Trutrak is doing something completely different with this model autopilot. Instead of having a servo attached to your control rods or cables, it uses a tiny tab with a fast acting RC servo hung off one aileron and the elevator. Of course one could skip using their add on tabs and build a small tab into an aileron and and elevator with their system. That would be light weight and very clean. I have considered adding this autopilot to my KR, but am reluctant to keep adding more stuff to this plane. But this looks like an ideal low cost unit for a KR.
-Jeff Scott Los Alamos, NM ? ? -----Original Message----- From: Mike Stirewalt via KRnet Subject: KR> TruTrak Autopilot $999 Since I'm a real fan of TruTrak I'm not sure why I'm only finding out about this now, but it's only just started shipping in any case and I'm still too busy with the Cavalier to spend any time on my KR but what a nice thing to find out about. Oh how I've longed for at least a wing leveler - something that would allow me to take my attention off the stick for more than five seconds without winding up in a climb or dive and a radical course deviation. This thing weighs nothing, has heading and altitude hold and will track a GPS course. If the GPS can be programmed to follow an approach procedure I can imagine this thing would do the approach. I just learned of it and I imagine they are ironing out wrinkles and will be doing so for a while I'm sure. The tabs that come with the unit are sized to the particular aircraft . . . so they either have or will have an installation kit for KR's at some point. http://www.trutrakap.com/product/eco/ ?
