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Old 11-26-2009, 12:52 AM
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Rainier,
your comment
prompts the obvious question from someone (me) who is getting very close to choosing an EFIS/autopilot....
I don't want to hijack Dynon's thread so I made a new one.

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Old 11-26-2009, 06:56 AM
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Can intersections, vor's, and airports be displayed on the map screen?
Not today. We do not have a full moving map yet. We will be working on that right away after we start shipping next week.
Below is a Dynon link where currently functionimg features, in process features, and future features are listed.

http://www.dynonavionics.com/docs/ne...y_preview.html

Seems like an awful lot of stuff left undone to be shipping units.
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Old 11-26-2009, 07:10 AM
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Amen to that, given that they have been known to pull the plug on promised products/features.

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Below is a Dynon link where currently functionimg features, in process features, and future features are listed.

http://www.dynonavionics.com/docs/ne...y_preview.html

Seems like an awful lot of stuff left undone to be shipping units.
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Old 11-26-2009, 07:39 AM
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Below is a Dynon link where currently functionimg features, in process features, and future features are listed.

http://www.dynonavionics.com/docs/ne...y_preview.html

Seems like an awful lot of stuff left undone to be shipping units.
My main interest in the SkyView is it's synthetic vision. If it doesn't totally replicate the extra features of my Garmin 696, or total features of a Garmin 1000/3000 at the moment, that's okay in my mind, as the pricing is vastly less.

BTW--- in regards to the usefulness of synthetic vision, I love this line from a different website:

Will synthetic terrain increase safety for instrument flying? Experienced airline crews have flown into mountains when attempting non-precision approaches and having one instrument set up to the wrong frequency (example: American Airlines 965). Ten-year-old kids don't fly into mountains when they're using Microsoft Flight Simulator. Why not? They see the mountain, add power, and pull up.

And since I keep track every flight into terrain accident in the US (as well as numerous others), along with the whys and wherefores, I believe it. Synthetic vision has been high on my list for a long time. Glad to see it's getting more affordable.

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Old 11-27-2009, 05:59 AM
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Default No Smooth Map Zoom

To DynonSupport,

Looking at the latest video again compared to videos taken at Oskhosh 2009, what happened to the smooth infinate Map Zoom that was demonstrated at Osh 2009. The latest video looks like we are back at the traditional fixed zoom intervals?

Here is the old video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI1VvjWWTGw

Thank you in advance,
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Old 11-27-2009, 07:30 AM
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Default So it looks like you can't fly IFR approaches..

...since there's no CDI or glideslope needles yet.

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Old 11-27-2009, 01:07 PM
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Looking at the latest video again compared to videos taken at Oskhosh 2009, what happened to the smooth infinate Map Zoom that was demonstrated at Osh 2009. The latest video looks like we are back at the traditional fixed zoom intervals?
The problem with the smooth zoom was that it took time. You can make it look neat, but then it takes 1,2,3 seconds to zoom in and out. That turned out to be a real detriment to real world usability. So we took it out, since functionality needs to trump looking cool. We might be able to figure out a nice compromise in the future.

And just to be clear- we did always have fixed zoom levels, it just went smoothly between them.
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Old 11-27-2009, 03:47 PM
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I salute Dynon for their thick skin. There have been several comments made that appear to only take a shot a Dynon. Constructive criticism is one thing, but negative comments with no benefit are another. If you don?t like what Dynon has to offer, looks else where. Are they a perfect company? No, but do any of us work for a perfect company? I appreciate their regular participation in this forum.
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Old 11-27-2009, 05:07 PM
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I saw a post on the dynon forums that mentioned a firmware upgrade for the AP servos. I just bought a pair for the Skyview. Do they have to go back, or would they already have the firmware upgrade? They shipped to me last Wednesday.
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Old 11-27-2009, 06:10 PM
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I don't remember Dynon or any company for that matter making any PROMISES about products. They released to the public their ideas and future plans. Like everyone else they have to make good business decisions to stay viable and will when required change their minds. If you don't like the reality of that don't buy their products. I've been using a D10A, EMS10, HS34, AP74 and AP since the beginning and will outfit my RV8 with all dynon again. It works very well. They make incremental improvements at frequent enough (for me) intervals and have first class customer support.

Go ahead flame away..I dare you.
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