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Rons Questions with answers:
<<1 I didn't see the system work with the AHARS turned off, which I was
hoping
to see.>>
Best seen with a demo flight.
<<2 There doesn't seem to be a Glide slope CDI, in either the main IDU ADI,
or
in the other HSI type display. . snip ..Would also be nice if you could
switch a VOR/LOC/GS
signal into the system, ..snip.. you could eliminate a separate CDI.>>
Fir instrument (and VFR) approaches the highway in the sky IS the CDI. A
converter to digitize the VOR/LOC/GS signal is in the works.
<<3 Since the system uses it's own GPS, you have to program the flight with
the Sierra, then to be legal to fly IFR using GPS navigation, you would have
to also program the other GPS with the same flight plan. Really a waste of
time, and very high work load while enroute to change something. Isn't
there an IFR GPS out there with the right outputs that could be fed into the
Sierra?>>
The SFS is very easy to program and change. To be legal for an IFR approach
the equipment required must be installed in the aircraft. The regulations
are mute regarding actually using that equipment or even having it turned
on. The plane must be equipped but the pilot decides what to use. The FAA
understands that their only enforcement tool here is the ramp check.
<<4 I want to see the AOA system built into the Sierra work.>>
Demo flight.
<<5 I want to see the HSI type display on the second IDU,snip>>
Why on earth (in sky) do you want that? The HSI mode is just a marketing
tool for pilots who aren't smart enough to get out of the past. HSI mode is
like having a switch on your 36" color TV that has it display a 19" black
and white picture in the center of the screen because "that's the way I'm
used to watching it!". An HSI is nothing more than a bad moving map. I'll
grant you that it is better than a pair of VORs, but not much.
<<6 If you are using the Sierra system solely for your engine instruments,
including Fuel quantity, is there a way to monitor the fuel quantity all the
time without having the engine page up on an IDU?>>
Fuel quantity can be displayed on the ADU.
<<I want to see the heading display more closely to see how quick it
actually is, and how accurate it is. Same with pitch and roll. With the
turbulence we were in, the display seemed almost too quick reacting, and
would have been a hand full trying to fly by hand in actual IFR.>>
The display is too good, my wife is too beautiful and I am too rich. The
display is easier to fly than an AH in the clag, at least for me.
<<8 There is a clock mode listed, but I'd like to see how that works too.
Is
there flight time somewhere?>>
On the moving map page, GPS Zulu time is always displayed. A count up, count
down timer can also be displayed on the attitude page.
Regards
Brent Regan
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