Skyview Wish List

[Spert]

Another vote for the terrain impacted glide ring similar to other applications like ForeFlight

 

[andresmith76]

Add the ability to rubber band the magenta line on a current flight plan over a new waypoint and insert. The current method of having to create, name and save a new waypoint, then insert that new waypoint into the current flight plan is way too cumbersome.

 

[Spert]

Add the ability to rubber band the magenta line on a current flight plan over a new waypoint and insert. The current method of having to create, name and save a new waypoint, then insert that new waypoint into the current flight plan is way too cumbersome.

A workaround for that is to do it on the iPad and send to panel. Not the same, but still better than creating and inserting manually.

 

[GaryRay]

Be able to read ADSB traffic and weather from GDL-90 data stream into Skyview.

 

[andresmith76]

A workaround for that is to do it on the iPad and send to panel. Not the same, but still better than creating and inserting manually.

Makes me wish I had an iPad!

 

[Rhino]

I used to say that. Now I have one and it's a pain in the butt. Unfortunately some apps are only developed for iPads.

 

[oxothnk]

• Programmable altitudes on flight plan
• Glide ring that accounts for terrain (like the AFS glide ring does)
• More/better support for remote equipment (radios, audio panels)
• A budget audio panel in the current intercom form factor (basically, add Bluetooth phone/music support and better dual Com radio support).
• An all-in-one Mode-C/978 Out transponder, as an alternative to Mode S/1090ES.
• Integrated OnSpeed functionality

Jumping on the bandwagon for feature requests!
+1 to others in this thread, with my personal emphasis on:

• Terrain-aware glide ring (please please please please please)
• breadcrumb trail (flown path) displayed live on-screen (can be cleared or ideally set to only show last XX points/miles/hours)
• bluetooth Garmin Pilot integration (or am I the only non-iPad user out there?
• Programmable altitudes on flight plan
• Optionally shown AGL height field (as others have mentioned, to note if in G or E airspace; also helpful for >500' from person/property)
• Remote audio panel support, or as @gtae07 said, at least full audio panel features in the current intercom form factor (helps to save panel space, especially when needing to add a giant IFR Navigator. Or better yet, Dynon just get SkyView certified for IFR flight pretty please ;-)
• Directional traffic alerts
• Can the "switch fuel tanks" audible alert be triggered based on the last time it occurred, rather than when you started up the aircraft? Would help to keep tanks balanced especially as the plane is shared across a few co-owners/users.

We just upgraded our single-screen system to a dual panel and added autopilot and electric trims. Clearly we're not busy enough in the cockpit now so we need more features to play with!

Thanks for a great product Dynon!

 

[drbech]

Give us the ability to name, enter and store our favorite, personally selected radio frequencies (i.e. Emergency-121.5, Chat-123.45, Air-Air-122.75, etc.) and save them under the Com Radio menu (adding a tab or 2nd page?), so we have the ability to push a button to download into the radio without having to use the radio tuning knobs?

+1
Right now wish I didn`t buy Dynon remote radio with panel for my classic, I should have bought Garmin radio to have a list of frequently used frequencies. The airport directory might work in US, it really doesn’t when one fly 99% private airstrips.

Please add a Com —> Preset list

in the classic, and touch software

 

[drbech]

Swap Mode disables buttons from EMS, PFD etc - why?
It would be great if I actually could swap and have double functionality without having to rearrange on a single screen to reconfigure something

 

[swatson999]

If I had my preference, it'd be for a remoted auto-trim box with the *capability* that the separate A/P panel units have for auto-trim. All those things came out after I had completely designed and installed my systems, and right before the plane was finished, and I didn't feel like redoing the entire panel, but I'd *love* have the SV autopilot interface with the trim servos. And no, I don't want to buy the existing module and hide it somewhere...that violates my sense of engineering order .

 

[Rhino]

Not disputing your assertion of illegality - but I would ask the question if ANY pilot EVER has been prosecuted for that silliness.

It's not a criminal offense, so there can't be prosecutions. It's a civil penalty that results in fines, and it could affect your certificate. They do enforce it, but admittedly very rarely. Supposedly the Coors flight demonstration team was chastised for it at some point. It's not unlike people who ignore traffic laws because they're almost never enforced. It happens so rarely that many people aren't even aware some of the laws even exist. It makes driving less safe, but many people just don't care anymore, or are just blissfully oblivious. It's the same case with fingers (123.45). You'll probably never be punished for it, but you could potentially jeopardize safety. Although that too is unlikely in most instances (silly in your words), it could become more likely if more and more pilots decide to flaunt the rules. That's not just due to misuse of 123.45, it's because the attitude of ignoring rules is insidiously contagious. It will start bleeding over into other areas for many people, and those people can hurt you even if you actually follow the rules. That same attitude has caused some pilots to use 121.5 for chat, and it would be difficult to argue that can't affect safety. It's a matter of whether or not you feel the rules should be respected, rather than the chances of being caught.

