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preid

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I know the dust is still settling on 3.2 but what is on the radar for the next release?
Is it time to go back and do another survey of wanted features?
if so, better/improved (or as Dynon calls it "Advanced") flight planning still remains on the top of my list.
Thanks for the great support and ongoing development.
 

n223rv

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I would prefer audio alarms and engine monitoring data capture, features the D180 has had for many years. I am real disappointed these features have not been implemented on the SkyView.

Personally I flight plan before I get to the airplane, so that feature is not high on my list. Saving flight plans is though, as I often times fly the same route and like to just save them.
-Mike Kraus
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Current SkyView pilot
 

flaude

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the possibility to save FP would be nice

a radio would be also very nice
 

dynonsupport

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A flight plan can be saved today, but only to an external USB stick. If you have one plugged in (and you can leave it in during flight) then you can save and load flight plans.

What other features are you looking for out of "Advanced" flight planning?
 

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We like SkyDemon in the UK - including stuff like NOTAMS and the handy side elevation route guidance at the bototm. :)

http://www.skydemon.aero/
 

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A flight plan can be saved today, but only to an external USB stick. If you have one plugged in (and you can leave it in during flight) then you can save and load flight plans.

What other features are you looking for out of "Advanced" flight planning?


I want the advanced flight planning to have the ability to load routes pulled from the database to include Victor airways, T routes, Q routes, or Jet airways (for those that need them). More importantly, it needs to receive and display the flight plan from an IFR GPS Such as the GNS 480, 530/430, and the newer ones as well. It would be terrific if it could also output the flight plan to another device. Until Skyview is ADSB capable I will need another display in the cockpit.

I would like to see vertical navigation incorporated. The other item of great interest to me is having an airspeed hold mode for the pitch axis of the autopilot. This would make a climb at Vy or some assigned speed quite elegant. I know I can force the Skyview into a Vy climb now but I think the airspeed hold feature would really add functionality.
 

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I concur that vertical navigation (VNAV) should be incoprorated, but I vote for putting it at the top of the priority list as you know. Anyone agree?
Jack L.
 

preid

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I am quite happy with how Dynon has listened to us. The incorporation of VP-X and NMEA is a testament to that.
Maybe Dynon can give us an idea of what the 4-5 items they may focus on next are. As users we can respond via a survey which of those items are a priority and they can focus their attention on the most requested.
There is so much more room for expansion.
 

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Reidvaitor

We already filled out survey forms for Dynon and they are working their way through the list - I'm sure it's a big list!

regards



Trev ;D
 

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As you discuss things, please be clear what you want so we can understand.

For example- below, I see "flight planning" as a term thrown around, but at Dynon we think of this as the flight planning menu, where you create routes between points. But Trev makes it clear that what he means by flight planning is a basemap of cities and roads.

I also see "VNAV" - is this using the Dynon flight planning to plan altitudes at given points along the route, or is it allowing the autopilot to follow vertical commands from an external, certified GPS navigator and/or a glideslope receiver?

So, the clearer you make your request, the better we can help get those implemented. Don't assume that everyone has the same definition of a term like "flight planning" - it seems that in the mapping world there is a lot of crossover of terms.

While making absolutely, positively NO PROMISES about what we will release next, what we are working on is:

1) Weather (yes, this is USA/Canada only but customer here really want it, and that's still the majority of our user base)

2) Audio outputs and alerts

3) User waypoints

4) Virtual VOR from a GPS waypoint

Other future high priority items are external GPS flight plan cross-filling, datalogging, multiple AHRS autoamted cross-checking, better international databases, and of course all sorts of Autopilot enhancements.

One of our limitations around here is that we do have specialists in areas of our software, so while we have a great team of programmers, it doesn't always make sense for us to try and do a ton of any one thing (like the map) in a given release since that will lead to some inefficiencies.

Keep the comments coming!
 

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Where is the best place to put these suggestions? Just keep adding to this post? Or is there a central respository?

For me, add the ability to input various checklists.

And ADSB wx, not $55 @ month XM-WX if possible.
 

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As you discuss things, please be clear what you want so we can understand.  

I also see "VNAV" - is this using the Dynon flight planning to plan altitudes at given points along the route, or is it allowing the autopilot to follow vertical commands from an external, certified GPS navigator and/or a glideslope receiver.

Keep the comments coming!

Thanks for that thorough answer.  When I press for VNAV (which I do with boring frequency, I expect), I'm looking for autopilot GLIDESLOPE coupling to certified GPS WAAS navigators and ILS glideslope (GS) receivers. Flight plan VNAV coupling might come with it perhaps, but for me that's not nearly as important. A complete GS coupling 2 axis autopilot was in the promise list (AP76 I think) when I bought the D10A setup and it never happened. So, I sure would like to see it happen in SV sometime in the near future. Thanks.  Jack L
 

preid

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Thanks for that response.
I was looking for exactly what Dynon responded with.
 

flaude

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i am very happy with the 3.2. I like the fact that i do my plane trip on skydemon and then I load the file on my ski view, but I would like a better communication between My GNS 430 and the Skyview so The radio frequency would automatic when I arrive at a way point or in a FIR

I am also waiting for the "road in the sky" and also the dynon radio so I have 2 radios

Whatever very good job Dynon ;)
 

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Just an FYI, but we will never be able to set the frequency on a 430- it has no capability to be tuned from an external device.
 

preid

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But you can have a SL40 receive comm frequencies in the future.. right?
Thanks!
 

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Datalogging
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ADAHRS data in the same file as engine data please.
It's extremly useful to know that the reason your CHTs started to drop because you can see exactly when you started your decent for example.
 

mmarmol

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Here is the top priority list from my perspective:

1) Audio alarms: I cannot emphasize just how crucial to safety this is. Especially with the angle-of-attack indicator.

2)Cross-filling of route information from external GPS: For those of us who fly the Skyview IFR it would be exceedingly useful that the flightplan that our IFR-certified GPS is following is the same that Dynon is showing me in this big shiny 10" display.

3) VNAV Function on the autopilot: the bare-bones version of this would be to allow the autopilot to follow an ILS glideslope or an LPV glideslope down. A fully-loaded version would provide top of climb and top of descent predictions and would execute those climbs and descents to be as efficient as possible.

Other features that would make Dynon a leader in the pack but are not as crucial from my perspective:

1) Electronic checklists: self-explanatory. Even better, SMART electronic checklists that know what phase of flight you are in and will pull up the correct checklist. Could also be a safety enhancement in being tied to the EMS indications because it can prompt for the right emergency checklist.

2) Weight-and-balance: While there are other products out there that do it it would be nice for it to be integrated into the system.

3) In-flight weather: need I say more?

You guys make amazing equipment and support it even better. Keep up the good work, you have a permanent customer!
 
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