David Paule
Well Known Member
Don't forget that you can go E-AB and install whatever you like....
Dave
Dave
It looks like we will not get a Skyview for Christmas. Maybe New Years?
I heard a rumor that Van's will sell the SkyView by the end of the year.
At OSH, I asked Dynon if they would unlock the D-180 if I sold it for use in an aircraft other than a RV-12. The salesman said yes. Maybe they will unlock the SkyView (if necessary) for an alternate engine in a RV-12.
Joe Gores
I am wondering if we will be able to use our Garmin 496. Will Van's cut the panel hole for us. There should be enough power for the 496
Suggest using the Airgizmo, the square hole is easy to make and removing the Garmin for updates and security is a LOT easier.
From what I've seen so far it doesn't look like there will be sufficient space left in the center panel section to install the AirGizmo :-(
No Don, but the rumor must have been referring to 2012.Did you happen to ask "end of WHICH year" Joe? Four more days and counting!
No Don, but the rumor must have been referring to 2012.
Joe
. . . "Its been over one year when they told me they were working on it."
After following this forum for over a full year, with much reverence regarding other builders, and with careful contemplation, I have decided to abandon the idea of building an RV-12.
For this light sport enthusiast, there are just too many issues which I do not want to deal with. And all of you know what they are.
The long wait for Skyview, with few and far between updates, have left many of you "hanging." It has stretched the build time for many of you, delaying the time which could have been used to enjoy your new found toy.
I hope the wait will be well rewarding for all of you.
On to Sebring . . . to find a manufactured airplane.
Drifty . . .
Despite this Skyview issue, and a LOT of little problems with the plans..........
Keith W.
Milan, IL
I don't care a flip about ELSA either, but my indecision is based on some of the nice things in the avionics kit, like the ADAHRS mounts, wing electrical connectors, panel cutouts, and some minor wiring and the continued promise that is "just about to be offered".
I am definitely thinking about alternatives, and have already contacted Stein Air and Aircraft Spruce, another alternative is to just install minimum steam gauges for fist flights. It would appear to us without actual knowledge of the problems, that this is taking far longer than it should, maybe it has a very low priority. If my DAR will sign it off, this should do the trick.
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Look at all the wrinkles in that duct tape!
One of the tech guy said order forms will be available within two weeks. Yea!
Doug Dahl
Binwaten
RV 9A
120212
Try not to get too excited. Van's has consistently missed it's own deadlines with this one.
Hmmm..... I must have missed something. What was the deadline for Skyview?
Specifically no, but Van's brilliant presentation on the RV-12 Skyview stated that Skyview would be available early fall.
I think Van's could have just as easily done the entire Skyview thing in secrecy and continued to sell D-180s right up until the day they switched to the Skyview. That would surely have caused a lot of gnashing of teeth and complaints from people that bought a D-180 kit a week before Skyview came out.What do we think of Van,s today
VAN'S AIRCRAFT Has very poor leadership or we would have been informed as things went along
good or bad not the way it went.
What do we think of Van,s today
I am on hold and have been for 8 months. There is allot of speculation out there that could be helped with better communication.