stevengrasley
I love flying!
- Joined
- Aug 13, 2012
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- 13
Hello everyone,
I'm in the process of finishing the canopy and hanging the engine/cowl on an RV-7A build as my last two major items before saying "Dun!". Dying to get flying. I have a full Skyview system installed and running...well sort of. I have dual D700's and one of them was DOA out of the box from Spruce. That went back under an RMA. The guys at the shop checked with me and my other display was a close serial number from the dead one. I'm told both were from a known SN run with some problems. So they issued another RMA and the second display is currently in the shop. I fired everything up when the first display came back before sending in the second display...I also fired up the ADS-B box I ordered...and everything was running great after working out a few set up bugs with the ARINC-429 and by GNS-430W. So I sent in the second display and they are working on that one right now.
Tonight I just wanted to practice uploading nav data updates. All seemed fine but after about 10 minutes I got a MSG on my 430W. Thought it was going to say NO SATELLITES because I was in the hangar. But, it said NO ARINC-429 DATA. Hmm...long story short I found the ARINC 429 module with a solid red LED. Used a different network connection and no change. Dead.
So...I'm not even flying yet and I'm about to send 3 boxes from my system in for service. Making me a little nervous if you know what I mean.
I have not previously heard of reliability issues with Dynon's SV system. Am I nervous prematurely? What does the world feel out there about overall system reliability? I have like 10 boxes in my system (dual displays, dual ADAHRS, HUB, GPS, xponder, ADS-B, ARINC-429, EMS, and pitch & roll servos) and I don't want to be like a 747 with something always broken. Is this typical build issues or not?
Steve
I'm in the process of finishing the canopy and hanging the engine/cowl on an RV-7A build as my last two major items before saying "Dun!". Dying to get flying. I have a full Skyview system installed and running...well sort of. I have dual D700's and one of them was DOA out of the box from Spruce. That went back under an RMA. The guys at the shop checked with me and my other display was a close serial number from the dead one. I'm told both were from a known SN run with some problems. So they issued another RMA and the second display is currently in the shop. I fired everything up when the first display came back before sending in the second display...I also fired up the ADS-B box I ordered...and everything was running great after working out a few set up bugs with the ARINC-429 and by GNS-430W. So I sent in the second display and they are working on that one right now.
Tonight I just wanted to practice uploading nav data updates. All seemed fine but after about 10 minutes I got a MSG on my 430W. Thought it was going to say NO SATELLITES because I was in the hangar. But, it said NO ARINC-429 DATA. Hmm...long story short I found the ARINC 429 module with a solid red LED. Used a different network connection and no change. Dead.
So...I'm not even flying yet and I'm about to send 3 boxes from my system in for service. Making me a little nervous if you know what I mean.
I have not previously heard of reliability issues with Dynon's SV system. Am I nervous prematurely? What does the world feel out there about overall system reliability? I have like 10 boxes in my system (dual displays, dual ADAHRS, HUB, GPS, xponder, ADS-B, ARINC-429, EMS, and pitch & roll servos) and I don't want to be like a 747 with something always broken. Is this typical build issues or not?
Steve