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.
