Recent content by Marc_J._Zeitlin

Those would probably be the right ones to use, then.

Which pins does the installation manual say to use for tach input?

All of your suggestions are good ones, but no can do. I've had to do simple contact level combining (AND/OR gates) prior to the input line to the EMS. There also aren't NEAR enough inputs for modern aircraft - I've long since run out, but I'm too cheap to buy a 2nd EMS just for the inputs...

Alright - I know this is MY problem, but the continual referral to "PDF" files is driving me nuts:). The EFIS is a PFD (Primary Flight Display), NOT a PDF (Portable Document Format).

Hmmm. Sorry about that - it's very strange that they don't use minima. But in any case, even so - with the CG limits set to 84.7" and 85.7", any weight in the front or back seat will put him aft of the aft limit. So it's still a CG range setting. His plane cannot have limits of 84.7" and 85.7"...

Your empty moment and CG match the W&B you posted. The front seat arm and rear seat arm look to be the intermediate position of the seats - a reasonable assumption, if not perfectly accurate. Baggage is aft of the rear seat, which makes sense. A couple of comments: You've provided six images...

Those symptoms certainly sounds like a broken shear screw - what makes you think that it's NOT sheared? And except for a broken shear screw, there are no user serviceable parts in the servo.

Yes. Expert Mode only. If you're trying to use if for IFR, you pretty much have to be in EM.

Yes. Obviously, I need to manage the throttle so as to maintain appropriate IAS, but the AP will follow the RNAV glideslope.

Yes. This is my setup as well, and it works perfectly. You need to set up both systems correctly (and it was 5 years ago, so I don't recall what the set ups were), but as long as they are set up right, it works.

An ATP I know who flies a Varieze and a Defiant just indicated to me that this is common in the big iron - here's what he said: "Didn't think this needed to clutter up the general forum, but one of the biggest uses of the offset function these days is for 'SLOP' - no joke. SLOP = Strategic...

Yeah, and Garmin navigators (and assumedly, others as well) can do this with an offset track of multiple distances (I think 1, 2 and 4 NM). But the Skyview does NOT seem to have this functionality. I can't say I've ever used it with my Garmin GPS 175, but I can see how it might be useful in some...

Didn't I say exactly that in post #2?

You don't state what airplane, what alternator, what regulator, or any other information about your setup, so we have to guess. There are three main ways of installing a shunt that indicate current: In between Alternator and Main Bus - this will show alternator output. So generally, this will...

Yes. As a backup, when I'm flying an approach with vertical guidance using the GPS-175, I'll program in the next waypoint's altitude and watch the cyan arc to see if it aligns with the next waypoint. One could use that with judicious adjusting of the vertical descent rate to keep from having to...