NW_Pilot's Trans-Atlantic Flight -- All the scary details...

Larry Dighera schrieb:

am not superman I still needed to fly the plane.

Was it not equipped with an auto pilot?

Probably linked to the G1000...

Stefan wrote:
Larry Dighera schrieb:

am not superman I still needed to fly the plane.

Was it not equipped with an auto pilot?

Probably linked to the G1000...

The 172 I flew with the G1000, it was linked.

Besides, after that avionics failure, I'm not sure I'd trust anything else.

"Emily" wrote in message
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Stefan wrote:
Larry Dighera schrieb:

am not superman I still needed to fly the plane.

Was it not equipped with an auto pilot?

Probably linked to the G1000...

The 172 I flew with the G1000, it was linked.

Besides, after that avionics failure, I'm not sure I'd trust anything
else.


Yes, it was coupled to the G1000 and was useless!

On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 16:18:26 -0700, NW_Pilot wrote:

Yes, it was coupled to the G1000 and was useless!

Why?

The Garmin audio panel in our planes has a nifty feature. If the panel is
powered down, the pilot's headset is connected to COM1. Thus,
communication survives the failure of the audio panel.

They didn't do the same thing with the connectivity in the G1000 from
the sensors to the autopilot?

Are you sure that it wasn't the failure of the AHRS1 (which I saw in one
of your photos) which took out the AP? Not that this makes too much of a
difference to the pilot in your scenario, I suppose, but I'm growing quite
curious (in a negative way) during this thread regarding how the G1000 is
architected.

- Andrew

On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 16:01:55 -0400, Andrew Gideon
wrote in :

The Garmin audio panel in our planes has a nifty feature. If the panel is
powered down, the pilot's headset is connected to COM1. Thus,
communication survives the failure of the audio panel.

It would be interesting to know how VHF communications were affected
in Mr. Rhine's mishap.

"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 16:01:55 -0400, Andrew Gideon
wrote in :

The Garmin audio panel in our planes has a nifty feature. If the panel is
powered down, the pilot's headset is connected to COM1. Thus,
communication survives the failure of the audio panel.

It would be interesting to know how VHF communications were affected
in Mr. Rhine's mishap.


Ever time the system rebooted I had VHF comms for a few min + I had the Ham
Radio!

On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 16:58:00 -0700, "NW_Pilot"
wrote in
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"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 16:01:55 -0400, Andrew Gideon
wrote in :

The Garmin audio panel in our planes has a nifty feature. If the panel is
powered down, the pilot's headset is connected to COM1. Thus,
communication survives the failure of the audio panel.

It would be interesting to know how VHF communications were affected
in Mr. Rhine's mishap.


Ever time the system rebooted I had VHF comms for a few min + I had the Ham
Radio!


So when the Garmin system went down, other than HF Communications
provided by a portable transceiver, and the flight controls, the only
other functional instruments and operable systems you had were the OAT
thermometer, EGT, magnetic compass, attitude indicator, altimeter,
intermittent tachometer and airspeed indicator? No navigation
equipment, auto pilot, VHF communications, fuel gages, engine oil
pressure nor temperature gages? Have I finally got it right?