Kudos to Dynon on Skyview version 11. Nice work.
I like the faster loading. Nice touch showing the items appear as the map databases load. Better than a progress bar although a progress bar or hour glass is what soothes users impatience or anxiety. While I can't use the majority of improvements the ones I can use are nicely done.
Besides the support for dual engine monitoring and the CAN bus there has been little change to the design of the engine page. Some custom tweaking would be nice. How about:
[list bull-blackball][*]empty tops on the arc fuel gauge similar to the fuel bar.
[*]tick marks and units for the RPM and MAP gauges or any arc gauge (the map has ticks, dashes and fades for air spaces).
[*]combined gauges. two arc oil temp/press or a four arc CHT/EGT gauge. Also combined bar gauges.
[*]option for triangle markers rather than the bar on bar gauges. This would allow combined bar gauges for fuel or oil temp/press
[*]selectable icon idiot lights for contacts (waypoints have icons).[/list]
I would also support removing the HSI to make room for the engine page along the bottom of the PDF. I've been flying longer with glass than steam and I navigate with the map so while I can use the HSI, it makes little sense to me as compared to navigating with the map. No offense to those that want and use the HSI but a choice would be nice.
A 50/50 page (MAP/PDF) with the bottom 40% of the PDF an engine page (20%) could be one layout. A 60/40 with the bottom 20% of the 40% PDF would make a 16% engine page.
It also would be nice to specify a couple of favorite screen layouts to swap between rather than the several clicks it takes to get back to the original layout. Choosing layouts other than the favorites would require digging a little deeper into the menu.
