SkyView Anomaly

This morning I went flying for a short hop around the valley.  I took off from U42 and did a touch and go.  I then headed south and then east flying over South Jordan and then north over Sandy.  I flew up to SLC and then turned south and flew along the foothills to Draper.  I flew over Corner Canyon into the Alpine area.  I then turned west and flew south of the Micron site and then turned north at the Point of the Mountain and at the bend of Bangerter I headed west towards Herriman and then north to land at U42.

When I was about 5 miles from the airport a strange thing happened to the SkyView screen.  On the PFD portion of the screen there was a narrow band of synthetic vision with the top and bottom of the PFD display blacked out.  It stayed that way all of the way to the ground.  The data remained visible but the synthetic vision was virtually gone.  After landing and taxying to the hangar I called Dynon.  They asked me to send them some photos of what I was seeing.  

I sent these photos to Dynon.  The first photo shows the PFD, EMS and MAP all displayed.  The next 2-photos show that when the PFD and EMS is displayed the synthetic vision is not correct.  Also, when the PFD is displayed alone the synthetic vision is correct.  Dynon’s response was, “The issue you reported (black background on your PFD) is apparently a known issue that is being investigated by our engineering team. Hopefully it will be fixed in an upcoming firmware release.”  I have asked Dynon if this means I should not fly until a fix has been provided or if it is OK to fly with the SkyView as is.  I am still waiting for an answer.

SV-KNOB-PANEL CONTINUED

Today I finished the installation of the auto pilot control module.  I drilled and countersunk the holes for the nutplates then cut out the panel with my Dremmel tool.  I had to file the opening slightly to get the module to fit in the opening.  I installed the nutplates using some flush pulled rivets.  

I installed the module and powered up the system.  I had to have SkyView find and then configure the SV-KNOB-PANEL.  After the set up was complete I turned on the SkyView system and it was there.  I was able to set the altitude and heading bugs as well as adjust the Barro.  I closed the hangar doors and checked to make sure the backlighting is working.  It is and now the unit is ready to go flying.

After installing the new placards I decided to try out the panel.  I got the airplane out and did a pre-flight.  I got in, started the engine and went up for a quick flight.  I did a couple of touch-and-goes then headed south to Herriman.  I flew over Herriman then headed north.  The wind at the time was reported 150^o at 18kts with gusts to 22kts so it was a little bumpy flying over the foothills west of the airport.  I flew up to Magna then noticed a big dust cloud east of Antelope Island.  I decided to head back to U42 in case it was heading south.  While flying over Harriman and then north to Magna I turned on the autopilot.  All of the functions work perfectly.  It is nice to be able to adjust the barometer, altitude and track/heading without selecting these functions first on the SkyView menu.  

All in all this is a really nice feature and I am glad I installed the panel.