Not sure if this would be for the GAD 27 or G3X;
It would be really nice to be able to retract flap fully (in case of go around or similar) or even dump flap fully by some means other than keeping your finger on the flap switch held.
Perhaps if it the flap switch is held more than a second or two to retract it fully.
Hello Mehrdad,
If we understand your request, there are already 2 ways to do this on your RV. Our RV-7A has a switch that is momentary contact for putting the flaps down, and sustained contact for flaps up. Bump it once for each position on the way down (or bump twice for full flaps), and flip the switch up to fully retract. If you want to only retract to just the partial flap position, just flip the switch up and then back to center and it will only retract to the partial position.
The second method, which I prefer, is a relatively new capability discussed in this posting. Just install a 3 position flap switch and put the flaps in any position you like.
Thanks,
Steve
It would be also VERY nice, if the system could compare it with the GPS reported altitude and report with divergence. Again, if we put some wrong baro by accident, this is yet another way to get our attention.
On most days they WILL disagree.
It?s not that the setting is wrong; it?s that an altimeter doesn?t show true altitude except on a standard lapse rate day.Yes, but 50' or 500'?
50' could be easily be ignored but 500' will catch your attention to at least double check your Baro settings.
I like the bar graphs for loading map data. It would be nice to see something similar for operating system updates. I?m never sure when the system has finished upgrading.
first that Santa would magically replace my non-tech with touch
and, second, that the Garmin AOA would work just as accurately w/flaps as it does clean. It has the flap position and all the other information.
I have not found it useful on landing.
I find it very useful and very accurate in landing configuration / power off stalls. I typically touch down a little bit faster than 50kts, I'll give a full stall landing a try next chance I get to see if I get AoA alerts on flare.
It may have been discussed in the past but the ability to Bluetooth a mirror image of the G3X screen to a tablet would be great. Tandem seating aircraft could mount a low cost and light weight tablet in the back seat to give the occupant lots of great information.
George
That is probably what I will do however I would much prefer to mirror the G3 so all info like the engine instruments would be available. Anyone know if the Dynon or Advanced units will do this?
G
That is what I was hoping to hear. Now I just need to find the right airframe. Miss my Six more than I thought.
One other wish for G3X;
when changing the Baro setting, to give the operator a 5 second delay in replacing it with the current setting just in case we had made a mistake or even accidentally changed it. There are times that we either accidentally change the baro setting or just put the wrong one in and only don't remember what was the pervious settings. A few second delay will gives us the chance to cancel it.
It would be also VERY nice, if the system could compare it with the GPS reported altitude and report with divergence. Again, if we put some wrong baro by accident, this is yet another way to get our attention.
It may have been discussed in the past but the ability to Bluetooth a mirror image of the G3X screen to a tablet would be great. Tandem seating aircraft could mount a low cost and light weight tablet in the back seat to give the occupant lots of great information.
George
Garmin Pilot running on an iPad?
This is a nice feature to have and wondering if it is available with Garmin.On the SkyView Touch with ADS-B IN, there is an option to alert the pilot when the current BARO setting and the nearest METAR-based altimeter setting are more than 0.1 In Hg apart. This is handy when flying XC, but I've also gotten this on the ground when I haven't set the altimeter setting before ADS-B IN comes on-line and squawks the mismatch.
Also when flying XC, you can easily sync the baro setting to the nearest METAR (via ADS-B IN) by touching the BARO setting field on the screen to select it, and pushing the setting knob to the left or right for two seconds. The BARO setting window then shows the METAR airport where the updated setting came from for a couple of seconds, and then reverts back to showing the updated BARO setting.
I would think that Garmin would have something similar.
I should also mention that on the SkyView Touch if you're on the ground and there is no current altimeter setting, pushing the setting knob (joystick) to the left or right for two seconds when the BARO setting field is selected, adjusts the altimeter based on the current GPS altitude. After the BARO setting is synchronized a GPSALT message will appear in the altimeter setting box on the PFD, before showing the updated BARO setting.
Wouldn?t be nice to be able to configure trim in relation to the flap setting. Garmin G3X with the combination of a GAD 27 already has the ability to set the flap at preset angle as well as control the trim. Why not have it so when we set the flap, it will automatically adjust the trim based on configured settings?
Such a system would need to take care of your current speed as well -to maintain the airplane in trim.
It would be comfortable to operate the G3X USER TIMER (stopwatch) by a remote button eg from the joystick. A discrete input could serve this purpose.
1click -Start
1click -Pause
hold button -Reset
Oh I really like this one!!!
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Matt
CFI / RV-10
Really good suggestion!!! That would make the timer a lot more convenient.
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Mark Hansen
Indianapolis, IN
RV-7A N896PS
Flying
+1, excellent!
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Dan V
'91 Zodiac flying since 2013
RV-14A in progress
2019 dues worth every penny
Thanks for the idea. We are always trying to improve our products. I will see if this is something we may be able to do in a future release.
Keep the ideas coming, we try to our best to integrate your ideas when we can.
Thanks,
Levi
Team X Project Manager
Considering there is airspeed limit for deploying flaps, the speed range wouldn't be a too wide. Furthermore, these settings much like the AOA settings, need to be calibrated and set by the pilot in the air and would work more effectively with a side by side than a tandem.
FPS-plus is an example of such system that does this and it does it very nicely.
https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/avpages/FPS.php
With Garmin, all required inputs and controls are already there, I would assume only programing to make it possible.
i have a similar panel with a g3x touch and garmin gtn 650 like yours, then how do you become adsb out compliant with such equipment? i called stein air and they say that it should be but i tested it on the ground and got no signalAs one of the lucky folks to have a G3X Touch and GTN 650, I thought I?d renew my request for a feature to enable the G3X to emulate fuel format 1 or 2 (Shadin, ARNAV) on one or all of the RS-232 outputs.
This would enable the GTN 6xx & 7xx to use fuel flow information as part of the fuel planning functionality on the GTN.
See Table 5-5, Appendix C.3, of GTN 6XX/7XX Part 23 AML STC Installation Manual, 190-01007-A3.
Thanks!
B