Slagergren
Active Member
Need a 2nd opinion,
I have an older Dynon Pitot/ AOA probe installed on my RV7 which is reading 5-6 mph (True airspeed not indicated) slower than ground speed. I have trouble shot this issue back to the probe and believe it has some manufacturing defect. My plumbing lines upto the probe and back to the Dynon 180 are tight and the D180 reads calibrated per a seperate manometer gage. I have contacted Dynon support, and they agreed verbally I probably have a defective unit hence their design changes. I have an RMA number but am questioning if their offer of 1/2 price off a new unit if older that 3 years and full replacement if newer seems reasonable. Im confident mine is older than 3 years since I bought the unit from a friend who never applied it to his aircraft (its basicaly new). There have been some obvious design changes and I stated to Dynon that my probe acts nothing another new unit (I have a newer model to compare with but cant install). I am in the middle of flying off my 40 hours and the weather is closing fast. I would prefer them sending me another unit to swap out with mine and save on the downtime and some labor. Given my situation would anyone consider the "1/2 off new" a reasonable offer or would you push for a full replacement unit. I would think Dynon would benefit from being able to pull a potential defect from the field.
I like the Dynon products and have no conplaints with their service, simply want more the unit to perform the way it was advertised.
The pictures show my unit mounted to the wing and a newer unit tapped next to it.
Thanks, for hearing me out,
Steve
I have an older Dynon Pitot/ AOA probe installed on my RV7 which is reading 5-6 mph (True airspeed not indicated) slower than ground speed. I have trouble shot this issue back to the probe and believe it has some manufacturing defect. My plumbing lines upto the probe and back to the Dynon 180 are tight and the D180 reads calibrated per a seperate manometer gage. I have contacted Dynon support, and they agreed verbally I probably have a defective unit hence their design changes. I have an RMA number but am questioning if their offer of 1/2 price off a new unit if older that 3 years and full replacement if newer seems reasonable. Im confident mine is older than 3 years since I bought the unit from a friend who never applied it to his aircraft (its basicaly new). There have been some obvious design changes and I stated to Dynon that my probe acts nothing another new unit (I have a newer model to compare with but cant install). I am in the middle of flying off my 40 hours and the weather is closing fast. I would prefer them sending me another unit to swap out with mine and save on the downtime and some labor. Given my situation would anyone consider the "1/2 off new" a reasonable offer or would you push for a full replacement unit. I would think Dynon would benefit from being able to pull a potential defect from the field.
I like the Dynon products and have no conplaints with their service, simply want more the unit to perform the way it was advertised.
The pictures show my unit mounted to the wing and a newer unit tapped next to it.
Thanks, for hearing me out,
Steve