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For peace of mind on an OE design though, I can't argue against buying the Garmin piece either. Just depends on what you're comfortable with tackling! EDIT: You can barely see what I'm talking about to the far right of this image: |
I considered a YD but most of the comments about the -10 were how little it needed it in cruise. A few comments like Mike's about slow speed, but then I thought "If I'm flying an approach (or the Oshkosh arrival), I'm definitely going to be hand-flying it, so the YD doesn't matter." Long story short, no YD is going in my -10.
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I have the Garmin Yaw Damper. I agree with the previous comments about the cost of the installation kit seeming to be over-priced especially in comparison to the other two installation kits. Of course, there are other costs that Garmin has to recoop beyond the obvious ones in making the brackets and a couple of cables. $1500 was tough to accept, but I am now glad I did it. It would be a PITA to add it later. Probably not that difficult, but you may want to take Yoga class first. Anyway, after about 30 hours of flying with it, I am convinced it was the right decision. I expect rear seat passengers will appreciate it, expecially in rough air.
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My limited expierence in a plane with a Yaw dampener during take off was at 400' flaps up YD on... Landing was the reverse, on approach YD off and first increment of flaps. So I guess my question is what's the process on a smaller plane?
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Not needed but I DO HAVE IT
Wife loves it, enough said.
I enjoy it as it makes the ride very nice in rough weather and again the wife likes that. Yes it was $$ for the mount but as mentioned before sometimes you have to pay for what you want. Installation on a flying airplane is a PITA and I am a small guy who can climb into the back area. Not to mention I have an AC unit back there also!!! For operational purposes what was described in a prior post is spot on. My limited experience in a plane with a Yaw dampener during take off was at 400' flaps up YD on... Landing was the reverse, on approach YD off and first increment of flaps. So I guess my question is what's the process on a smaller plane? You can hand fly all day long with the YAW ON separate from the other AP functions. However you BETTER disconnect the YAW damper if you have a trim servo on the rudder as it will crank it all the way one direction and make taxing seem like there is something wrong with the "free" rotating nose wheel and "free" moving rudder pedals. Turn it off and all goes back to normal.... its now in the check list! |
You can hand fly with the autopilot on, too. But who does that? When I'm hand flying, I don't need any help, thank you very much. :rolleyes:
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I now plan to buy Garmins seemingly overpriced bracket and an extra servo... |
If I was building a new 10
I would do it if I was in the building process again.
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