question for Dynon about autopilots moving forward

[OgieOglethorpe]

I believe he was referring to FAA approval rather than capability.

It is approved....if it already had electric trim.

 

[Rhino]

Not approved on the 172, unless I missed something.

 

[OgieOglethorpe]

When the Baron ap was announced. They also announced "ELECTRIC TRIM CONTROL WITH AUTOPILOT AUTO-TRIM NOW APPROVED FOR ALL AUTOPILOT-EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT"

Now, they did leave out the 172 in listing models. But the 172 would be part of "all autopilot equipped aircraft".... Also, if you go to the 172 specific ap page you see "Trim control features including Autopilot Auto-Trim require the installation of the SV-AP-TRIMAMP and SV-AP-PANEL. The aircraft must also have an electric trim system installed via original equipment, an existing STC, or other certification means. The SkyView STC is not grounds for installation of a trim motor."

So stc doesn't allow you to add a trim motor. But if you previously had an electric trim motor, the Dynon will control it.

Beechcraft Baron 58 and 58A is Now Certified with Autopilot

and Autopilot Auto-Trim Now Available for Most AP equipped Aircraft SKYVIEW HDX + AUTOPILOT NOW FAA APPROVED FOR BEECH BARON BE58 AND BE58A We are excited to let you know that Dynon has just received

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[Rhino]

Interesting. Thanks. Maybe he indeed doesn't have the trim motors.

 

[airguy]

Did you not have electric trim previously? I thought if your plane had electric trim of any flavor, the Dynon AP could drive it?

Physically? Yes. Legally? No.

The trim motors have always been there, but it's the STC for it that is lacking. I'm perfectly aware what the Dynon marketing says - but marketing and reality are not the same when it comes to the autotrim functionality.

It needs the Trimamp module and it will work perfectly fine - but the FAA wanted them to run through an STC for each particular model before issuing it, Dynon said "Nope, that's too much work, screw it" and there we sit. The result being you can get the full Dynon STC for the screens and everything that comes with them, including full autopilot functionality - EXCEPT the autotrim. No soup for you.

 

[M20Driver]

Its painful to hear the frustration from so many. 3 companies with autopilots making snail slow progress if that. They've each had the same results. I still defend dynon. Thye have little traction with the ones who hold the authority. I'm still waiting (3 years in Nov) for what should have been a no brainer approval from the FAA. Just a small example of a broken system.

 

[airguy]

Its painful to hear the frustration from so many. 3 companies with autopilots making snail slow progress if that. They've each had the same results. I still defend dynon. Thye have little traction with the ones who hold the authority. I'm still waiting (3 years in Nov) for what should have been a no brainer approval from the FAA. Just a small example of a broken system.

Yeah, no, sorry you lost me there. It's more than 5 YEARS after the promised autotrim, and I still have no autotrim. You don't get to pass that off to the FAA. They are slow, but not that slow.