Thanks, Paul. Bob Mills has one in his "Rocket-6", perhaps he can share his opinion.
Happy to Vern.
First, just wanted to tell Brian that I've been watching this thread, and your AOA project turned out really nice! Really impressive, and looks like you had fun! Wish I had the brains!!
Paul, I'm not sure if the wiring for the V-Speed ADS will be different between my Dynon set up and your GRT and G3X. You might be able to design a quick disconnect on the V-Speed ADS pigtail to tie into a little harness in each airplane that will allow you to switch between the two airplanes.
On the Dynon version, there are four wires: 12v, GND, RXD and Flaps. Power and Ground would be straight forward on the airplane harness. Not sure if you have electric flaps on either, but you could use or not use that feature (I have manual flaps, so I do not). The sticky wicket (maybe) is the ADS' RXD line, which gets connected to a "SET/RUN" switch that connects that line to either a TX or RX line between the Dynon and it's DB-9 serial port. If that same type of system is in the GRT or G3X, then you could build a harness with 12V, GND, and the switch and RXD line to whatever port the GRT and G3X have. Not sure if that made sense, but here's a pic from the Vx ADS data sheet:
I have it hard-wired into my plane and mounted on the glareshield. I started with it horizontal, and now have it vertical (like an AOA indexer). Looking forward to testing Brian Wallis' LED "HUD", and putting this next to it (I know, I know...its a disease!
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The ADS works very well. Its AOA indications are very close to the indications on the Dynon. The top yellow, then the red LEDs come on about when the stall warning sounds, and are timed very close to the same colors on the Dynon. The high speed range works well too, though I need to adjust mine a bit...I'm always near the top of the scale.
Vern, I'd like to ask you a question about setting it via the EFIS, per your comments below. I tried using hyperterminal using the standard update cable, but I'd never used hyperterminal before, and I don't think I ever got the light flash from the ADS. Its been working, and I got busy with other projects, so kept putting off following up on this. I would like to play with it a bit, and fine tune it for my use. Is there an EFIS-enabled adjustment via a D-100 available, and if so, can you point me to it? If not, may I call you and get some hyperterminal OJT?
One "fault" of the V-Speed ADS AoA indicator is that for some modes of operation (other than AoA), it needs to be configured on the bench. This requires a computer, a serial port, power supply and the Hyperterminal or similar program to do so.
As a heads up (pun intended) the V-Speed device can be programmed/configured by an EFIS screen as well, using the data protocol in the
data sheet. This will greatly simplify configuration/programming by the user.
Cheers,
Bob