Learn something every day...
I had updated to Skyview ver 14 a few weeks back and while I heard there were some glitches that Dynon was working on, didn't take them seriously enough. First mistake.
Was flying yesterday well above my home airport practicing the Expert autopilot mode (in anticipation of adding the knobs ...panels) when my Skyview screen froze. No flight instruments, engine indicators.... Cycling the master or pulling the fuse doesn't reboot the screen as the backup battery automatically kicks in when in flight. Evidently, simultaneously pressing buttons 1,2, 5 would have done it but I didn't remember that (second mistake) and while I had the Dynon manual in my iPad, searching through it at that point with my head down didn't seem like a good idea. Fortunately I was easily able to spiral down and land without incident using the iPad as a crude altitude airspeed guide.
Interesting observation however, the $10 AOA mod was fully functional even with a frozen screen, so I had the airspeed beeping away on final which allowed me to land at my normal airspeed without overcompensating and probably floating down the runway. The Skyview system was therefore still operating behind the scenes, just not updating the display.
Apparently I have one of the older Skyview screens and ver. 14 seems to be freezing up the screen at times. Dynon has a beta version to try out and I'll be doing that this week. (and will put a note on my emergency checklist about how to reboot Skyview if necessary) BTW, while the new checklist feature in ver 14 is slick, it doesn't work when your screen is frozen! (another reason to keep my hardcopy on board) In the end, it was fortunately good learning day and nothing more than that.
