"Probeless" Angle Of Attack Feature

[RV8JD]

I'd like to see a "Probeless" Angle Of Attack feature added.  See this FAQ from a competitor for some info.

https://aerovonics.com/av-20-product-faq

They claim to have flown it against several AoA systems and it's identical in performance.

The SkyView seems to have all the data necessary to implement this AoA feature.

 

[mcm]

I'd like to see a "Probeless" Angle Of Attack feature added.

Yes, me too! With the current Dynon AoA I would need to open the wing for an additional pneumatic pipe.

 

[vlittle]

And yet GRT who did probeless AOA now offers a Probed version.
I think that a probe measures actual instantaneous airflow, whereas a computed version infers average airflow.

On the other hand, the probe only measures a specific location on one wing.


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[breister]

That sounds potentially dangerous to me. Might be "mostly ok" in gentle maneuvering, but could also be misleading.

Not to be a killjoy, but I would think it might pose a liability issue to Dynon.