Recent content by mmarien

Your battery is for starting the airplane. After that who cares. The battery doesn't as it's job is done. It could be dead and the plane will still fly. The avionics will still work and the lights will stay on as long as the alternator is working. If the battery is dead or I have no battery I...

I've had my passengers complain about my landings but never the airplane. ;)

The labels are a little brighter.

Yes. I believe that is the standard method shown on figure 114 - page 10-10 of the Installation manual. I did it a little different. I used a terminal block. I cut the four network wires that were going by and wired them to one side of the terminal block. I crimped them into the same ring...

I used the PLX device. It uses the Bosch o2 sensor: https://www.plxdevices.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=897346002726 I've been using the same sensor for a few years and it still works. I run LOP (AFR 15+) and there is little lead in my exhaust. I believe if you run 300+ CHT it burns the...

Skyview sorts out which servo serves what function (pitch/roll) during the calibration procedure. So the wiring can be identical for each servo.

15.3.4 is on the right.

My apologies. I must have miss read the gist of you post. Maybe table 98 on page 18-5 is what you are looking for. Power for the AP panel is supplied by the Skyview network.

The breaker is to protect the wire. There is nothing incorrect about putting in a bigger breaker as long as it will protect the wire. So put in a 5A breaker and a wire big enough (18AWG) to support that current and you are good. The AP panel will not draw more then 4A so the breaker will never...

Been done. Search for AFR or try here: http://dynonavionics.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1381941973/54#54 http://dynonavionics.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1268164287/29#12

Eric. Every time you change a setting or install new updates, the logs add the -PART_XX. If you add a gauge in the settings then the columns are changed in the log files so a log reader would be messed up with a change in the middle of a log file.

I believe there always has been vertical guidance if you have VNAV setup in settings. On the following screen shot the purple V in the vertical speed indicator will take you right to the altitude above the waypoint at the specified vertical speed that you have specified in the VNAV settings...

As RayInGA mentioned, what you saw were custom changes to the widgets (gauges) with a text editor. I wrote some documentation. It is becoming outdated with the new HDX layouts but for the most part it is still relevant. Attached is a PDF file.

Lacking any existing sources of NMEA data streams, ACK suggests using a handheld GPS receiver. Plenty of the handhelds can be wired into the panel and provide NMEA data. I used my GPS495 for a while. The limit of Skyview serial ports does come up once in a while. There is a poll here discussing...

Part of my passenger briefing is to describe how the level button works. If they are really interested, I'll put the plane in an mild unusual attitude and get them to push the button. Trying the ELT button or the fire extinguisher is not allowed.