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Old 09-23-2010, 08:06 AM
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Received my D100 back last Friday but too many airplanes flying locally to test it (note my home field location)! Headed to Socal today, so will have a chance to see how it works. The reinstall and update of the other parts of my system went off without a problem.

I still need to contact Dynon to see what the issue was, as I got no information back on what they fixed.

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Old 09-23-2010, 09:29 AM
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Default Vertical guidance

Apologies to all for the ruffled feathers. My post was in direct response to a customer support call from someone who read on this forum (he cited the specific post) that the Dynon would not provide vertical guidance. My intention was to clarify so that others would not get the same misperception. I'll retract my comment that the original post was "incorrect"; rather, it was somewhat vague in the terms used, leaving room for misinterpretation by others. We do appreciate the spirited and informative discussions posted on this forum.

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Old 09-23-2010, 05:46 PM
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Dynon support, do you have any info/suggestions for what I need to do to get GS for RNAV approaches on the "Hud" of the D-100?

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Old 09-23-2010, 06:10 PM
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Chris

See Page 4-3 of the current D100 User Guide.
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On the EFIS page, these two items are enabled via the EFIS > SETUP > CLUTTR menu under a single item, which can be set to either CDI:N, CDI:Y, or CDI+GS.
Note however if you use the CDI+GS it removes some other display, not sure which, maybe the left data which in my case is the TAS OAT etc, so we just use the HSI setup so the HSI displays the CDI and GS. We do have the EFIS menu above set up as CDI:Y as well.

For the GS on the HSI refer to page 4-9 and you will see the GS indicator on the RHS of the screen. You will only get the GS when a valid Vertical Nav is available such as an ILS. As we are in a "aviation 3rd world country" in Aust we have no GNSS RNAV's with Vertical path, so we do not get a GS in Magenta mode!

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Old 12-01-2010, 11:01 PM
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At some point in the past I said I would post my comments on the new AP software and how it performs in rough weather. As you can see it takes a while

So a month or so ago while flying home from our nations capital I was faced with FEW TS which ended up being SCT TS so I did the right thing and went down underneath and VFR so I did not blunder into one I then had 3 hours of bouncing along at around 4500' in thermalling and windy conditions to play with the AP tuning.

Once I did that with some acreful consideration to the changes made (one at a time) I could home in on a good set up.

I would have to say now that the performance is very good indeed and the results I and others with RV8's at my field are getting are impressing everyone.

I am sure there will be a few more refinements to come over time but it seems they have this one sorted better than 95%

All the best for Christmas and 2011.

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Old 12-02-2010, 05:57 AM
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That has been my experience as well.

It just works as advertised. That is what we asked for and that is what we got.

There is still an occasional bug where the AP will lose its Nav source when following a NMEA course but they have made big improvements in that regard. All it takes is one button push to get it back so it is not a big deal, more of an occasional annoyance.
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Old 12-03-2010, 05:06 AM
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Brian

When you upgrade your panel and have the GNS430/530W and an ARINC429 bus connection that will be a distant memory for you!

The wx is seriously crappy here at present...and IR renewal in the morning, so off to bed.....it will be a big morning of solid IMC!

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Brantel, how and where can I tweak the Dynon auto pilot gains ? I have not for the life of me been able to find it in any literature.
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Old 01-03-2012, 04:13 AM
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http://s849.photobucket.com/albums/a...filter=noflash

http://s849.photobucket.com/albums/a...=IMG_02951.jpg

This might help.

Torque setting might need to be 100% as this was an SV52.
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Old 01-03-2012, 05:29 AM
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Brantel, how and where can I tweak the Dynon auto pilot gains ? I have not for the life of me been able to find it in any literature.
Thanks
Phelps
The info is in the manuals....the current ones. They are available for download on their website. The info is in the installation manual of the EFIS.
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