Dear Dynon
As a new user I have found that the recommended YouTube channel tutorials are not the best tool for learning the intricacies of Skyview, as the featured classes are long, boring, slow and tedious.
Together with the Skyview I have on-board a Garmin GTN650 and I have found that the GTN650 TRAINER that can be downloaded for free from Garmin'so website is a much proper learning tool, on which a new user can play with a fully functional system.
Nothing replaces the hands-on time when learning to fly and operate any system, and in my experience of 30 years as airline pilot I have learned that operating the systems is the way to go. Airlines and air forces expend millions each year to train their pilot's in hands-on type of training, although sometimes complemented by video, powerpoints, lectures, and other learning tools, but never replaced by those.
Is my believe that a Skyview trainer should have been provided to customers from the begining, as that is the serious and safe approach when addressing to new pilots, specially if they are inexperienced as are many Dynon customers.
You must not ignore the studies and researches done about digital cockpits and safety. The very FAA has a publication about this subject, where it is exposed that fixation of pilots on complex and new (for them) avionic systems become a serious safety factor in General Aviation.
This is serious enough warning for your company to consider developing a proper trainer and/or cooperate with somebody who does.
http://www.ntsb.gov/safety/safety-studies/Pages/SS1001.aspx
... The lack of equipment-specific training requirements from the FAA results in a wide range of initial and recurrent training experiences among pilots of glass cockpit aircraft. With the exception of training provided by airframe manufacturers with the purchase of a new aircraft, pilots must currently seek out and obtain equipment-specific glass cockpit training on their own.
The review of accidents involving light aircraft equipped with glass cockpits found that pilots’ experiences and training in conventional cockpits do not prepare them to safely operate the complex and varied glass cockpit systems being installed in light aircraft today. Further, the lack of information provided to pilots about glass cockpit systems may lead them to misunderstand or misinterpret system failures. As a result, there is a need for new training procedures and tools to ensure that pilots are adequately prepared to safely operate aircraft equipped with glass cockpit avionics. ...
http://www.ntsb.gov/safety/safety-studies/Documents/SS1001.pdf
Said that, Aerobask has a pretty decent reproduction of Skyview for X-plane 10
http://aerobask.com/epic_victory.php
https://youtu.be/e2x2ZUypHgM
I am interested in building a home fix trainer for my Blackshape Prime and I would appreciate it if someone could assist me on information about exporting x-plane or DCS data to a second monitor to be used as a dedicated instrument panel with Skyview, GTN650 and two analog standby (anemometer and altimeter).
Hope to see some progress on this trainer/simulation subject any time soon.
Thank you and best wishes to all.