Suggestion

[dabear]

Would it be possible to put a tag in the configuration of the serial ports so that when you selected gps 1, gps 2, Nav 1, etc. you could see a "nickname"? that way I could rotate through DynonGPS, Garmin GPS, SL-30 NAV, 430 Nav, etc.

It would make it easier than trying to remember which GPS or NAV is which.

 

[Dynon]

Yeah, we don't love the current scheme either, and are looking in to how to improve the experience.

 

[skysailor]

Really like this idea as well.

 

[GalinHdz]

Would it be possible to put a tag in the configuration of the serial ports so that when you selected gps 1, gps 2, Nav 1, etc. you could see a "nickname"?   that way I could rotate through DynonGPS, Garmin GPS, SL-30 NAV, 430 Nav, etc.

It would make it easier than trying to remember which GPS or NAV is which.

YES!!! This will make verifying which source is being used so much faster with less margin for error.

 

[randylsnarr]

Re: Suggestion-dynon controlled header tank fuel txfr

I fly the 2 place Lancair which has a header tank and 2 wing tanks. The early generation 2 place Lancairs have header fuel tanks. You transfer fuel to the header tank from each wing with facet style automotive fuel pumps. It would be cool if SV could somehow initiate a fuel txfr when a fuel tank level float switch opens or closes telling SV to run the transfer pump which would keep the header tank full. I would imagine there are plenty of people that would like this option.

 

[dynonsupport]

Randy,
If you already have switches in the header tank, why can't these run the transfer pumps for you? Not quite sure what additional logic you would like to see SkyView do for you in this case.

 

[randylsnarr]

Excellent question. Currently I have a device from pillar point avionics( now discontinued) that uses a hi and low float contact in the header tank. When the fuel hits the lower switch, the pumps come on and the tank is filled to the upper limit switch and the pumps are turned off. It also senses when the pumps run dry and turns them off and gives you an indication that the tank is empty. This is all cool now but their unit is based on the old model facet pumps which have been redesigned several yrs ago and are no longer avail. . When my pumps need replaced, my smart transfer device will no longer detect a dry running pump. I Also know the device will eventually die anyway leaving me with the original dilemma.

If you do this with a single switch as you describe, because the fuel is sloshing around in the tank, when the fuel is burned off down to the switch level, the pump is turned on and off every few seconds as the fuel oscillates the switch. This is undesirable as it will wear out the switches in the tank and it is also tough on the pumps to be turned on and off every few seconds. Using just a single float switch would work if there was a way that when the fuel is burned down to the switch, that the pump comes on for a set period of time or will run until it hits your upper switch limit then turns off.
Randy

 

[dynonsupport]

Randy,
If you have two switches, you can do the same thing with one relay really easy. No complex electronics needed.

You can also buy time delay relays, if you want to use one switch.

SkyView doesn't have any outputs that can really run a fuel pump without a relay, so you aren't saving anything much if SkyView had this function.

SkyView can monitor the fuel level in a header or main tank and throw an alert when it gets low, which could be a backup to detecting a dry pump some other way.