Recommend a digital a/h

[Martin Woodcock]

Any comments on the digital artificial horizons currently on the market
would be really welcome.

[Tony Condon[_2_]]

At 17:00 08 September 2009, Martin Woodcock wrote:
>Any comments on the digital artificial horizons currently on the market
>would be really welcome.
>

I looked into this a few years ago and I preferred the Dynon unit. I
liked that it had airspeed, heading altimeter, and attitude all in one
unit, was compact, and could be had with a backup battery that allowed
plenty of time to land if the ship's battery failed.

I trained a friend for his Instrument Rating in a Van's RV-7A that was
equipped with the D10 and found it perfectly sufficient for instrument
flying. We did a lot of flying in actual conditions with it.


-Tony Condon
Cherokee II N373Y

[bildan]

On Sep 8, 12:30*pm, Tony Condon >
wrote:
> At 17:00 08 September 2009, Martin Woodcock wrote:
>
> >Any comments on the digital artificial horizons currently on the market
> >would be really welcome.
>
> I looked into this a few years ago and I preferred the Dynon unit. *I
> liked that it had airspeed, heading altimeter, and attitude all in one
> unit, was compact, and could be had with a backup battery that allowed
> plenty of time to land if the ship's battery failed.
>
> I trained a friend for his Instrument Rating in a Van's RV-7A that was
> equipped with the D10 and found it perfectly sufficient for instrument
> flying. *We did a lot of flying in actual conditions with it.
>
> -Tony Condon
> Cherokee II N373Y

Once recently, I sat a power pilot in a glider cockpit for his first
ride. "Where the attitude indicator?", he demanded. "Well", I said
with appropriate pointing gestures, "We use the big one in the sky."
"It's blue up there and brown down here with a line separating them we
call the horizon." He looked at me narrowly for a moment then said,
"Riiight...look outside".

The Dynon EFIS-D10A is a great "mini glass cockpit" solution for a
glider.

[cemx86]

testing please ignore

[cfinn]

On Sep 8, 1:00*pm, Martin Woodcock >
wrote:
> Any comments on the digital artificial horizons currently on the market
> would be really welcome.

I installed a Dynon D10A. I perferred the MGL Enigma, but could fit it
in my panel. It includes GPS, moving map display, and other items that
are not available on the Dynon. You can also customize screens and
program numerous options.

Dynon has annouced a new model, the EFIS-D6. It is basically a D10A
stripped down to a glass 6 pack, with a price of $1,600. Here's a
link: http://www.dynonavionics.com/docs/news_d6_60_announcement.html.

MGL is also releasing a new product, the XTreme EFIS. This is a new
small size unit that fits a 3.125 in hole. You can choose what
functions you want to start with and add addition functions later
using an SD card. Pricing hasn't been released yet and first shipping
is scheduled in the 4th quarter. Here's a link to MGL: http://www.mglavionics.co.za/.
Click the XTreme EFIS button on the left.

If you only want a artifical horixion with the other features, MGL
also has the AV-2. It also has a mag compass indicator built in. Click
on the Inifinity Singles button on the left and scroll down to the
AV-2 for details.

Charlie