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If you have ADS-B in to the Skyview, it will provide ADS-B info to the Foreflight app. That's how I use it. No Stratus ADS-B in necessary.

So I took this as a challenge. After much wrestling, I was able to install VB and WI, as well as the Guest blah, blah, blah. Then the Chart Manager. Everything runs and downloads to the computer. HOWEVER, for the freaking life of me, I can't get VB to recognize a USB stick plugged into the...

For TC'd aircraft, that may be the case. But 14 CFR Part 43 does not apply to E-AB aircraft, per 43.1(b)(1). And AC's (either 20-183d, or even AC43.13-1B - the bible) are not regulatory. For new OL's written for E-AB aircraft, paragraph 23 from Order 8130.2J applies, and it says: After...

Ummm, yeah, there's your problem. The N/O contact should go ground, and the wire to the trim circuit (pins 3, 4 , 10, 11) should be GROUNDED when the switch is closed, NOT go to 12V. Don't know what you've done to the A/P controller by dumping 12V into it...

Sheesh. Sorry I missed that. Told you what you already know :-). So the question isn't "can you do this legally", but "where is the regulation that would preclude you from doing this?" As Dan concludes, if you meet the requirements of your OL's (NOT some random version of 8130.2<x>, but the...

Yes. See: https://generalaviationnews.com/2017/04/17/can-you-fly-ifr-in-an-lsa/

Sure - that works. And it's what they recommended I do. But even then, you need to spend $79 for Parallels, and then $139 for Windows 10. So it's still an extra $218, and more software to support and deal with, just to be able to download data. On general principle, I said no thanks. And while...

While I haven't had a problem with my yearly subscription disappearing, I've been in a running battle for 9 months with SA to try to get them to create a MAC version of the DataManager, which is a miserable excuse for software. Or better yet, create a browser based version that can be used on...

If the device is the PRIMARY means of navigation, that is correct but there are other legal primary means of navigation. Also legal for IFR is, per 91.205: Two-way radio communication and navigation equipment suitable for the route to be flown. "Suitable for the route to be flown" is the key...

What you should be checking on Pin 9 is not voltage, but continuity to a common ground with the EMS-220. See page 7-72 of Rev. AG of the Skyview Installation manual. When a contact pin goes to ground, it's closed - when it's open, it's not connected to anything. You also need to set up pin 9 per...

Sorry I'm 4 weeks late on this reply. Actually, your battery also stabilizes the output of the alternator. Depending upon what kind of alternator you have and what kind of regulator you have, a dead (completely dead) battery can cause alternator instability, which could damage equipment or...

A Garmin 660 is not an approved GPS for IFR flight. While you can get the 660 to send information to the D180 via a direct NMEA link (per page 181 of t he 660 pilot manual), and have the D180 autopilot follow that, you won't be IFR legal using the 660 either for enroute or approach. You don't...

Personally, I'm not a fan of doubling (or tripling) items on a single CB or fuse. It's more difficult to debug/maintain that way, and as you indicate, you lose two things if the breaker/fuse pops. In this particular case, if you only have one COM and the COM dies/pops the CB/fuse, the Audio...

Personally, using the Aeroelectric Connection's Z-14 diagram as a basis for my electrical system, I measure two voltages for pins 1 and 2 at the positive terminal of each of the two batteries. I figure that the voltage I care about is what the battery is doing (or being charged with). Some might...

And just as an incentive to catch up with a competitor, the Garmin G3X system outputs both of these in its serial stream. GPS Data Message field 34, and GPS AGL Data Message field 11. Do them one better and output AGL in 10 ft. increments, rather than 100 ft. increments.

In chapter 25 of the installation manual, the serial port output format is indicated. In the ADAHRS, fields 28 and 60 output Pressure Altitude and Density Altitude, respectively. I request that GPS Altitude and AGL also be two of the output fields. We know that the Skyview system KNOWS both GPS...

I looked through a copy of the IFD-440 install manual and could find nothing about talking to an EFIS over a serial line with SL-30 protocol. Doesn't mean it isn't there - just that I couldn't find it.

I didn't blow off the NTSB report, and I'm perfectly willing to admit and accept that the pilots in the Colgan air disaster made numerous mistakes. Obviously, they could have reacted far better and saved the plane and the people in it. My point, which apparently I did not make clearly enough...

It's good that you guys are able to argue the merits of the case, presenting facts and data, rather than just using ad-hominem attacks.

Again, pretty harsh. They screwed up, obviously, but maybe with an earlier warning that something was going on, they wouldn't have had to react in an emergency situation, but in an earlier, developing situation. Isn't this an argument for NOT having the system wait until they're actually...