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All well and good. I get that my backup batteries keep my screens happy during cranking, even with a low aircraft main battery. However, as I read the OP's question, he might be wondering what effect the 'shower of sparks' rapid voltage fluctuations, or perhaps other form of feedback generated...

I have Pmags and that looks to me exactly like my rpm did when the ground wire in the terminal block on the mag loosened. Apparently the Pmag's ground was intermittently only thru case contact. I hit the wire end w/ a little contact cleaner, reinserted it in the block, and snugged the screw...

Perhaps even more interesting: Since, as most folks know, both Dynon's COM radio and transponder are rebadged Trig hardware w/ special Dynon firmware could this just maybe be the core of the long hoped for Dynon network integrated NAVCOM?

Here are some additions to your wiring harnesses for items that you are not using now, but will make system expansion / upgrade easier should you someday choose. You might find a few of them useful to you. Just clearly label them and tuck them out of the way. A lot easier to add them now...

Not meant to be snarky at all and apologies if it came across that way. Not referring to your situation, but it is unfortunate that more than a few folks seem to believe that watching a You Tube video and perhaps asking a question in a forum are an acceptable substitute for reading installation...

As they say, RTFM. Chapter 12, current iteration of the installation manual.

Provided all of your hardware and connections are functional and correct, my guess is that whoever calibrated the tank before you owned it did not calibrate it correctly. Re-doing the calibration is not difficult, especially if the tank is of a smaller capacity and already empty. See pages...

It doesn't have to be on the panel. If you have a throttle quadrant it can go on the console, just ahead of the levers. Folks often rest their hands on the throttle lever(s) and the knobs are literally at your fingertips. It takes all of 90 seconds to memorize which knob does which function...

If you are a belt and suspenders type, you might want to look at the speed configurable SV audio gear warning. Once enabled, you can pick a speed at which it will give a repetitive very authoritative "CHECK GEAR" thru the audio warning circuit if there is no gear down signal. Ken

I updated a week ago. Seems to be a bit crisper and there was a very modest increase in download speed, call it 10% to 20%. The overall time it took seemed to be noticeably longer than normal but then it dawned on me that the data base items that did not change may have been dumped when the...

Rhino got it spot on. The only other thing I tried to show is a sore spot with a lot of folks who otherwise love their Skyview systems: The shortage of serial ports. Lots of 3rd party devices / radios / fancy tech can only talk to Skyview thru its serial ports. If you do a full install of...

An alternative path: The integration of Skyview > SV-ARINC-429 > 430W is absolutely seamless. It is well understood and the setting selections on the various setup pages are well documented. In flight, the operation of both the VOR and GPS functions integrate well with the Skyview autopilot...

Several thoughts in favor of an audio panel: Skyview puts out a good number of audio alerts, including a "Minimums" call for IFR approaches. If using the SV EMS system a lot more audio alerts are available as well. You did not mention which IFR navigator is being used, but my Avidyne also...

As I suspected, you were thinking of an intercom, not an audio panel. Like yours, my plane has two screens and originally had just one Dynon com and a simple 4 place intercom. When I added, among other things, a second com and 2 VHF nav radios, I had to replace the intercom with a true...

Which audio panel are you planning to use? Ken

If your transponder was just given a clean bill of health, it would make it even more useful to check the ADSB performance tool for the SAME time period that ATC said your signal was missing. If you have ever seen one of those reports, there are a number of parameters. If the report does show...

A couple of items: First and foremost, I'd check your ADSB out performance report for the flight in question using the free FAA tool: https://adsbperformance.faa.gov/PAPRRequest.aspx I don't know where Flight Radar 24 gets its data, but other private sites like Flight Aware get their data...

While I don't necessarily advocate for it, if a switch was put into the audio line between Skyview and the audio panel it would allow the pilot to choose to silence a nuisance audio alarm. Keep in mind, the visual warnings on the screen would still be operable for most other system failures...

I've also installed a G5 as a standby attitude indicator and, as above, feed it the data from my IFR GPS navigator (an Avidyne IFD 540) from one of the navigator's serial ports. I use the navigator's ARINC outputs to feed SkyView via an SV-ARINC-429. Works great. I at first wanted to wire the...

Was the roll flight director bar (or yellow bird) centered or was it commanding a modest turn? I might be wrong but I think the big picture of how the system works is that the SkyView autopilot first generates pitch and roll commands to follow your chosen course. Those commands are displayed to...