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1. 05:25 AM - Re: Seal your wing gpas!!!!! (EAFerguson@AOL.COM)
2. 07:56 AM - Re: Seal your wing gpas!!!!! (flylightning)
3. 03:54 PM - Re: New EFIS on the Horizon (Colin J. Kennedy)
4. 06:06 PM - Re: Latest Newsletter (IFLYSMODEL@AOL.COM)
5. 06:17 PM - Re: New EFIS on the Horizon (Jim Langley)
6. 06:38 PM - Re: Latest Newsletter (Jim Langley)
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| Subject: | Re: Seal your wing gpas!!!!! |
In a message dated 1/6/2009 5:32:19 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
info@flylightning.net writes:
.maybe some floats are in order.
Nick,
Does this mean a float plane version?
Earl
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| Subject: | Seal your wing gpas!!!!! |
Would be interesting but it stopped raining today so I think I am ok with
the land lover version.
Nick
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Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Seal your wing gpas!!!!!
In a message dated 1/6/2009 5:32:19 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
info@flylightning.net writes:
..maybe some floats are in order.
Nick,
Does this mean a float plane version?
Earl
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| Subject: | New EFIS on the Horizon |
There is a US distributor for these products. I agree that they look
interesting, but I have the impression they have been "just around the
corner" for a considerable time now:
www.aveousa.com
Colin K.
OK
Lightning # 52 under construction.
http://www.mykitlog.com/cojaken
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From: owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Brian
Whittingham
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 9:47 PM
Subject: RE: Lightning-List: New EFIS on the Horizon
All,
In the past decade we have seen a revolution in cockpit technology as
affordable EFIS and AHRS have made their way into GA cockpits. I grew
up in
the computer age and find it fairly easy to switch between different
EFIS
displays. I realize that many of you, and many of the engineers who
design
these systems did not though. I have been looking for something more
exciting. I have been envisioning a series of smart MFD's that would
have
user definable presets, intuitive use, and touch sensitive. Alas, they
are
not available....yet.
What I found was a unique system that if it works as advertise will be
an
incredible leap forward. I mean this would leave the B787 pilots
wanting.
Imagine a touch screen system that uses some of the same technology as
the
I-Phone. When the display is off it simply looks like a shiny piece of
plastic. When the displays come to life they are crisp and readable in
the
sunlight. They give you the ability to have a virtual horizon, engine
display, navigational display, moving map, VHF and built in transponder,
traffic avoidance, digital music input, auto CG and in flight weight
determination, and much more. Pair it up with the Smartstick or
Smartyoke
display and you'll get a small quick select menu which can control
lights,
display the top 10 nearest airports with a direct to function, set all
radios to a "home" airport, dial cell phone numbers and pipe it through
your
headset, control panel display brightness, and display all your personal
checklists. The displays come in a 3.7 inch screen and a 5.7 inch
screen
and both panels are around 1.5 inches deep. All displays link up and
cross
communicate with one another. If your digital radio fails for whatever
reason on one screen then you can pull it up on another screen adding
redundance. If your engine fails in flight it can be set to display the
appropriate checklist. Alternator stops charging the battery, pulls up
that
appropriate checklist. Change your mind and want to go to another
airport
off-course, or want to add in a waypoint you simply touch the screen
where
you want to add that in. For me I love the data collecting and
analysis.
Well, with one of the functions it will record all flight, GPS Nav, and
engine data for the entire flight to a USB drive.
It is true that it's still in development. Last year they were
projecting
the price for 8 displays to run around $13,000. That's still a little
steep
for a lot of people, but how much of that functionality do you have with
your current setup? If you get 2 screens what does that come out to be?
I'm not sure, but I think that it'd be pretty competitive pricing. You
could have a fully customized panel (similar to some custom audio car
panels) which would look almost entirely like a single piece of shiny
black
plastic when the system is off, and then when you power it up it all
comes
alive. For you old military types, they also plan to have an optional
HUD.
Plenty of other goodies like an integrated black box, autopilot, trim,
flaps, backup battery, RAT (Ram Air Turbine for emergency power). It
also
is supposed to draw about 500mA per display. Do the math on that, it's
really good.
