This blog can also be read at Avidyne Live . Steve Jacobson , VP of Product Management, and I recently took a trip to an avionics shop in PA for an Aviydne DFC autopilot evaluation. We wanted to get their feedback on the installation time estimates and processes we have put together and to learn more...
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Patrick Herguth
on 19 Mar 2010
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This post can also be found on our Avidyne Live site. Langewiesche’s “Silver Chain” I have been working my way through Stick and Rudder: An Explanation of the Art of Flying by Wolfgang Langewiesche and it has been a very interesting read. There are multiple places where Langewiesche...
This post was written by Mark Krebs , our Vice President of Engineering for Guidance and Controls and can be found on our Avidyne Live site Envelope Protection "Envelope Protection" is the name we give to two autopilot features that work to prevent stall and overspeed. In this post I'll...
This post was written by Mark Krebs , our Vice President of Engineering for Guidance and Controls and can also be found on our Avidyne Live site. How do the servos work? One of the first questions many people have asked was how well the autopilot performs without digital smart servos. Plenty of smart...