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Old 11-24-2009, 09:11 AM
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Man, competitors helping each other out...What a forum!
Is he helping out or sabatoging???????

Just kidding, just kidding..........

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Old 11-24-2009, 10:20 AM
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Yes, yes the new toy is all very cool but...
What about those of us who have invested and built our panels around the
D100 and EMS D10?
We have no plans to stop selling any of our current products, much less discontinue support for them. They still fill a very large need in experimental and LSA markets.

Heck, we still support the D10, which we last sold in 2004 (although parts are hard to find and we often have to upgrade to a D10A)
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Old 11-24-2009, 10:26 AM
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Is the Skyview capable of handling aerobatics or inverted flight?
Absolutely. All of our AHRS units are completely solid state, work fine at all angles, and are not damaged by any maneuvers. To be fair, this is true of all of the true attitude EFIS units (GRT, AFS, MGL) that I know of.

The main thing you run into doing aerobatics is roll rate limitations. We can handle up to 150 deg/sec and keep track of the airplane. Beyond that, we will have some error, but we clearly annunciate this. After the aircraft is stabilized, we can recover within a few seconds. All AHRS units have this limitation at some roll rate.
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Old 11-24-2009, 10:26 AM
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Will the SkyView end up in the 12?
This is something that only Van's can answer, but it does appear they are looking into it.
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Old 11-25-2009, 12:59 AM
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Is he helping out or sabatoging???????

Just kidding, just kidding..........

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Well, if this is sabotaging - then I better head back to cloak and dagger school because I sure flunked that one...

Anyway, I don't count Dynon as a competitor but as fellow EFIS designers. Our respective products are very different in concept and so they don't directly compete with each other. You may be surprised but I have in the past many times recommended a Dynon (or GRT) product to a prospective customer as it would suit him better for what he wants to do. In fact, the last one was just yesterday !

Is that wrong ?

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Old 11-25-2009, 04:43 AM
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Well, if this is sabotaging - then I better head back to cloak and dagger school because I sure flunked that one...


Is that wrong ?

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Old 11-25-2009, 08:44 AM
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Rainier,
your comment

"Our respective products are very different in concept and so they don't directly compete with each other. You may be surprised but I have in the past many times recommended a Dynon (or GRT) product to a prospective customer as it would suit him better for what he wants to do"

prompts the obvious question from someone (me) who is getting very close to choosing an EFIS/autopilot. I have read all that I can, determined my "mission", visited vendor booths at Oshkosh, looked at the screens, watched the products evolve, yet with all of that remain unable to say with any confidence how your product, or Dynon, (or GRT or TruTrak for that matter) differ in concept.
I would have thought that they did compete!
So, from someone who designs these things and knows, what market/user requirements is your product designed for? What criteria (other than price that we can all judge) do you suggest prospective purchasers looking at these things take into account? What is the difference in concept between yours and the others? I am sure the best system for a user may be any one of the vendor offerings depending on mission and priorities (IFR or VFR, sole system, main system or backup, autopilot function, cost, ...) so it is not a question of criticism of any of them.
In short, I have determined my "mission", but am at a loss to know how to apply that to what is out there.
Dynon, others have any comments?
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Old 11-25-2009, 09:42 AM
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Rainier,
your comment

"In short, I have determined my "mission", but am at a loss to know how to apply that to what is out there.
Dynon, others have any comments?
Thanks,
Bill,

check out this thread:

http://www.vansairforce.com/communit...ighlight=dynon

Ironflight (aka Paul Dye) has a nice write up in here about applying your mission objectives to selecting an EFIS. There are also a lot of opinions (mine included) about how the different systems are aimed at different markets.
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Old 11-25-2009, 06:52 PM
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Can intersections, vor's, and airports be displayed on the map screen?
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Old 11-25-2009, 07:03 PM
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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.
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