DigiFlight II VSGV

[Bavafa]

Lucas,
Are we to send our units back for the fixes or should we wait till are contacted by you?

I just got mine back this Monday where I discovered the same bugs.

I appreciate your hard work and fast replies.

Mehrdad
RV7A- IO360M1B

[TrutrakTech]

Mehrdad,

I think due to the reasonably small number of units affected, let's have you just go ahead and give me a call to get it updated. Thanks!

[Bavafa]

Lucas,
Great and thanks. It would be awesome if it can be done without sending it. I will give you a call on Monday.

Mehrdad
RV7A - IO360M1B

[sneedrv-6]

After almost 2 years since I upgraded my panel I thought everything would be working when I received my autopilot back from Trutrak after I found the issue with the auto display dim sensor. Now when I engage my autopilot it pretty much puts the plane in a right 90 degree bank and the nose heads for the the ground. Thinking that I need to do a mag calibration to solve the issue I have now wasted 2 days trying to get the autopilot to even say mag calibration. I followed the manual exactly (print and online version). I am assuming I just have a bad autopilot but if anyone can confirm that they can get into the mag calibration screen with the new updated autopilots for AFS. When my AP powers up it says D-IIF VSGV 2.32.

Thanks a bunch,

Jason

[breister]

Originally Posted by sneedrv-6

After almost 2 years since I upgraded my panel I thought everything would be working when I received my autopilot back from Trutrak after I found the issue with the auto display dim sensor. Now when I engage my autopilot it pretty much puts the plane in a right 90 degree bank and the nose heads for the the ground. Thinking that I need to do a mag calibration to solve the issue I have now wasted 2 days trying to get the autopilot to even say mag calibration. I followed the manual exactly (print and online version). I am assuming I just have a bad autopilot but if anyone can confirm that they can get into the mag calibration screen with the new updated autopilots for AFS. When my AP powers up it says D-IIF VSGV 2.32.

Thanks a bunch,

Jason

I believe they are fixing that issue free of charge. Call them.

[sneedrv-6]

which issue are you referring to?

[breister]

Originally Posted by sneedrv-6

which issue are you referring to?

Never mind - I misread your post and thought you had the dimmer problem after sending in to get the new screen.

Call them anyway!

[mayo3808]

Jason,
Which A/P do you have? AFS or Difi II VSVG. I have the AFS and I am no expert but I do not think it has a mag calibration because there is no magometer in the AFS version. Can't remember what it says on power up, but I can check for you.
Brent

[jrouault]

(different Jason here). I just upgraded to the AFS version and have experienced similar issues reported by the other Jason. The A/P does not always engage, and when it does, it banks violently to the left and then right. Since nothing has changed in my harness, it must be the A/P. I am hoping to get a replacement from Trutrak.

As for the magnetometer question, Trutrak has removed those from all the new systems (including the AFS). The A/P now only relies on an internal gyro and allows you to manually set the bank angle if you do not have a GPS/Nav feed.

Jason

[sneedrv-6]

My AP is in the mail to Lucas, I guess we will see what happens. I had really big problems, basically my AP was turned into a push button to crash box after the upgrade. I could only leave the AP engaged for about 10 seconds. I do not have the AFS AP but I have the upgraded Trutrak with vertical. I was told the only difference is the AFS AP has another button called efis which all you have to push to engage the AP and have the EFIS control it. I figured I would save a little money and just push a couple more buttons.

Thanks!