Dynon Avionics and ForeFlight bring wireless mobile device connectivity to SkyView

[dynonsupport]

Originally Posted by Snowflake

Will Dynon be expanding any capability to support any of the apps running on Android devices? Air Nav Pro, Naviator, or the completely free FltPLanGo?

Future support for other apps is a possibility, but we can't make any promises right now. The app maker needs to add support, not just Dynon, so it always helps for you to voice your request to your favorite app vendor so they know there is demand.

Dynon is not locked into the Apple platform. I think 90% of the engineering team at Dynon uses Android...

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by dynonsupport

Future support for other apps is a possibility, but we can't make any promises right now. The app maker needs to add support, not just Dynon, so it always helps for you to voice your request to your favorite app vendor so they know there is demand.

I regularly ask all three what EFIS and portable ADS-B units they support integration with. I'm hoping I haven't been added to their spam filters by now.

Dynon is not locked into the Apple platform. I think 90% of the engineering team at Dynon uses Android...

That alone is encouraging and suggests that your design team alone might be motivated to find a solution.

[Potato]

Congratulations to Dynon by evolution , I am in Brazil and we have no maps to be updated, the possibility of using AirNavigator is great evolution for all outside the usa .

Think about it.

[PilotBrent]

Went up in my RV-12 with the Dynon Wifi device today for the first time and had some fun. Fairly easy to setup once I figured out how to add a password in the Skyview setup menus (didn't take the time to read the installation instructions but it was not hard to figure out eventually)

Really neat thing is the ability to update active flight plans while flying with the autopilot. I was flying near Philadelphia airspace on my way back to New Jersey today and my flight plan would have taken me into a corner of class B airspace. I found a GPS waypoint ahead of me on the iPad that would just keep me outside of controlled airspace and added it in Foreflight. As soon as I sent the updated flight plan (two touches on the iPad) to Skyview the autopilot instantly redirected me. SkyView woman's voice informed me that a new flight plan had been loaded. Basically I was steering the RV-12 using my iPad! Something to get use to.

[Gash]

Hi everybody. I flew today with the Foreflight / Skyview wi-fi setup. It was dead simple to setup and works immediately after logging onto the wi-fi signal. I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to get working, right out of the box!

It was also very easy to send flight plans (and flight plan changes) from Foreflight to the Skyview. I was expecting some latency, but there's no noticeable delay at all. I hit the "panel" button on Foreflight, and "Miss Dynon" announces the flight plan update instantly.

The ADAHRS signal to my iPad is also really nice. I did not notice any delay, and the attitude movement on the Foreflight display is smooth and crisp. I have no idea what the data rate is, but it's obviously sufficient to provide a smooth display on my iPad Air. My backseaters will now enjoy having some usable instrumentation, rather than staring at the back of my head!

Thanks for the great product Dynon! This one is a real home run!

[BruceEicher]

as Brent and Gash, worked like a charm today. My GIB had our flight plan layed in from the back seat while I taxied to run-up, with no prior experience. So much easier...
I will have to keep an eye on this new power from the back seat, or else we may be making more trips to visit the inlaws.

[krw5927]

For those of you flying now with this setup: when viewing the PFD on Foreflight, does it display the same indicated altitude and airspeed from the pitot-static system that your Skyview does? Or does it still display GPS altitude and ground speed? I personally feel that indicated would be much better for a second pilot or GIB.

[BruceEicher]

Originally Posted by krw5927

For those of you flying now with this setup: when viewing the PFD on Foreflight, does it display the same indicated altitude and airspeed from the pitot-static system that your Skyview does? Or does it still display GPS altitude and ground speed? I personally feel that indicated would be much better for a second pilot or GIB.

Yes, GPS ground speed and altitude is displayed. See Brent's screen shot.

[krw5927]

Originally Posted by BruceEicher

Yes, GPS ground speed and altitude is displayed. See Brent's screen shot.

I couldn't tell at first from Brent's pic if that was GPS-derived ground speed and altitude, or indicated airspeed and pressure altitude from the Dynon AHRS. I should have looked at the labels . It would be much more useful if it displayed the AHRS data instead of the GPS-derived data.

[lrgabriel]

Just wanted to put another voice forward requesting air data!