Updating Avionics - How I Remember What's What!

On Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at 8:33:34 AM UTC-8, 2G wrote:
On Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 1:59:50 PM UTC-8, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
On Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 1:01:11 PM UTC-8, 2G wrote:
On Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 11:58:50 AM UTC-8, Dan Marotta wrote:
Me, too!Â* What Eric said.

On 12/14/2019 10:27 AM, Eric Greenwell wrote:
Dan Marotta wrote on 12/14/2019 8:18 AM:


On 12/13/2019 9:25 PM, 2G wrote:
The upper vario is the S8, the lower one the S10.

Everything is now in kts (this was the 2nd flight). The S8 is slaved
to the 9070. I could control the radio from the 9070, but that
requires a $240 bridge (LXNAV-Bridge-Trig).

I don't have ADS-B In.

Tom
Really???Â* How much have you got invested in that well set up ASH-31?
What's $240 as a percentage of that, 0.1%?

How could anyone claim that glider pilots are notoriously cheap? :-D

I really like the ADSB-in on my Phoenix. The radar and TFRs are worth
it; also, getting the winds and weather at airports out of AWOS range.


--
Dan, 5J

I am have ADS-B In by virtue of the PowerFlarm core. I have been getting power traffic alerts, but I thought that was transponder alerts. What I will probably add is the Flarmview57 for a dedicated alert display (replacing the volt/ammeter).

Tom

Not sure why you would get a separate instrument to show flarm as the LX9070 is the biggest screen to show the alerts on.

I am not confident that the 9070 will display the alerts when I need them the most. It seems like I have to page over to the flarm display to see what is going on. This may get resolved as I fly with it more.

Tom

I get too many alerts! Perhaps both of us could learn a bit more about the 9070, however, that is the largest display in the center of the panel. My alerts come up no matter what page is displayed in flight.

Jonathan St. Cloud wrote on 12/17/2019 9:13 AM:
On Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at 8:33:34 AM UTC-8, 2G wrote:


Not sure why you would get a separate instrument to show flarm as the
LX9070 is the biggest screen to show the alerts on.

I am not confident that the 9070 will display the alerts when I need them the
most. It seems like I have to page over to the flarm display to see what is
going on. This may get resolved as I fly with it more.

Tom

I get too many alerts! Perhaps both of us could learn a bit more about the
9070, however, that is the largest display in the center of the panel. My
alerts come up no matter what page is displayed in flight.

I think the displayed alerts come from the Flarm module (internal or external), so
it's alarm criteria need adjusting, not the 9070. That's from the 9070 manual - I
haven't used one.

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me)
- "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"
https://sites.google.com/site/motorg...ad-the-guide-1

On Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at 9:14:00 AM UTC-8, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
On Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at 8:33:34 AM UTC-8, 2G wrote:
On Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 1:59:50 PM UTC-8, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
On Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 1:01:11 PM UTC-8, 2G wrote:
On Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 11:58:50 AM UTC-8, Dan Marotta wrote:
Me, too!Â* What Eric said.

On 12/14/2019 10:27 AM, Eric Greenwell wrote:
Dan Marotta wrote on 12/14/2019 8:18 AM:


On 12/13/2019 9:25 PM, 2G wrote:
The upper vario is the S8, the lower one the S10.

Everything is now in kts (this was the 2nd flight). The S8 is slaved
to the 9070. I could control the radio from the 9070, but that
requires a $240 bridge (LXNAV-Bridge-Trig).

I don't have ADS-B In.

Tom
Really???Â* How much have you got invested in that well set up ASH-31?
What's $240 as a percentage of that, 0.1%?

How could anyone claim that glider pilots are notoriously cheap? :-D

I really like the ADSB-in on my Phoenix. The radar and TFRs are worth
it; also, getting the winds and weather at airports out of AWOS range.


--
Dan, 5J

I am have ADS-B In by virtue of the PowerFlarm core. I have been getting power traffic alerts, but I thought that was transponder alerts. What I will probably add is the Flarmview57 for a dedicated alert display (replacing the volt/ammeter).

Tom

Not sure why you would get a separate instrument to show flarm as the LX9070 is the biggest screen to show the alerts on.

I am not confident that the 9070 will display the alerts when I need them the most. It seems like I have to page over to the flarm display to see what is going on. This may get resolved as I fly with it more.

Tom

I get too many alerts! Perhaps both of us could learn a bit more about the 9070, however, that is the largest display in the center of the panel. My alerts come up no matter what page is displayed in flight.

I may have misspoke when I said "alerts." What I was thinking of is the radar page that shows all targets in your vicinity. I want to be able to navigate around these targets so I don't get an alert.

Tom

2G wrote on 12/17/2019 8:22 PM:
Not sure why you would get a separate instrument to show flarm as the
LX9070 is the biggest screen to show the alerts on.

I am not confident that the 9070 will display the alerts when I need them
the most. It seems like I have to page over to the flarm display to see
what is going on. This may get resolved as I fly with it more.

Tom

I get too many alerts! Perhaps both of us could learn a bit more about the
9070, however, that is the largest display in the center of the panel. My
alerts come up no matter what page is displayed in flight.

I may have misspoke when I said "alerts." What I was thinking of is the radar
page that shows all targets in your vicinity. I want to be able to navigate
around these targets so I don't get an alert.

Would the radar displayed on the V8 be good enough?

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me)
- "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"
https://sites.google.com/site/motorg...ad-the-guide-1

On Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at 11:55:11 AM UTC-8, Eric Greenwell wrote:
2G wrote on 12/17/2019 8:22 PM:
Not sure why you would get a separate instrument to show flarm as the
LX9070 is the biggest screen to show the alerts on.

I am not confident that the 9070 will display the alerts when I need them
the most. It seems like I have to page over to the flarm display to see
what is going on. This may get resolved as I fly with it more.

Tom

I get too many alerts! Perhaps both of us could learn a bit more about the
9070, however, that is the largest display in the center of the panel. My
alerts come up no matter what page is displayed in flight.

I may have misspoke when I said "alerts." What I was thinking of is the radar
page that shows all targets in your vicinity. I want to be able to navigate
around these targets so I don't get an alert.

Would the radar displayed on the V8 be good enough?

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me)
- "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"
https://sites.google.com/site/motorg...ad-the-guide-1

No, it's too tiny.

Tom