>From: "cgardn628" <cgardn...@rogers.com>
>One of the local chapter guys brought in his new EFIS-D10 instrument by 
>Dynon to a chapter meeting . It uses no external sensors but gives gyro 
>type indication and heading etc., plus much more. Great for a KR with 
>limited panel. space
>Pretty Cool ! I think I just found my Xmas present .( I wish)
>Check it out at www.dynonavionics.com

>Chris Gardiner
>KR2S
>100 hours and still climbing 
>_______________________________________________


Chris and others, you can see a pic of the Dynon unit at sitting on my desk:

http://rvflying.tripod.com/dynon4.jpg

You can also see in mounted on the panel in the pics I posted Friday.   
Replace dynon4 with panel.

With all the hubbub (man, I have no idea if I spelled that slag correctly:-) 
about saving weight on a KR the Dynon unit would be the ticket.  You would 
not believe the number of RV'er pulling vac systems and steam gauges to use 
the Dynon.  These people are great to work with and are always tweaking 
things.  In the market of EFIS systems they appear to have the most stable 
system and at the lowest price, $1900, nice combination.  One will say, 
"Heck, I don't have that much in my fuselage wood" but think about it, at a 
weight of less than 2 pounds with internal backup battery, you are getting 
an artificial horizon, turn coordinator, DG, slip ball, VIS, altimeter, 
airspeed indicator, volt meter, G-meter, three checklist pages and I'm sure 
I'm leaving something out.  It is rediculously easy to use and mount.

I know the cost issue is a factor, as with anything in aviation, but the 
Dynon along with the Grand Rapids Technology engine information system and 
you have a VFR panel for 3K that weighs less than 4 pounds.  Less than 4 
pounds!!  Take all that free panel area on the right and totally do away 
with it, make some great extended knee room for the passenger you can now 
take or leaves room to load a tent, sleeping bag, cloths all the way the the 
bottom of the glare shield to the floor and from the small panel on the left 
cutout all the say to the rudder pedals.  New airfoil, corvair, wheel pants, 
Dynon and GRT EIS, well don't worry about me flying with ya, cause I won't 
be able to keep up.

I'll go ahead and say it, someone else will say, "but these steam gauges 
have been around for 70 years".  Yep, but we used to use a crank to start 
our cars...........anybody game for that??  Owning airplanes as long as I 
have the one constant is always crawling under the panel and sending 
avionics off to be worked on, bearings going out, needles falling off 
mandrels.  If it's big bulky and mechanical it's going to spin itself to 
death.
One of the guys on the RVlist who flies P-52s, B-25s and host of other 
restored aircraft when he is not flying an F-16 has already sold his 
reference vac. instruments and vac. system if that is any clue as to how 
rock solid this unit is.  These things are flying and performing as 
advertised.


Dana Overall
1999 & 2000 National KR Gathering host
Richmond, KY
RV-7 slider, Imron black, "Black Magic"
Finish kit
Buying Instruments. Hangar flying my Dynon.
http://rvflying.tripod.com
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