Just armchair flying and dreaming of the not too distant future. Check
it
out for yourselves here: http://www.pkaviation.com.au/page8.htm and
here:
http://www.pkaviation.com.au/page19.htm
P.S. The Aveorack rocker switches are pretty sweet too. Let me know
what
you guys think. Brian W.
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| Subject: | Re: Latest Newsletter |
Hey Jim: I use the AOL browser because I am used to using it. I did not fin
d
anything under tools either on the browser or on control panel. I will just
have to put up with the problem I guess. Thanks anyway
Lynn
In a message dated 12/30/2008 10:49:21 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
pequeajim@gmail.com writes:
Hi Lynn:
You are experiencing an annoying problem that everyone has once in a while.
What is happening is that your browser, (Internet Explorer I presume) has
cashed the pages of the web site locally on your hard drive. It does this
to
help speed things up with you are browsing. SO, if you visit a site once,
the
page is stored locally along with the address and when you visit the same
site again, it does not have to reload the page since you have it stored on
your local drive. Now, if I update a page since you last visited the site,
and
you go back, the old page it still loaded.
Win IE does this as a default.. If you go to "Tools", then "Internet
Options". The defaule tab is "General", and look for the "Settings" button
in the
"Temporary Internet FIles" area. Click this and select "Every time you sta
rt
Internet Explorer" under "Check for newer versions of stored pages".
There is another option that allows you to do the same thing every time you
visit a page, but I don't use this as it slows things down a bit.
Hope this helps. If not, I'll send you my number and walk you through it.
Happy Holidays
Jim!
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On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 6:10 AM, <_IFLYSMODEL@aol.com_
(mailto:IFLYSMODEL@aol.com) > wrote:
Hey Jim: I still have the same problems as last month, so I expect it is my
computer. If I click on either one of your address's, I end up with only 11
newsletters. If I type in your address, either one, I get all 12 newsletter
s.
I wish I knew enough about computers to solve the problem, but I do not.
Lynn
In a message dated 12/29/2008 9:46:44 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
_pequeajim@gmail.com_ (mailto:pequeajim@gmail.com) writes:
Ok, the latest is up at the following address
_http://www.jimslightning.com/html/newsletters.html_
(http://www.jimslightning.com/html/newsletters.html)
I also reformatted the table which was causing some problems. If you can
not see the latest, then refresh your page.
As always, thanks Buz, Linda and everyone else who contributed to the
newletter.
Jim!
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| Subject: | New EFIS on the Horizon |
I like their rocker switches, nice. They are very artistic in all of their
designs. Their flight deck has been a long time coming.
From: owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Colin J.
Kennedy
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 6:53 PM
Subject: RE: Lightning-List: New EFIS on the Horizon
There is a US distributor for these products. I agree that they look
interesting, but I have the impression they have been "just around the
corner" for a considerable time now:
www.aveousa.com
Colin K.
OK
Lightning # 52 under construction.
http://www.mykitlog.com/cojaken
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Brian
Whittingham
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 9:47 PM
Subject: RE: Lightning-List: New EFIS on the Horizon
All,
In the past decade we have seen a revolution in cockpit technology as
affordable EFIS and AHRS have made their way into GA cockpits. I grew up in
the computer age and find it fairly easy to switch between different EFIS
displays. I realize that many of you, and many of the engineers who design
these systems did not though. I have been looking for something more
exciting. I have been envisioning a series of smart MFD's that would have
user definable presets, intuitive use, and touch sensitive. Alas, they are
not available....yet.
What I found was a unique system that if it works as advertise will be an
incredible leap forward. I mean this would leave the B787 pilots wanting.
