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1. 05:10 AM - Re: opinions needed: Apollo/Garmin GNS480 vs Garmin 430 (Art Zemon)
2. 09:12 PM - Re: Re: Magnetized Dynon D100 Display (Finn Lassen)
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| Subject: | Re: opinions needed: Apollo/Garmin GNS480 vs Garmin |
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Charlie,
I have hundreds of hours flying behind a KLN94; I had one in my Arrow
(which I sold when I bought my BD-4C kit). I would not willingly fly with a
KLN94 again. Compared to the current generation of Garmins, the user
interface is horrible. The screen is tiny. And the database update process
is atrocious.
To update the KLN94 database, you have a couple of choices. a) You can
connect a computer running Windows 95 (that is the last version supported
by Bendix King's software, IIRC) to the KLN94 via a serial cable (yes!
serial, not USB) and run the magic software for about 20 minutes. b) You
can use a specially modified CompactFlash card which has to be written with
a no-longer-produced CF card writer by the magic software.
Yes, the Garmins are expensive. But having used them, they are worth every
penny. Garmin got the UI right.
I have VAL nav and comm radios. They are OK. Would I buy them again?
Probably. Are they as good as Garmins? No. Like you, I bought them for the
size and because the SL30 and SL40 are pretty darned expensive.
I don't remember what you have for primary instrumentation. I installed an
MGL glass panel. It's built-in GPS is excellent. I happily used it for
primary navigation before installing the GPS175. If you don't need your GPS
to be IFR-certified, have you considered something like this? It looks like
you can get a whole MGL MX1 system for under $2000. See
https://www.michiganavionics.com/product-category/efis/
One last thought, the MGL GPS antenna is a little puck which you install
*inside* the airplane. I thought that was bogus but did as instructed. I
have it under the windshield, and it works beautifully, regardless of my
direction of flight. My airplane has an aluminum fuselage. The MGL GPS
actually tracks better than the Garmin.
Cheers,
-- Art Z.
On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 11:35 AM Charlie England <ceengland7@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Unimpeachable logic; which reduces me to doing nothing (if I'm honest, the
> most sensible thing), or to investing much less money in a much
> older/cheaper nav/ILS radio, & possibly something like a KLN94, which I'm
> sure is also unsupported but the pain of entry (and exit) is much lower.
>
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| Subject: | Re: Magnetized Dynon D100 Display |
Didn't see the pictures before.
Is that a steel rod holding the display in place?
Anything steel or iron, if removable do so.
Then simply demagnetize it.
Actually, the D-100 has a remote compass, right?
If so I don't see any reason you couldn't demagnetize the D-100. Others
here may give good reasons why not.
Finn
On 5/14/2021 5:46 PM, cskelt wrote:
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> Thanks to all for the quick replies. It's not the battery -- I removed it and
checked. Nor is it the aluminum carcass that I also removed before partially
disconnecting the display and folding it down so the face rests on the bench.
The photo shows the compass pointing at the display with the back side up.
>
> I'm as certain as I can be that the magnetism is "something" at the edge of the
screen. The Dynon unit is over ten years old and had 300 hours of faultless
performance behind it before this happened.
>
> I've had excellent service up until now from Dynon--several issues with the EMS
were dealt with promptly and effectively. And the 360 degree taxi test with
and without the EFIS in place was suggested by one of the Dynon guys on the
stand at Sun-n-Fun.
>
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> Chris Skelt
> Lancair 320 N1990L at KIWS
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> Read this topic online here:
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> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=501940#501940
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