"I would first have a backup for at least the horizon." -agree
wholeheartedly
Especially since the Dynon _attitude_ solution is depedendent upon _air
data_ (!) .... a scary thought for me at least - and especially when usin
g
it to drive an autopilot. Other glass does not depend on air data, and som
e
not GPS either (Grand Rapids for example).
Cheers,
Pete
A239
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 3:50 AM, josok <josok-e@ukolo.fi> wrote:
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> Hi Tim,
>
> First the answers:
> No, no and no
> Followed by my thoughts:
> My experience with the D180 was that it was a nice thing to have. Can't
> think of anything bad about the display or all the functions it had. It
> broke down after 3 hours of test flights, and lucky enough while on the
> ground. The repair and the transport took 3 weeks and 120 for my part
of
> the transport. Later i became a Dynon betatester, ands i really appreciat
e
> the thouroughness of their testing.
> You have to realise though, that one disadvantage of such a system is to
> have all eggs in one basket. At one time, accidently ending up in cloud
> between mountains, it raised my heartbeat thinking of that.
> Adding an autopilot worsens the odds.
> The Dynon autopilot does not have any trim indication. You could be flyi
ng
> severely out of trim without noticing before you or the autopilot switche
s
> itself off. The Europa has a very powerfull trim and the combination is a
n
> accident in the making. While it is an experimental airplane, making the
> experimental part as small as possible does never hurt. Still, yes i woul
d
> install the Dynon autopilot, but would wait a couple of years before i
> would. I would first have a backup for at least the horizon.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jos Okhuijsen
>
>
> Visit - www.EuropaOwners.org <http://www.europaowners.org/>
>
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