Dynon Development is a company a host of experimental airplane building groups have been following for the last year and half. This company made a point of not supplying the instrument until THEY had done the beta testing, not the end users. This post is off the RVlist and is from a very critical poster. Before you say the $1995.00 price is too much, look at the instruments it replaces and look at the weight reductions, which is very critical on a KR.
>>>I just wanted to let everyone know the Dynon is flying. I have had it installed for 4 weeks now and absolutely love it! The attitude indication is so accurate that it is hard to believe. I replaced a vacuum pump, attitude and directional gyro and VSI with the Dynon, leaving the airspeed and altimeter in the panel as backup. I have taken the Dynon out on many flights simply to see at what point it will loose attitude reference. Well, I am still waiting. Fact is, I have been unable to upset it, no matter what I do. I am not talking about the occasional light roll. I am talking about every aerobatic maneuver me and my plane do, one after another after another non stop for 15 minutes. 4g pulls, triple rolls, hammer heads, loops, Cuban eight's etc...... And for those that think a light standard rate turn is the real test, give me a break! If anyone has dealt with a manufacturer of an AHRS system that couldn't hold a standard rate turn, they shouldn't walk away from that manufacturer, THEY SHOULD RUN! I am here to tell you, the DYNON unit is the real deal. I have tested this sucker non-stop standard rate turn for 2520 degrees or seven 360 degree turns, then switched direction for an additional 4-360 degree standard rate turns. Not once has the Dynon shown any ill effects. I have been with it cross country for 30 hours, in and out of the soup flying IFR quite often, and the Dynon is extremely able. Here is what I got for my $2000. Glass Artificial Horizon Glass Airspeed Glass Altimeter Glass VSI Glass G-Meter Glass Heading Gyro Glass Turn and Bank Glass Clock Glass Timer Glass Volt Meter Altitude Encoder No Vacuum pump kit Add it up and the $2000 price tag is an incredible deal. All of this packaged in a nice size screen with a unit that will slip into a standard 3-1/8" hole. The people at Dynon are great to work with and are currently correcting small software bugs as more and more units get into the air. Things like, keep alive power not storing some screen presentations correctly. Or the clock time is reset without a backup internal battery. (Small stuff that has already been fixed with software updates) I don't have an affiliation with the company, just an extremely happy customer, glad to pass on the news that $6000 is way to much for this type of unit, unlike what the other manufacturers will lead you to believe.<<< Dana Overall Richmond, KY RV-7 slider/fuselage http://rvflying.tripod.com do not archive >From: "Mark Jones" <flyk...@wi.rr.com> >Reply-To: KR builders and pilots <kr...@mylist.net> >To: "KR builders and pilots" <kr...@mylist.net> >Subject: Re: KR>Heat Muffs >Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 20:24:42 -0500 > >Heat muffs are expensive and not worth what they cost. I saw an independent >dealer at Oshkosh last summer selling them for $75 and up. Outrageous in my >opinion. Heat muffs can be bent on a small bench top brake and pop riveted >together if you are not a welder. > >Mark Jones (N886MJ) >Wales, WI USA >E-mail me at flyk...@wi.rr.com >Visit my KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at >http://mywebpage.netscape.com/n886mj/homepage.html > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Dan Heath" <da...@alltel.net> > >RE: AS&S has several designs available > >Thanks, but that is why I said "reasonable price". >I would make them, but I can't weld and good welders are hard to find. > > > > >_______________________________________________ >see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963
