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"Ash Wyllie" wrote in message
Cthulhu for President! Why vote for a lesser evil? Snicker! -- Jim Fisher |
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Well duh, you have to switch tanks in the Cirrus periodically - this is
my only major beef about the airplane, in terms of unnecessary workload. If he was waiting for the L & R gas gauges to equal out, he would've waited a long long time. Dave Blevins On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 08:58:59 -0500, "Dan Luke" wrote: This from another report: "Pilot Albert Kolk used his radio to call for help. He reported that the fuel was not burning equally from the fuel tanks, causing the aircraft to spin." |
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In article , Ash Wyllie wrote:
One suspects that they have 2 pilots, 4 or more displays, a bunch of airdata computers and several independent pitot-static systems. Just a little more redundency than your typical GA aircraft. But if you look at the screensh^W photographs of the Cirrus panel, you'll see not only the glass, but underneath, a normal AI gyro, mechanical altimeter and airspeed. That's more redundancy than most IFR-equipped steam gauge GA aircraft have. Most steam gauge IFR-equipped GA aircraft also put the most useful gyros (AI and DI) on a very unreliable vacuum pump, leaving the TC as the more reliably-powered unit. (Anecdotally, more pilots seem to have experienced a vacuum failure than an electrical failure, and personal experience seems to bear this out). Personally, I feel lust over that Cirrus panel. If I had the money, a Cirrus would definitely be in the running in aircraft I'd be looking at. -- Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net "Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee" |
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Dylan Smith ) wrote:
Personally, I feel lust over that Cirrus panel. If I had the money, a Cirrus would definitely be in the running in aircraft I'd be looking at. The Garmin G1000 glass panel, found in the new C182s, C206s, and now in the upper-end Mooney models, is actually a more feature-rich glass cockpit that allows the AI to be reset while the aircraft is in motion, unlike the Avidine in the Cirrus that needs the aircraft to sit stationary on the ground for three minutes. The G1000 also has the GPS incorporated into its system, unlike the Avidine that requires a separately installed GPS. I have read that Avidine has risen to the competition, though, and is about to release their next generation glass cockpit where the AI will also be able to be reset in the air. Nevertheless, I lust after the G1000. -- Peter |
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Peter,
allows the AI to be reset while the aircraft is in motion, unlike the Avidine in the Cirrus that needs the aircraft to sit stationary on the ground for three minutes. Not anymore. Latest version of the Avidyne allows motion during alignment. -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH) |
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Thomas Borchert ) wrote:
Not anymore. Latest version of the Avidyne allows motion during alignment. Didn't make it to the next paragraph in my post, eh? ;-) -- Peter |
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