Todd
and all,
As I
understand it, the software is available to anyone who wants it. In my
case, I didn't even have mode 9 on my original version, and I certainly needed
an upgrade to work with the eventual monitor-2 <G>, so it was well worth
the upgrade.
The
dual map feature will be nice, if I ever get around to tuning it, but tuning
it hasn't been a priority yet. When I descend, the air fuel meter is
blank, below lean, SNIP
,
and lots of traffic around the area, it's just a little dicey to try to spend
much time tuning in-flight.
Cheers,
Rusty (the new cowl is here)
The new software
will be welcome. The first time I ever noticed that phenomona was when
flying formation with Tracy Crook. I normally do not descend faster
than 1000 fpm, rarily at 1500 fpm. Well, when Tracy finds a hole in the
clouds, he is not going to let it get away! Trying to keep up with
Tracy with his dive brakes retracted was different. I found my VSI
pegged at 2000 fpm down trying to keep up with him. So my throttle is
closed and the engine is still turning 5000+ due to the steep
descent. Suddenly, the engine began stumbling and
missing and my seat cushion became distored as my first thoughts were "Engine
Problem".
I afterwards
mentioned it to Tracy, and he said "Oh, yes, it'll do that"
{:>)