---------------------------------------------------------- Europa-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 11/19/22: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 06:39 AM - Re: What did you do with your Europa this week - 18/11/22 (Area-51) 2. 08:23 AM - Re: Trutrak AP with Garmin GPS 18x 5Hz (Alan Burrill) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 06:39:18 AM PST US Subject: Europa-List: Re: What did you do with your Europa this week - 18/11/22 From: "Area-51" A very productive week now... finished off the doors on the 3D model; perfect glass and perfect panel gaps in the perfect computer world.. gave the interior some more detail. Some cleanup tasks, a few amendments and it will be time give some time elsewhere down at the tail. Very happy with the results; time to put it in primer Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=508944#508944 Attachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/bfeb0d50_5544_4189_9830_5a28c78a5cd2_990.jpeg http://forums.matronics.com//files/1c7d46ab_69d2_48f0_b7b4_ecfdede1a09c_125.jpeg http://forums.matronics.com//files/f72d57cf_323c_4dac_8bec_aa6e5458a33c_213.jpeg ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 08:23:38 AM PST US From: Alan Burrill Subject: Re: Europa-List: Trutrak AP with Garmin GPS 18x 5Hz Ok Ive had a. Ha ce to fly mine with the GPS feed off. As Duncan says below the display drops to show -||- but maintains the track last set or you are holding when you switch it on. The are no heading digits on the display so you will need use your compass/DI to show that. If you press the left or right buttons then you can alter the track the AP is following either left or right and a number appears which if you press the button you can increase or decrease after the AP locks on the numbers disappear and you have the -||- on the display. Useful if you have a GPS failure but wouldnt want that as normal mode of operation so my suggestion is you need a GPS feed with the right NEMA message set to get the most out of the AP and the ability for it to follow a track you have programmed in is a bonus. One word of caution, I have come across some GPS that dont put out any messages, even the position message for driving a Transponder ADS-B output, unless there is a track in the GPS. That was how some of the older version worked, GARMIN 430 and possible the early AVMAP were guilty of that. Hope that helps. Alan Sent from my iPad > On 10 Nov 2022, at 10:52, D McFadyean wrote: > > > Digitrak only needs basic positional information from the GPS on a regular basis. It will use this information to fly the track that has been set on the Digitrak. > If a route is programmed in to the GPS, it will fly that too (with different commands being set at the Digitrak control head to enable this), so long as the GPS is also putting out the crosstrack error signal; not all of them do. > > Duncan McF. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message europa-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Europa-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/europa-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/europa-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.