Now with Airmate providing exactly this, for a third of the cost I have to suggest that Seattle Avionics isn't going to be...

Is there anywhere that lists the contents of what is updated with the US Aviation/Obstacles data from Dynon? My biggest singular annoyance of EFIS data systems is they need to be updated monthly, most often while I'm flying around the continent. I really do not want to carry a PC solely for...

Actually, 10K in series did nothing partly because impedance on both ends is so much higher. But per my narrative above you can't add the resistors together to get anything meaningful. For each side, left and right, there is an 8.2K in series. And on the SkyView side of that 8.2k resistor is...

Does anybody know where in the AOA display is reflecting L/D Max being flown? L/D Max varies but not substantially with respect to AOA so knowing this gives one a good baseline for max range along with a few other things like best glide.

Following up on this thread.... I have to fib on myself. I was in the middle of testing how to fix this problem when it suddenly went from way too loud to "can barely hear it." Spent a couple of hours measuring and flying and stuff until at 2am my brain figured out the copilot squelch had been...

Hmmm, just did a search on the current install manual for "Ohm" and it only says there is 50 Ohms impedance on the source for the audio outputs. I will try my test POTs tying the audio leads to ground, thx. And to update, I went to test it again and it changed such that the volume is now...

OK, thx, done, never know which they prefer these days...

Sirs, My AOA/Pitot probe has an unusual history in that it was given to me by you guys as a test unit when you were first developing them. As I remember I was up in Arlington working with Doug Medema on the compass calibration routine and he gave it to me to temporarily install. He then sent...

Well, Alas, I'm not finding it in the install manual. It actually gives the contrary statement "When interfaced with such devices, they can generally be used with any input designated as an auxiliary input without any external resistors or other components needed between the SkyView and the...

In thinking about this I used the POTs as a two lead rheostat in series versus connecting the third lead to ground. Is the latter configuration the better strategy?

Well, I had some 5k POT so tried them, and they made no difference. I tried a fixed 10K resistor and it didn't seem to do much either... all of which seems surprising. Guess I'll try a 100K 10 turn POT and see what that does.

OK, I was hoping to just pop a fixed resistor in there if anybody knew what it should be. I'll start with a POT to experiment and post what resistance I come up with. thx Jake

I have chosen to install my Skyview into the GMA 340 music port 1 because it is muted during all other communication. Frankly in SoCal airspace radio communications are far more important than most of the reasons the Skyview wants to blather at me about. However, the D1000 output is deafening...

Is it possible to directly use the TX data from the SV-250?

So, although I'm not surprised, neither of my questions got answered at this point. Given my normal limited use of autopilots there is no advantage of doing the dance of installing Dynon servos and trying to sell my Propilot, and there are at least two substantial disadvantages. The Propilot...