Thank you!
Any other gotchas or things I should look forward to?
We had some issues with the roll servo bracket mounting. It aligned perfectly with the existing holes, but the capstan had almost no clearance with the control cable. We had to slot the holes a little bit.
Make sure you align the magnetometer/ADAHRS well. I wish there was a way to compensate for installation misalignment in software, like Garmin does. You can set pitch offset in the software, although it’s there for another reason, but not yaw/roll.
Also, don’t use supplied Bonanza configuration files, they are full of errors. Just start with the default one and configure everything through the menu. Make sure you use correct sensor definitions (e.g. Kavlico v2 150psi for all pressure sensors) and set the limits as per POH. DO use the autopilot config though.
Another gotcha is that don’t use Sandisk Ultra Fit USB 3.1 flash drive for Seattle Avionics charts - it will prevent the screens from booting up when the flash drive is inserted. The older SanDisk Cruzer Fit (USB 2.0) works well though.
Other than that the installation is very straightforward and we didn’t have many issues. Our pitch servo was DOA, so we spent some time scratching our collective head (with Dynon) as for why the servo calibration fails even though all servos are detected in the network. Found the broken servo by elimination process running calibration with one servo disconnected and pretending that I still have roll and pitch servos.
Back up your configuration, just in case. Don’t forget to set Hobbs and Tach in EMS during initial configuration (write down old numbers if you have electronic ones before taking them out).
Checklist is the most underrated feature! After I took some time preparing my custom checklists, I don’t use the paper ones anymore. You can use Excel-based checklist creator from Dynon (if you need one that works with Mac, pls let me know), and I also have my own checklist creation tool that I hope to publish on the web (for free) soon.
