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Safety - SOP - Maneuvering speeds

Good video - watched it a few day's ago - was considering his recommendation to mark the airspeed indicator but with ours (which rotate) probably not such a good idea.
 
My Aspen PFD has the bug at 95 knots. Works for approaches.
Works as a reminder when i pass through that on visual approaches , or in a climb etc.

it beeps when i pass through that (up or down)
 

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I will have to check - might be able to set it on the -G5.
 
alim said:
My Aspen PFD has the bug at 95 knots. Works for approaches.
Works as a reminder when i pass through that on visual approaches , or in a climb etc.

it beeps when i pass through that (up or down)
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Moazzam,
You have a flight director in your setup?? Very nice;)
 
Yup.

Aspen is delivering a lot of functionality in the Pro box.
- Flight path indicator
- A/P mode annunciation
- Alerts and bugs for : ALT | Airspeed | VSI | Heading | Minimums
- Traffic in the Synthetic vision.

- Flight Director came alive when i interfaced with the STEC55X and ALT PRE-SELECT when the ACU2 came out.
It is also playing very nice with other autopilots using the ACU2 interface (given that Aspen doesn't make an autopilot and doesn't try to compete by locking out other vendors).

No regrets for what you get out of the 2000 system.


The only thing i DONT like on this display is the slip indicator (my eyes run to the T/C ball).


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Not sure I'm a fan of the oversimplified approach in the video. AOA is what makes us fly or stall, not airspeed. Making a novice pilot fly too fast to avoid a stall vs. teaching about wing loading might make the CFI feel safer but I'm not sure that the student is really learning to fly well. Just my $0.02.
 
alim said:
Yup.

Aspen is delivering a lot of functionality in the Pro box.
- Flight path indicator
- A/P mode annunciation
- Alerts and bugs for : ALT | Airspeed | VSI | Heading | Minimums
- Traffic in the Synthetic vision.

- Flight Director came alive when i interfaced with the STEC55X and ALT PRE-SELECT when the ACU2 came out.
It is also playing very nice with other autopilots using the ACU2 interface (given that Aspen doesn't make an autopilot and doesn't try to compete by locking out other vendors).

No regrets for what you get out of the 2000 system.


The only thing i DONT like on this display is the slip indicator (my eyes run to the T/C ball).


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I've been exploring my options in "going glass" but there appear to be few actual options for my KFC-200. I've figured out I either go with a KI-300 ADI with a G5 HSI which should cost $8422 + install or the Aspen option at $12,990 + install (just Pro, not Pro Max). Obviously you get A LOT more for the additional $4K from Aspen but I'm not sure its worth it...

Mike
 
Mike and others,
I would think that your last model of the BUFF was glass. Thoughts on using the arc vs the 360* view on the HSI.
Every pix of a turbine or airline panel shows they are setup in the 'arc' mode.
I'm just having a very hard time adapting to that.
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Checkout my winds aloft that day.:eek:
and the corresponding wind drift correction . . .
Believe it or not, smooth air???
 
For me , my PFD is in arc mode.
Approaches etc are all here with missed procedure etc.
usually less than 20 nm zoom (on auto zoom for next waypoint).

My MFD is in 360 - It’s a map,
I want to know what’s around me.
I keep zooming in / out depending on what I am looking for.



winds aloft - hmm - what were surface winds ? I’ve taken off in 25 gusting 30 on the nose. Turbulence was moderate. It was only for 15 mins as I escaped south. So I was ok with it for a bit.

For Mike - I think you should do a feature comparison -compare it to the type of flying u do to see if it’s worth it.

for me - G5 is an AI replacement. Dual G5s are still not a G500 equivalent in functionality. U can replace an AI and an HSi. It’s nice but it’s not the same as a PFD or MFD.



So an apples : apples comparison would be G500 vs Aspen. Then we get into garmin locking out competitors - eg how do u do altitude preselect on a g500 and STEC ? I don’t know how it does with KFC


If i flew a bonanza etc , a g500 is an option since the GFC is an option. For commanders - garmin will give us a PFD MFD , won’t give us an autopilot and won’t interface nicely with 3rd party autopilots.

which is how we get to the aspen. It will play nice with anyone to get marketshare. It’s not a perfect unit. But it just keeps on getting better.
 
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BUFDRVR said:
I've been exploring my options in "going glass" but there appear to be few actual options for my KFC-200. I've figured out I either go with a KI-300 ADI with a G5 HSI which should cost $8422 + install or the Aspen option at $12,990 + install (just Pro, not Pro Max). Obviously you get A LOT more for the additional $4K from Aspen but I'm not sure its worth it...

Mike
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Mike - thought about just doing the Aspen Evolution E5? $6K gets you the Aspen with ACU for your autopilot. Pretty short change - and if you feel flush later on you can do a software upgrade to the Pro or Max.
 
Very good video and tip to mark a minimum airspeed for a max bank 30 degrees at your lowest stall speed and assume full flaps, and would be for my 77 114 58KIAS x1.404 = 81 KIAS and will mark with a nice straight small line 81 on my airspeed indicator, and a great tip from them in the video for GA planes.
 
Steam works very well for me. We won the Cold war with steam, we sent a Man to the Moon with Steam, we built a Nation with steam. Plus its way cheaper......
 
Jamesdub said:
Mike and others,
I would think that your last model of the BUFF was glass...
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Nope, all steam when I left in 2015. They have had a cockpit upgrade since I left, but that just gave them a better moving map display. Flight instruments still all analog/steam.

Mike
 
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atjudge said:
Steam works very well for me. We won the Cold war with steam, we sent a Man to the Moon with Steam, we built a Nation with steam. Plus its way cheaper......
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Not that I dislike steam- in fact I kept all my steam gauges when installing dual G5s, but in respect of cost: We are converting our fleet at the Alameda Aero club from steam to G5. It doesn't take too long for the solid state stuff to pay for itself vs. vacuum system maintenance. Pumps, gauges, gyros and filters, not to mention the terrifying loss of instruments in actual IMC. So far none of the G5s have cost a dime post installation.

Our club airplanes all fly between 400-700 hours per year so the payback is probably longer for a privately flown machine.

Best,
Ken
 
atjudge said:
Steam works very well for me. We won the Cold war with steam, we sent a Man to the Moon with Steam, we built a Nation with steam. Plus its way cheaper......
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Yes I still have my analog six pack and it works well for me. BUT, I still follow the “glass” discussions because these analogs are becoming obsolete and difficult to service as “glass” takes over. When my gauge(s) become economically inoperative then I will be forced to go glass. New and latest glass however is expensive, becomes obsolete fast, and depreciates by half before you can get your plane home from the avionics shop. I’d rather spend my $$$ on engines, props, paint, or interior. If my vacuum pump goes out in imc you don’t think I haven’t trained for partial panel?
 
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