Synthetic Vision Requirements for IFLY

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3/22/2018 10:56 AM
 
JohnnyBlackCT wrote:
Mark Kolber wrote:
JohnnyBlackCT wrote:
The iFly app now has calibration for both the Stratux and the iFly app.

Interesting. So it directly accesses the Stratux system? Or just tells iFly that whatever Stratux shows right now is straight and level? I asked that question - whether the calibration feature in an EFB is sufficient - in a Stratux group and the generally agreed answer was no.

Sounds like something to experiment with. Calibrate Stratux in Stratux. Do the same in the EFB to align. Then move the Stratux to a different position to "misalign" it. Recalibrate in the EFB and check the Stratux app to see if it changed there as well.

 

iFly will send a command to the Stratux to calibrate the Stratux to level. iFly can also calibrate itself.

Unless that's part of the beta, not quite. Here's what I saw when I tried it in the current software.

  • Turning the Stratux completely on its side, iFly gave me a message that it was unable to recalibrate; it could only be 15° off for reclaibration to work. That's not a limitation in the Stratux program.
  • When I gave iFly the 15° it wanted, it recalibrated the iFly attitude indicator but had no effect on the attitude indictor in the Stratux program.

So far anyway, the "no" answer I received from Stratus groups is correct.

 
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3/22/2018 12:13 PM
 
It's beta and it works.
 
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3/22/2018 9:03 PM
 
John Miller wrote:

Michael:

Left Indiana, Pennsylvania for Southern California in 1960 and never looked back. 

Miss the spring and the fall colors, but do not miss the winters.

We fly all year round.

Great photos of the IFLY SV. Can't wait to try it when it is released.

John

OK John, thanks!

I did post some photos of my last trip to Indiana, PA on this site somewhere - still a great airport there!

You would not miss PA this week - we received a FOOT OF SNOW just yesterday. Ops normal!

Mike

 
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3/22/2018 11:44 PM
 

I did post some photos of my last trip to Indiana, PA on this site somewhere - still a great airport there! You would not miss PA this week - we received a FOOT OF SNOW just yesterday. Ops normal! Mike

 

Mike, I hope the Indiana Airport is taking care of Jimmy Stewart's 310 that is on display. Dick Welsh

 
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3/23/2018 12:13 PM
 

Mike, one thing I forgot to mention, I use my Windows computer to download the latest Stratux software file and to update my Stratux.  After downloading the file, disconnect your computer WIFI from your home router and connect to your Stratux.  Use your browser (I use Chrome) and go to 192.168.10.1 where you will see the Stratux program Menu.  After you update the file, you will also calibrate your Stratux by placing it on a flat surface and pushing a button.  You will also point one end of the Stratux toward the sky and push a button, so the Stratux knows which end you will point toward the nose of your airplane.

This is all very simple and should not be a problem.

While playing with the Stratux at home and testing with iFly, if you raise and lower one end or one side of your Stratux, you will see the EFIS show a climb, descent, and turn.  Your altitude will show the actual MSL altitude of where ever you are located if you put the pressure altitude instrument on your iFly display.

 
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