Synthetic View Approach

[jc2da]

http://www.vansairforce.com/community/showthread.php?t=82914

This thread has me wondering if anyone has had much luck doing a SV only approach with Skyview? It's been on my list of things to do, with a safety pilot of course.

As a vfr pilot, it is amazing just how little I use SV, so i have no idea what my approach looks like on SV at my home airport, even after hundreds of landings. I guess this is as it should be anyway.

Thus, I defer to other more experienced pilots, what your experience has been using SV? Do you use it in 80% or 100% PFD mode? I typically fly with 40% PFD mode, but maybe it's too small to be noticeable or effective?

I need to write this stuff down on my todo list for the next flight.

Jae

 

[preid]

Simulated (VFR conditions) RNAV approach to minimums. Did it today to test a new AP servo. Looks like flight sim and it is quite accurate.
The only issue I had is I used the SV mapping and not a garmin, so I needed to setup the GPS points manually (on the ground). It worked accurately and could probably be used for emergencies.
I have no idea what GRT did- is it a ILS approach? I have a GPS the SV can fly a GPS approach assuming the pilot sets up the AP correctly. I used ALT to get me down to each point and flew the plane a safe approach. it CAN be done today and it can be done safely.
40/40/20 (MAP/PFD/EMS) is what I use, but I can do 50/50 and use my VP-200 for the EMS information if I wanted to.
Pascal

 

[DarrellK]

As a vfr pilot, it is amazing just how little I use SV, so i have no idea what my approach looks like on SV at my home airport, even after hundreds of landings. I guess this is as it should be anyway.

I thought the same thing.  After many flights with SkyView, I realized that I never see what it's doing during approach and landing.  So I took some video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hTg1lMIr1U&hd=1

 

[jc2da]

Thanks for the info and great experimenting!

I flew about 1 hour of simulated IMC the other day just to practice punching buttons along airways between VOR's. The flight director (white circle) came in handy to hold altitude and give me an idea of what kind of wind correction to expect. The wings of the attitude indicator needed to be adjusted .5 degrees up.

After getting adjusted, i was quite surprised at how well i was able to control the plane, manually of course. The large display with everything on the same screen and frequency of display updates allowed for accurate holding of altitude and heading. Although Skyview is touted as VFR only, it seems to me there is a lot of potential for IFR integration, too.

 

[nigelspeedy]

I fly a UH-1N helicopter at work that has the Chelton Flight Logic EFIS, which has synthetic vision and highway in the sky. A nice feature of this system is that after you select an airport or a user waypoint as the destination you can add a 'VFR Approach'. This puts an initial point at a 15 nm final to the runway threshold at a default 3 degree glide path (others can be set). You then get lateral and vertical guidance all the way down with the HITS boxes and if you place the velocity vector in the middle of the last box or on the runway threshold thats where you end up. You are also able to couple the autopilot and have it fly you in as if you were doing an ILS. Quite nice additional guidance at night, in marginal weather or on NVG.

 

[trevpond]

N71NS

Love what that Chelton does as you describe.

Dynon, how difficult would it be to put this facility on Skyview?

best regards


Trev

 

[dynonsupport]

N71NS

Love what that Chelton does as you describe.

Dynon, how difficult would it be to put this facility on Skyview?

best regards


Trev

Trev:

Dynon doesn't currently have anything to announce with regards to Highway In The Sky (HITS) capability.