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Last week, I received a call from ATC during my runup, asking me to squawk STBY on my SV transponder. The said it was showing up on their display. It was in GND mode, and my understanding is that it would not reply to mode-a or mode-c interrogations in this mode. The airport (Langley, BC)...

It's well documented that the Dynon SkyView battery is difficult to charge on the ground and needs several flight hours to bring to full charge.. I worked around this by installing a ground power port for running the SkyView and charging its battery. Today I learned of an inflight emergency on...

Got the network error today for my ADAHRS. Checked my AXIS-9A wiring hub connects and found that one of the SkyView network cables had a faulty pin 1... Was not seated in the connector shell. Wow, it was sure nice for the software to detect the hardware error! Nice catch, Dynon. Narrowed it...

Yesterday, I had several of my EGT probes start to misbehave in flight.  I've determined that the fast-on connections are the problem, so I reseated them and coated them in Corrision-X and will fly again. They all started to misbehave at once.  On the ground, here's what I got.  First, the odd...

Up until release 11, frequency information sent from my Aera would be consolidated with freq info from the SkyView and sent to my SL-40. This was handy because the Aera automatically selects the nearest airport in flight, or the source, waypoint or destination on a flightplan. The SkyView...

OK, I'll ask the obvious question... What is the best option for a lipstick cam to be located inside a cowl nostril in a taildragger using the SkyView video adapter? Thx, Vern

A customer of ours, the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, is developing GPAS technology for general aviation. Their development platform using an android device with a high resolution terrain map, a two-axis autopilot and some advanced predictive and manoeuvring software. Ultimately...

Take two SV displays, installed normally and configured in an aircraft. Call them A and B. Now, determine a new K factor for fuel flow. Power up A and try to change the K factor. As soon as you get to the calibration field on the menu selection, the device will reboot. Happens every time...

Help me out here, what does EGT#5 have wrong with it? Vern

Yeah, this is crazy but hear me out. I've developed multiple devices that sniff the serial datastream from a SkyView system. Specifically an external AoA indicator, a Stick Shaker a speed-scheduling dual trim controller and, most recently, an auto-trim controller. Some of these devices can be...

My MAP Is off by 0.2 inHg as checked at 0 MSL. While this is not a significant error, I would like to be able to adjust it so that power calculations are more accurate. What can be done? Thanks, Vern

I have completed the design of an auto-trim capable 2-axis servo controller, based on the M-PWR-2A from MakerPlane http://store.makerplane.org/m-pwr-2-dual-channel-variable-speed-trim-control/, my business partner. The controller is now in flight testing, and it is available to other Beta...

Today I noticed that my fuel quantity has reset itself to full (42 gal). I went to the hardware calibration page on my SVD1000 to check things out and as soon as I scrolled down to aileron calibration the system rebooted. It does this every time I repeat this sequence. Also, when I shut off...

Does the redundant SVN operate as a live spare, or as a fallback when a fault is detect on the primary link? A live spare would terminate the protocol on both links and compare the results, whereas the fallback spare would not terminate the protocol until a fault is detected on the primary...

i would like the capability of increasing font size independently of widget size on the EMS layouts. It would be nice to have this for the map page as well. Presbyopia is winning the battle! Is there a hack to do this, or can it be put on the list for future revs?  The SkyView system is jam...

I've been flight testing my design for a device that stabilizes the p-lead tach pulses from magnetos.  As often reported on this forum, it can be difficult to find a stable sweet spot by choosing the right resistor value in series with the SkyView's RPM inputs. I published a preliminary...

ADS-B, in my opinion is primarily for the benefit of ground stations.  Because the FAA introduced the UAT as an option in the US for ADS-B out and ADS-B in, there is a significant risk that some aircraft will be blind to other traffic in non-radar areas or other countries (Canada for example)...

How do I adjust the precision of the fuel flow readout? I'm set to liters/hr. It might be obvious, but I've missed it. I'm looking for readout in tenths of a liter/hr for injector balancing. Vern

Twice, in flight, I have received a primary GPS Failure messages. Since I have a secondary GPS source, this apparently was of no consequence, other than the message. However, I can't see anywhere on the SV screen that shows GPS 1 or GPS 2 status in a convenient location. This would be useful...

Configuration: Single SV-D1000, 7.0 firmware, single ADAHRS, EMS, dual A/P servos, SV GPS. Externals: On ground (hangar), powered from Master bus, with battery charger on-line. Routine systems ops check, including activating all electrical switches. Problem: SV message "Cross Check Attitude"...