Est. Release date for multi-leg flite plans?

[woneill]

Before the 30 hrs expires I'd really like to see this feature in action. Can you give any idea on a date. I'll try and save enuf hours.

 

[dynonsupport]

We expect to have flight planning released early next month.

 

[JTD]

What about data from external GPS devices such as Garmin 430

 

[dynonsupport]

Cross-filling from other devices is on the short-term desired features list, but will not be part of this upcoming release.

 

[woneill]

My plane is equipped with SKYVIEW with Synvision, Garmin 696, Garmin 330 and Digiflite II VS autopilot.

The 696 is GPS 0. It drives the autopilot in NAV mode and destination appears on the HSI as NAVSRC.

Traffic appears on the MAP page and the PFD page + the 696.

If I DO NOT upgrade the Nav Mapping SoftwareI know I lose the MAP page completely. I lose the runway visualization on the PFD.

Does the PFD Synvis continue to present obsticles and terrain?

Will anything else in my current setup not perform as it now does? (e.g. Traffic, NAVSRC, autopilot...)

 

[dynonsupport]

You will still see terrain on the map page, but no obstacles will appear on the map or SynVis displays.

Think of it this way: Anything that comes in a database, except for terrian, will not appear anywhere on the system.

Traffic, and an HSI from an external GPS will still work. You don't have a Dynon autopilot so it will be completely unaffected.

 

[dynonsupport]

Check out the blog for some more info on the flight planning release:

http://blog.dynonavionics.com/2011/04/skyview-31-flight-planning-sneak-peek.html

 

[lalnaes]

Having had a look at the 3.1 screen shots at the blog, I was positively surprised to see that the next release will feature turn anticipation. Does this mean that it will drive a SkyView autopilot to follow a smooth turn without overshooting?

 

[JTD]

One nice feature that you may want to concider is to show distance from waypoints already crosed. (ie 480 ) Good for reporting position to ATC

 

[dynonsupport]

lalnaes - at least initially, the turn anticipation will always assume a standard rate turn. The AP may not be set up to be able to accomodtate that rate, so they can potentially get a little decoupled in some installations. Future versions of software may improve the smarts behind this, depending on how apparent this ends up being in customer airplanes. But essentially, the AP will try to fly the anticipated turn, within its programmed settings/limits.