 

[Rhino]

Since this thread is a 'wish list': I wish all the new bugs introduced in v16.2.4, and all the previous bugs that were carried over into v16.2.4, would be fixed ASAP!

 

[rjones560]

My only request would be integration with Garmin Pilot via USB Bluetooth module similar to the WiFi adapter currently being offered. I am sure I will receive some slack for this post, but I have never been a fan of ForeFlight. They have just added way too many features over the years without a logical GUI interface... the home menu with simple, logical Iconology in Garmin Pilot is just easier for me. I also prefer the VFR versus IFR cost structure that Garmin Pilot offers, while still retaining a full functioning Synthetic Vision backup AHRS for $100 yearly. Anyhow, I know a lot of you are anti-Garmin, and I understand this would require a GP and Dynon collaboration... but this or at least a GDL-50 ADS-B interface to display traffic and weather output on the Skyview Classic would make my day.

Garmin has a long history of not collaborating with anyone. In fact just the opposite. They usually try to lock you out of using any equipment that is not theirs. When I bought a GTN650 a few years Garmin would not give me an install manual (after spending $10,000 on it). No tech support was available and I would have to have a Garmin dealer update the software instead of doing it myself. I bootlegged an install manual and the software updates. At Sun & Fun I complained about the lack of any help to the home builders and they told me that they will now provide install manuals and software updates to home builders for the certified equipment that is installed in a homebuilt. It’s not easy to find the software updates, but it is available. It’s way past time but there is a glimmer of hope that they may be changing. I have an RV10 with two HDX1100’s set up as PFD’s and one HDX800 set up for engine monitoring. My audio panel is a PS Engineering PMA8000 series. I have a 3 axis autopilot and just about all the other equipment that Dynon sells. I installed it all myself. I am no electrical genius but I can read and follow directions.

I use Seattle Avionics charts because I can display them on my HDX1100’s. I also like the fact that I can choose between a sectional chart and a low altitude IFR chart for my moving map. I keep everything updated between Southern Canada and Central America because I travel a lot. I liked ForeFlight just fine but being able to put the geo referenced charts on my screen made doing approaches much easier.

I can’t communicate between the Garmin and my IPad because I don’t have the flight stream module ($1,500) and it just isn’t that important to me. With the new QWERTY keyboard on the GTN650, putting the flight plan in and modifying it is pretty easy so it just is not that important to me.

I am a retired pilot from NJA with around 16,000 hours. I did a successful approach into Lakeland for Sun & Fun with the weather reported at 200 & 1/2. I am not bragging. I just want to make it clear that having reliable avionics that can fly in that environment is important to me.

 

[Solana]

SkyView is. Great EFIS. For my wishlist items I tried to focus on meat-and-potatoes:

• Bug-free software updates
• IFR capable internal GPS
• Autoglide, or at least some of that emergency guidance (including height above terrain)
• Terrain glide rings
• Altitude callouts on approach

 

[swatson999]

I thought of one more, but I think they've already shot this one down: horizontal EMS data across the bottom of the screen, leaving the upper 80% or what have you for PFD, MAP, or both.

 

[airguy]

You mean like this? It's already there on the HDX, just not the classic.

 

[swatson999]

You mean like this? It's already there on the HDX, just not the classic.

Yes, I know that. I guess I should have qualified the "wish list" item as being for the Classic touch version.

 

[Pilotkms]

Adding to the pile. Provide an option to display temperature in both C and F, at the same time. I have dual HDX and have a yellow sticky on my panel with the corresponding temps. How crazy is that? Ive seen another efis (?) that dispayed both, side by side. Seems simple.

 

[rjones560]

My only request would be integration with Garmin Pilot via USB Bluetooth module similar to the WiFi adapter currently being offered. I am sure I will receive some slack for this post, but I have never been a fan of ForeFlight. They have just added way too many features over the years without a logical GUI interface... the home menu with simple, logical Iconology in Garmin Pilot is just easier for me. I also prefer the VFR versus IFR cost structure that Garmin Pilot offers, while still retaining a full functioning Synthetic Vision backup AHRS for $100 yearly. Anyhow, I know a lot of you are anti-Garmin, and I understand this would require a GP and Dynon collaboration... but this or at least a GDL-50 ADS-B interface to display traffic and weather output on the Skyview Classic would make my day.

Garmin’s business philosophy is to make it as difficult as possible to use any other equipment with theirs. They also plan on making as much on the various updates for your Garmin products as they do selling them. The updates are a real cash cow for them.

 

[rjones560]

Adding to the pile. Provide an option to display temperature in both C and F, at the same time. I have dual HDX and have a yellow sticky on my panel with the corresponding temps. How crazy is that? Ive seen another efis (?) that dispayed both, side by side. Seems simple.

All aviation weather reports are in Centigrade. Why do you want Fahrenheit output. I am 72 and grew up with everything in Fahrenheit. I was glad when surface weather was finally reported in Centigrade.