Dynon and Advanced Flight Systems Oshkosh 2016 Product News

[bkthomps]

Originally Posted by SmilingJack

Backseater! It would be great to have foreflight get the weather and traffic from my AFS and GDU375. The Attitude indicator is nice, but weather and traffic would be more useful for my GIB.

great point, i do recall flying my RV4 that the options for the backseat were so limited

[Toobuilder]

Originally Posted by dynonsupport

[*]$500 Price Reduction on SkyView Touch, SkyView Classic, and AF-5000 Series: Mapping Now Included
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For those who do not desire the mapping software, is there an "actual" price reduction off the base model?

[climberrn]

Originally Posted by Toobuilder

For those who do not desire the mapping software, is there an "actual" price reduction off the base model?

You mean the "SE" model? Looks like they already have that covered.

[Toobuilder]

No, I looked at that. The SE does not offer any interface with a navigator. It is even less capable than the legacy D10/D180. The SE system is not for me.

[dmhodge]

Will the new audio system work with Sky View, or just the Advanced Panel?

[FitzRX7]

Originally Posted by bkthomps

with all this glass on the panel, how is an iPad still providing functionality in such a small cockpit? this baffles me, i use foreflight on the ground before getting in plane, after i get in the plane the iPad is stowed

I too have a G3X Touch, and agree that once I get in the plane the iPad gets stowed. My reason for requiring the ADS-B (GDL 39 in my plane) to talk to the iPad is emergency backup. If I have a comple electrical failure (again), I'll have the G5 with a 4 hr backup battery and my GDL 39 running on its backup battery. I'll have attitude, airspeed, altitude, track, onboard weather and the ability to navigate to a clear spot with the iPad.

[dynonsupport]

Originally Posted by Toobuilder

No, I looked at that. The SE does not offer any interface with a navigator. It is even less capable than the legacy D10/D180. The SE system is not for me.

SE can show an HSI and fly autopilot guidance from an external NMEA source (IE, an aviation portable). But it does not connect to IFR navigators. As you said, it doesn't have perfect overlap with the D10/D100 series, but it has other capabilities that the legacy products don't have, like ADS-B Out, 912 iS support, the larger screen size option, six-pack and COM radio.

[dynonsupport]

Originally Posted by Toobuilder

For those who do not desire the mapping software, is there an "actual" price reduction off the base model?

The $500 system price reduction is via inclusion of the map with the system, so the strict answer to your question is no. But practically speaking, almost everyone buys the map, but the process of buying and activating it has been a pain point for years that we wanted to remove. So for almost everyone that has bought SkyView Classic or Touch, the answer is yes. SkyView SE is our even lower cost option that doesn't have mapping capabilities at all.

[Ron B.]

So if I purchased two Skyviews touch without the MAP last winter, can I receive the MAP free now?