The military environmental requirements and operating conditions will put more wear and tear on avionics in six months than we will put on a KR-2 in twenty years
The D10 is not certified for Instrument Flight Rules applications I had already installed my pitot-static probe +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Thank you Bwana - my concern about the D10 stems from a comment I read somewhere, viz.: --------------------------- "I've followed the Dynon EFIS since its inception, as well as the BMA units. The Dynon is excellent value, but it's really not a "substitute" for the BMA units - which use complex heuristics (as from advanced missile guidance systems) from an integrated GPS to provide better stability of the AHI and HS. During a loooong slow shallow turn, for example, the Dynon can get confused whereas BMA will not. IMHO, the Dynon would make a great VFR platform or a backup for a BMA EFIS/One, but I wouldn't be comfortable using the Dynon for IFR." ----------------------------------- I raised this with Dynon and they were adamant that the unit would perform reliably under all normal flight conditions. Your comment is thus extremely pleasing and reassuring, sounds to me like you know exactly what you are talking about. I realize the unit is not IF "rated" - I could not care less Sid, I look out for my own but. After many years of struggling behind legal (TSO'd) drifting gyro's, failing vac pumps and flickering ammeters as well as all the other ill's of the steam gauge era, (not to mention the associated costs), I cannot wait to fly behind something "illegal" that just sits their and does its job, consuming energy in milli-watts and is far less likely to give me any grief. Did you make up your own pitot? Take care Steve J
