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Instruments
Gday everyone.... I am a new comer to Aviation and I am currently building
my own ultralight... Question if I may.. Instead of loading up my craft with gauges and $$$ , is there an instrument software package available that I can run on a Lap top and have the Lap top installed in the Cockpit? -- Regards Kevin Berlyn DARTPLAYERS AUSTRALIA www.dartplayersaustralia.com |
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http://www.mglavionics.co.za/, supplies a great line of all inclusive
instrument package. Grand Rapid Technology also have an EIS (engine information system), sorry no link) Hope this helps Jean-Paul Roy Qc. Canada "Kevin Berlyn" wrote in message u... Gday everyone.... I am a new comer to Aviation and I am currently building my own ultralight... Question if I may.. Instead of loading up my craft with gauges and $$$ , is there an instrument software package available that I can run on a Lap top and have the Lap top installed in the Cockpit? -- Regards Kevin Berlyn DARTPLAYERS AUSTRALIA www.dartplayersaustralia.com |
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On Thu, 9 Jun 2005 00:50:46 -0400, "Jean-Paul Roy"
wrote: http://www.mglavionics.co.za/, supplies a great line of all inclusive instrument package. Grand Rapid Technology also have an EIS (engine information system), sorry no link) Hope this helps Jean-Paul Roy Qc. Canada "Kevin Berlyn" wrote in message . au... Gday everyone.... I am a new comer to Aviation and I am currently building my own ultralight... Question if I may.. Instead of loading up my craft with gauges and $$$ , is there an instrument software package available that I can run on a Lap top and have the Lap top installed in the Cockpit? www.grtavionics.com Also see www.dynonavionics.com hth JG |
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That is really interesting, since I seem to have an extra ipaq lying
around, this may work out great. Lou |
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Lou wrote:
That is really interesting, since I seem to have an extra ipaq lying around, this may work out great. Lou Another possibility that gives you options on how much you want it to do. From plain gps heading to attitude/heading/wx. It also uses either a user supplied iPAq or you can get one with everything included. John I haven't personally tried this but have been looking at it, I'm not quite at the purchasing point yet. I like this because you can either permanently mount it or use it as a portable taking it from one aircraft to another which is great for rental people like me. http://www.anywheremap.com |
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I saw this one before. I decided to take my ipaq to Oshgosh this year
to see how compatible it is. Lou |
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I'm sure there is..
But for about $3000 USD you can get a Dynon D10A that is an "all in one", and does its job quite well. Laptops and other "full featured" computers are doing multiple things in the background, not all of which are mission critical to what you are wanting to do. It's the poor design of some of these other tasks that can make the device crashy and unstable. Truth is, your own ultralight is a device that is going to be a daytime VFR beast, flown by visual reference outside the craft. Not much more to instrumentation other than a gas gauge (sight glass), a compass, an altimeter and perhaps an engine instrument or two.. and an airspeed indicator.. So far we arent talking about a whole lot of $$$ compared to what a sensor package would cost to send signals to a laptop. Dave Kevin Berlyn wrote: Gday everyone.... I am a new comer to Aviation and I am currently building my own ultralight... Question if I may.. Instead of loading up my craft with gauges and $$$ , is there an instrument software package available that I can run on a Lap top and have the Lap top installed in the Cockpit? |
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