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“When owners of FAA-certified airplanes expressed interest in buying our Experimental avionics products in the past, we used to have to tell them they couldn’t install them in their airplanes,” said Robert Hamilton, Dynon’s vice president of marketing. “Now, we have something they can buy.” Dynon’s D1 is a portable, completely self-contained EFIS that fits in a standard 3 1/8-inch instrument hole. It displays GPS-derived heading, groundspeed, vertical speed, and altitude—and internal sensors and software provide pitch, bank, and turn-rate information. The D1 has a retail price of $1,425, and it aims to compete against standby attitude indicators and FAA-certified gyros that cost two or three times as much. Instead of replacing a turn coordinator with an FAA-certified standby attitude indicator, for example, aircraft owners might elect to keep their turn coordinators and add a D1. The portable device can’t replace existing instruments, but it can supplement them. D1 owners can clip the devices into existing instrument holes, attach them to their panels with screws, or use suction-cup mounts or Velcro. The D1 has an internal battery, but it also can use ship’s power via a hard wire or a cigarette-lighter adaptor. The D1 isn’t meant as a primary source of attitude information, and a warning screen tells users each time the device is powered up that the D1 “isn’t certified by any regulatory body,” and that the pilot in command assumes “all risk and liability.” A recent flight with the D1 showed that the unit’s performance closely matched the real horizon, and it won’t tumble or get confused by usual attitudes or aggressive maneuvering. The screen is bright and easy to read, even in direct sunlight, and its graphically depicted slip-skid ball gives timely, accurate information. The unit is far from infallible, however. It can’t function without GPS signals, and the screen will go dark if the unit loses GPS reception for more than one minute. Also, the D1 must be mounted precisely (and firmly) to provide accurate pitch and bank information. If the D1 is tilted slightly in pitch, for example, it will erroneously indicate the aircraft is climbing or
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012

AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012
Contents
President’s Position
Visual Approach
Letters
Waypoints
Proficient Pilot
Safety Pilot
License to Learn
Pilot Counsel
Fly Well
Election 2012: The Next President Adresses GA
Flying Wild at AOPA Summit
Events
Fly-Outs
Test Pilot
AOPA Action
News
Jet A for Your Skylane
Secret Mission
Resources at Risk
Avionics
Ownership
Technique
Lunchtime Currency
Never Again
Summit 2012
Summit 2012
Member Products
State and Local Action
AOPA Foundation
AOPA Insurance Services
Fly by Wire
Pilots
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Cover2
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Contents
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 2
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 3
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - President’s Position
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 5
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 6
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 7
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 8
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 9
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Visual Approach
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 11
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Letters
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 13
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 14
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 15
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Waypoints
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 17
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Proficient Pilot
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 19
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Safety Pilot
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 21
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - License to Learn
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 23
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Pilot Counsel
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 25
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Fly Well
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 27
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Election 2012: The Next President Adresses GA
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 29
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 30
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 31
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 32
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 33
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Flying Wild at AOPA Summit
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 35
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Events
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 37
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Fly-Outs
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 39
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Test Pilot
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - AOPA Action
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - News
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 43
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 44
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 45
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 46
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 47
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 48
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - D1
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - D2
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 49
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 50
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 51
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Jet A for Your Skylane
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 53
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 54
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 55
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 56
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 57
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 58
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 59
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Secret Mission
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 61
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 62
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 63
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 64
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 65
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 66
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 67
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 68
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 69
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Resources at Risk
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 71
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 72
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 73
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 74
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 75
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 76
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 77
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 78
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 79
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Avionics
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 81
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 82
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 83
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Ownership
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 85
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 86
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 87
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Lunchtime Currency
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 89
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Never Again
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 91
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 92
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 93
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Summit 2012
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 95
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Summit 2012
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - I1
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - I2
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 97
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Member Products
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 99
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - State and Local Action
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 101
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - AOPA Foundation
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 103
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - AOPA Insurance Services
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 105
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 106
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Fly by Wire
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 108
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 109
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 110
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 111
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Pilots
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Cover3
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