Recent content by Duke3478

Why oh why, or better yet when, will UAvionix develop something that interfaces with Foreflight to create a navigator? The TailbeaconX has WAAS, the AV30 can display a heading bug and soon will be able to drive an AP, so why not integrate flight plans and approaches from an iPad and marry...

It's Really more of a wing-leveler and an aileron trim than an AP, but once you get good at using it, it's handy. I don't fly VORs but I can put it on course, trim out the speed and altitude, and fly hands/feet free with a little tweaking. You get used to little adjustments on the trim knob...

While we're discussing options, look at the TailbeaconX: WAAS and with an AV30c it becomes your transponder. Myself and my A&P installed in under 5 hours, deleted the vacuum system and my old Narco 150, and gained an EFIS that is more than capable for VFR or I Follow Roads XC flights. On a...

I just bit the lure and plunked down $1500 for an actual portable a/c with a (supposedly) three-hour battery. Advertised weight is 17lbs. I can live with that. Hot air vents out a 3" tube I'm considering running to the tail inspection panel. I know it's hot in TX. I know it's hot in FL. And I...