I had a look at the Crossbow unit at Oshkosh and wasn't very impressed. It is rather expensive and the screen updates were slow. Considering that an AH is designed to be a life saver I think they'll
I think that understates the case on the "life saver" aspect, Tony. I know from experience that under IFR there's a finite adjustment period getting on the gauges, even where you know the cloud base
Before we tar Crossbow with its own PDA, we should ask if the update rate observed was a function of the AHRS unit or the PDA. I vote the PDA off the island. Take a look at Crossbow's website, click
That's very interesting. I think that means the uncertificated unit will always be a PDA, never a panel mount. There are indeed enormous costs for STC's for each production aircraft type as a sole sy
I wasn't clear. Crossbow is developing a certificated version of the AHRS reference, not the display. That is for a 3rd party display developer to provide. The reference will cost $7-8K. The display
That's right, and I'd like to see their unit in the EFIS I buy. Not some unit cobbled together in the garage. The crossbow unit takes some pressure off the developers of EFIS with a direct compensat
Author: Tom & Cathy Friedland <tfriedland@home.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 15:39:04
I don't understand why some object to using a PDA for the display. They are less expensive because of mass production and are more likely to be more dependable because of tested for long periods. If
Author: Nick Hammond <nick.hammond@saabsystems.com.au>
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 09:12:07
tonyk@kaon.co.nz wrote on 22 October: Particularly at the price. It would be fun to roll one's own EFIS using the Crossbow AHRS as a basis but at the around the same price as the complete Dynon unit,
Call or e-mail them! They respond quickly. I did ask about whether the D10 was usable with an existing pitot, and they said yes - however. They are considering using the aoa info from the probe to do
It looks like just a pressure probe, two pressure lines, one dead on pitot-like, other a hole on the angle. The two wires are the for the heater. The transducers and processor power would therefore
I should have deduced that from their web site. Guess you're saying that an affordable EFIS that's minimally duplicates what a gyro does ain't real soon. I've been compiling a mental list of truly ob
Author: Tom & Cathy Friedland <tfriedland@home.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 06:41:42
Nick and Shawn The D-10 needs three tubings to the pitot if you are going to use the AOA. Two if you are not. It needs no wiring unless you are going to use a pitot heater. Tom Friedland
I wonder if the pitot mount position as it is on the XS wing would work . The picture on the web site looks like its meant to go on the leading edge. Nick and Shawn The D-10 needs three tubings to th
. The picture on the web site looks like its meant to go on the leading edge. I am sure that the average Europa builder could come up with a support for it so that it sat in the same position as the