Hey Guys,I have become a non-pilot pilot. Between Thanks Giving and Christmas I installed the servos from Dynon that slave to the D10A to finish the Autopilot function. Installation was pretty straight forward and became somewhat typical of many of their installations already because I have the daul sticks that are pushpull in both axis and change to cable at a bellcrank. I had room under the seat for the servos so they are very close to the existing CG. Wiring was simple as was the set up and down loads of the firmware. I had an issue with the remote compass going bad and that has now been replaced. Of the past 20 hours or so flown i have touched the stick for about 20 percent of the time. From some point in the climb i can start the navigation on course and then set the altitude i want and she climbs at the preset rate of 400ft/min She rounds out at altitude and I adjust throttle amd mixture. The AP flyes way better than i can. It holds altitude withinn 10 feet in calm air and less than 50 in some of the roughest air. The navigation setting keeps the plane dead on course no matter what the wind and if just flying the heading or track (heading corrected for wind angle) it is as easy as a button push to adjust the heading to where you want to go. The KR controls are so light to begin with that the servos never get hot even though they are working constantly. If it thinks the servos are working more than they should a little yellow warning flag pops up on screen telling me to retrim and which way. With a destination in the GPS the GPS says when to start decent and i set the pattern altitude and i arrive at the airport at the correct altitude. Then it lets me have the stick again to get us on the ground. The one function that i love is the 180 button. By pushing one button the plane does a 180 degree turn to the left and holds altitude while taking you right back where you came from (hopefully into VFR) This can be done anytime even if you are not flying by AP at the time. But it is fun just to do it in clear air. I have flown a a couple pretty rough days with it in AP flight and still would not like the KR in IMC even witht the AP. Many times it is pretty dang rough in the clouds and it just can not keep up with sever turbulance. Other than fun the up side is I look for traffic more, with a lot more freetime to look around and enjoy the ride. Circling to photograph is pretty easy now by just setting altitude hold and putting th KR and to a bank. i can get nearly 2 circles out of it in calm air before having to correct the bank or my flight path.Joe Horton,Coopersburg, Pa ____________________________________________________________ 53 Year Old Mom Looks 33 The Stunning Results of Her Wrinkle Trick Has Botox Doctors Worried http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4f46b1dfac48019d99c6st04duc
