---------------------------------------------------------- AeroElectric-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 05/15/21: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 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) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:10:33 AM PST US From: Art Zemon Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: opinions needed: Apollo/Garmin GNS480 vs Garmin 430 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 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. > -- https://CheerfulCurmudgeon.com/ *Friendship is like a stone. A stone has no value, but when you rub two stones together properly, sparks of fire emerge. * Rabbi Mordechai of Lechovitz ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 09:12:27 PM PST US Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: Re: Magnetized Dynon D100 Display From: Finn Lassen 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: > > 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. > > -------- > Chris Skelt > Lancair 320 N1990L at KIWS > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=501940#501940 > > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message aeroelectric-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/AeroElectric-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/aeroelectric-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/aeroelectric-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.