Imagine a touch screen system that uses some of the same technology as the
I-Phone. When the display is off it simply looks like a shiny piece of
plastic. When the displays come to life they are crisp and readable in the
sunlight. They give you the ability to have a virtual horizon, engine
display, navigational display, moving map, VHF and built in transponder,
traffic avoidance, digital music input, auto CG and in flight weight
determination, and much more. Pair it up with the Smartstick or Smartyoke
display and you'll get a small quick select menu which can control lights,
display the top 10 nearest airports with a direct to function, set all
radios to a "home" airport, dial cell phone numbers and pipe it through your
headset, control panel display brightness, and display all your personal
checklists. The displays come in a 3.7 inch screen and a 5.7 inch screen
and both panels are around 1.5 inches deep. All displays link up and cross
communicate with one another. If your digital radio fails for whatever
reason on one screen then you can pull it up on another screen adding
redundance. If your engine fails in flight it can be set to display the
appropriate checklist. Alternator stops charging the battery, pulls up that
appropriate checklist. Change your mind and want to go to another airport
off-course, or want to add in a waypoint you simply touch the screen where
you want to add that in. For me I love the data collecting and analysis.
Well, with one of the functions it will record all flight, GPS Nav, and
engine data for the entire flight to a USB drive.
It is true that it's still in development. Last year they were projecting
the price for 8 displays to run around $13,000. That's still a little steep
for a lot of people, but how much of that functionality do you have with
your current setup? If you get 2 screens what does that come out to be?
I'm not sure, but I think that it'd be pretty competitive pricing. You
could have a fully customized panel (similar to some custom audio car
panels) which would look almost entirely like a single piece of shiny black
plastic when the system is off, and then when you power it up it all comes
alive. For you old military types, they also plan to have an optional HUD.
Plenty of other goodies like an integrated black box, autopilot, trim,
flaps, backup battery, RAT (Ram Air Turbine for emergency power). It also
is supposed to draw about 500mA per display. Do the math on that, it's
really good.
Just armchair flying and dreaming of the not too distant future. Check it
out for yourselves here: http://www.pkaviation.com.au/page8.htm and here:
http://www.pkaviation.com.au/page19.htm
P.S. The Aveorack rocker switches are pretty sweet too. Let me know what
you guys think. Brian W.
_____
It's the same HotmailR. If by "same" you mean up to 70% faster. Get your
account now.
<http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_broad1_
122008>
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Lynn:
Try the directions on this page. They might help. Let me know how you
make out.
http://is.asu.edu/instruction/training/clearcache.html
Jim!
From: owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of
IFLYSMODEL@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Latest Newsletter
Hey Jim: I use the AOL browser because I am used to using it. I did not
find anything under tools either on the browser or on control panel. I
will just have to put up with the problem I guess. Thanks anyway
Lynn
In a message dated 12/30/2008 10:49:21 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
pequeajim@gmail.com writes:
Hi Lynn:
You are experiencing an annoying problem that everyone has once in a
while. What is happening is that your browser, (Internet Explorer I
presume) has cashed the pages of the web site locally on your hard
drive. It does this to help speed things up with you are browsing. SO,
if you visit a site once, the page is stored locally along with the
address and when you visit the same site again, it does not have to
reload the page since you have it stored on your local drive. Now, if I
update a page since you last visited the site, and you go back, the old
page it still loaded.
Win IE does this as a default.. If you go to "Tools", then "Internet
Options". The defaule tab is "General", and look for the "Settings"
button in the "Temporary Internet FIles" area. Click this and select
"Every time you start Internet Explorer" under "Check for newer versions
of stored pages".
There is another option that allows you to do the same thing every time
you visit a page, but I don't use this as it slows things down a bit.
Hope this helps. If not, I'll send you my number and walk you through
it.
Happy Holidays
Jim!
www.jimslightning.com <http://www.jimslightning.com/>
On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 6:10 AM, <IFLYSMODEL@aol.com> wrote:
Hey Jim: I still have the same problems as last month, so I expect it is
my computer. If I click on either one of your address's, I end up with
only 11 newsletters. If I type in your address, either one, I get all 12
newsletters. I wish I knew enough about computers to solve the problem,
but I do not.
Lynn
In a message dated 12/29/2008 9:46:44 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
pequeajim@gmail.com writes:
Ok, the latest is up at the following address
http://www.jimslightning.com/html/newsletters.html
I also reformatted the table which was causing some problems. If you
can not see the latest, then refresh your page.
As always, thanks Buz, Linda and everyone else who contributed to the
newletter.
Jim!
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