X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 20:17:03 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mxsf29.cluster1.charter.net ([209.225.28.229] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c5) with ESMTP id 952086 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 21 May 2005 15:05:56 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.225.28.229; envelope-from=troneill@charter.net Received: from mxip02.cluster1.charter.net (mxip02a.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.132]) by mxsf29.cluster1.charter.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j4LJ5B9S002669 for ; Sat, 21 May 2005 15:05:11 -0400 Received: from sc3-24.217.135.192.charter-stl.com (HELO axs) (24.217.135.192) by mxip02.cluster1.charter.net with SMTP; 21 May 2005 15:05:07 -0400 X-Ironport-AV: i="3.93,126,1115006400"; d="scan'217,208"; a="941109791:sNHT21390762" X-Original-Message-ID: <003d01c55e37$feefae60$6401a8c0@axs> From: "terrence o'neill" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Airplane Construction Philosophy X-Original-Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 14:05:02 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_003A_01C55E0E.15175190" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_003A_01C55E0E.15175190 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mike, or anyone with experience with Grang apids Technologies EFIS (not = just the engine monitor)... any problems? Thanks, Terrence ----- Original Message -----=20 From: MikeEasley@aol.com=20 To: Lancair Mailing List=20 Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 10:31 AM Subject: [LML] Re: Airplane Construction Philosophy Colyn, I think Chelton is better than most of the other "glass" out there. = Some of that stuff has very weak software. There's a guy at my airport = with Blue Mountain that has had reboots in flight over and over. I = talked to my connection at UPSAT, which is now Garmin AT at SNF. He = told me that I would be blown away with what you need to do to produce = "airworthy" software. Most of these new companies get it to work, but = spend very little time making an airworthy unit. Chelton is really more = of a real avionics company than the newcomers. It'll be interesting to see how some of these companies do when the = try for certification. Chelton has already made it through the FAA = gauntlet. Mike ------=_NextPart_000_003A_01C55E0E.15175190 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Mike, or anyone with experience with Grang apids Technologies EFIS = (not=20 just the engine monitor)...
any problems?
Thanks,
Terrence
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From:=20 MikeEasley@aol.com
Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 = 10:31=20 AM
Subject: [LML] Re: Airplane = Construction=20 Philosophy

Colyn,
 
I think Chelton is better than most of the other "glass" out = there. =20 Some of that stuff has very weak software.  There's a guy at my = airport=20 with Blue Mountain that has had reboots in flight over and over.  = I=20 talked to my connection at UPSAT, which is now Garmin AT at SNF.  = He told=20 me that I would be blown away with what you need to do to produce = "airworthy"=20 software.  Most of these new companies get it to work, but spend = very=20 little time making an airworthy unit.  Chelton is really more of = a real=20 avionics company than the newcomers.
 
It'll be interesting to see how some of these companies do when = the try=20 for certification.  Chelton has already made it through the FAA=20 gauntlet.
 
Mike
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