Re: Trio Autopilot

[David Tate]

Has anybody out there had experience using the "Trio EZ Pilot" control head
driving a Navaid servo. I'm not at all happy with the Navaid wing leveler I
installed in my KIS Cruiser. The Trio web site, however, claims great
results using their solid state control head driving the Navaid servo using
signals from either a hand held or panel mount GPS.

Dave Tate

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Last summer, after a year of flying behind my Navaid I swapped out for
an EzPilot. The switch only took an hour. It is quick to learn to use
it. Shortly after that I used it for a 30 hr cross country over the
Rockies and back. It has met every parameter they claim and is an
order of magnitude better than my Navaid. It handles turbulence very
well. I am driving it with a Lowrance 100 Airmap.
It is fundamentally the same as the Trutrak with a lot more information
displayed on the head, which is why I chose it over the Trutrak. The
stock EZpilot uses the Navaid servo anyway, so that is not an issue.
Trutrak also has a retrofit to the Navaid servo IIRC.
I wouldn't be nervous about the switch, you will be happy.
Justaguy

[David Tate]

Justaguy

Thanks for the input. Trio offered to check out my Navaid Servo free of
charge to make sure the servo was not the problem. I plan to take them up on
the offer. I didn't realize that EZ Pilot used the stock Navaid servo for
their system.
Dave Tate

> wrote in message
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> Last summer, after a year of flying behind my Navaid I swapped out for
> an EzPilot. The switch only took an hour. It is quick to learn to use
> it. Shortly after that I used it for a 30 hr cross country over the
> Rockies and back. It has met every parameter they claim and is an
> order of magnitude better than my Navaid. It handles turbulence very
> well. I am driving it with a Lowrance 100 Airmap.
> It is fundamentally the same as the Trutrak with a lot more information
> displayed on the head, which is why I chose it over the Trutrak. The
> stock EZpilot uses the Navaid servo anyway, so that is not an issue.
> Trutrak also has a retrofit to the Navaid servo IIRC.
> I wouldn't be nervous about the switch, you will be happy.
> Justaguy
>