I talked to Lucas at TruTrak this morning and got my name on the list. That's about all one can do at this point. The ECO has been developed, at this point, only for the RV-4 and the RV-10. Lucas said two inquiries have been made by KR people so with me, there are now three KR's on the list. He is apparently unwilling to leave it up to the builder/owner to adapt the tabs to their particular airframe. He's making a special kit for each design and says he has 50 different planes on the list so this could go on for a long time. The more inquiries he gets from KR owners the sooner he'll have a "kit" designed for structures and airframes other than metal and the RV series. Darn RV's anyway. Why do they get all the attention :-(.
So everyone, please call Lucas at (866) 878-8725 - free or (479) 751-0250 and ask him when he's going to have an ECO autopilot "kit" for the KR series. I suppose, now that I'm thinking about it, I could tell him I've got an RV-4 and just order an ECO right now. I don't see any big deal with attaching the tabs to fiberglass control surfaces. Actually, the roll tab could be attached to the stub wing instead of the aileron. Pitch control would need to be attached to the elevator but I don't see any issue there. In looking at it, (see attached image) seems it could be bonded to the control surface using adhesive or bolted on with through-bolts. What would you builders suggest as the best way to attach the metal base plate to the KR control surface? Looks pretty straightforward to me . . . I don't know why Lucas thinks he needs to develop a "kit" for each design . . . but then there's a lot of things I don't know. The control tab in the attached picture looks far too large for the purpose. My trim tab on the elevator is tiny in comparison and does a fine job of adjusting pitch. I don't think an autopilot tab needs to be any larger than my trim tab. Comments please . . . and if anybody feels like making a phone call, the more interest in the ECO shown by KR people the sooner we'll have a KR kit from TruTrak. TruTrak free call: (866) 878-8725 This autopilot, when connected to True Flight software or any navigation software package that includes approaches, will fly published approaches just like a 50K Garmin system!! Navigator-autopilot communication is apparently standardized these days and even old analog autopilots can be connected using an analog to digital adapter. Who knew?! The only variation with contemporary autopilots and navigators is baud rate and baud rate is selectable and adjustable, either from the autopilot side or the software side . . . or both . . . from what I'm understanding. Stick and rudder flying is now obsolete. From now on I'm going with buttons. Mike KSEE ____________________________________________________________ Experience Threedom $49.99/mo 3 years. Same great TV price. Netflix included for 1 year. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/56aa7f34178de7f346cccst02vuc -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: IMG_1610-small.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 100774 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://list.krnet.org/mailman/private/krnet_list.krnet.org/attachments/20160128/c626e911/attachment.jpg>
