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AFS connectivity
I wonder if my AFS 5600 or Dynons could be made to BT data (IAS, altitude and command bars for example) to the HUD? That would be a great tool.
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If it does iPhone mirroring, couldn?t you just use any of the syn vis displays in the EFBs? Like WingX or Aerovie?
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You can display anything, including Google Maps if you wanted to. :-) I have the original Hudly in my truck, and it simply displays whatever is on the iPhone screen. -Dj |
Just ordered 2 on kickstarter
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The GRT HUD is Great!
I finally got a chance to connect with Greg on a demo HUD, and installed in the RV-8 last week. I had a nice long flight into a wicked headwind up to Yakima the Sunday (and an equally delightful flight back with a GREAT tailwind yesterday) to play with the unit, and I am impressed! For those who have flown Boeing (or military) HUD's before, the symbology will be familiar, and I found that I was hardly looking down at the EFIS screens for anything but engine parameters. The velocity vector helped me know where I was going by looking at the REAL world, not the synthetic vision, and he's got some other cool features in the software as well.
It's really a perfect fit in the RV-8, and I'm looking forward to further exploring its capabilities. I did a brief write-up on the magazine web site the other day about it: https://newsline.kitplanes.com/2018/02/04/huds-up/ If you've got a GRT EFIS, this thing is a really cool addition to the airplane! Paul |
Paul, just curious. Did Greg make any comments on the new wireless hudly that is due out in March? He has posted on GRT?s site that it will be supported, but I?m curious if he has had a chance to evaluate a preproduction example and how it will behave in an aviation environment. It?s a self contained unit that sits on the dash, no separate projector and screen.
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Quick look at the next generation Hudly Wireless interfacing with my GRT Sport SX in my tipup -6A:
![]() Still experimenting with mounting geometry and such, hoping to have a single mount capable of adapting to different lines of sight, depending on pilot seated height. It is taking some effort to wrap my brain around the lack of infinity focus. I am trying not to be like the Boeing test pilots ("How do I turn it off?"). Of note, the MHL requirement no longer limits your hardware options, I am temporarily using a Galaxy S7 Edge and it's Smart View capability to cast the image from the GRT App in HUD mode. $28 compute stick is on the way from China. More later as I figure things out. |
Mike
I have a computer stick I?m using with my setup. Trouble I?m having is that every time I reboot the Hudly, it asks for the screen from the Android device be cast to it. I can only do that if a monitor is connected to the computer stick. I?m using an RKM V5. Couldn?t find a default setting to do this either. Am I missing something? Wouldn?t be the first time... What I have found that I can do is remove the WiFi dongle on the Hudly and then hardwire the computer stick to the Hudly via a HDMI extension cable. |
My Hudly arrived last week but i've been too busy lately to spend much time with it yet... I did get out for a drive with it to give a quick test. Two things came to mind after driving with it:
1. The "infinity focus" that was supposed to be "like having a screen 6' away on the hood of the car" is laughable. The focusing distance is about 2-3" behind the half-silvered reflector. 2. Given that there are no special optics to get an "infinity" display, I don't see why this is better than just having the half-silvered mirror on its own, and placing your cell phone below it instead. That way you don't have to pair anything. It would require OS-level support for reversing the screen, which Android has hooks for... Not sure about iOS. That said, having Google Maps playing while I was driving was quite nice (my car doesn't have satnav, and if it did it would be down out of sight where the radio is). I don't have a GRT so i'm looking for a good HUD app to try in flight. |
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