IFD540/440 Touch Screen GPS/NAV/COM : IFD540 Certification Status
Author: pburgerSubject: IFD540 Certification StatusPosted: 03 Jun 2014 at 11:38amCan I just pick up my unit at Oshkosh? (2014, that is)Unfortunately mine won't be a slide-in replacement, but I can...
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Author: chflyerSubject: IFD540 Certification StatusPosted: 03 Jun 2014 at 11:55amDo you have a preorder with month 1 delivery position?Given that the 540 production is all sold out for the first 7...
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Author: pburgerSubject: IFD540 Certification StatusPosted: 04 Jun 2014 at 1:22amNot a walk-in. I've been waiting two years. I think I was told I was in either month 2 or month 4, but the way Steve...
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Author: PaulSubject: IFD540 Certification StatusPosted: 04 Jun 2014 at 8:14amI don't think you could pick up a unit. The agreement was that they wouldn't be sent to you but to your selected Avidyne...
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Author: AviJakeSubject: IFD540 Draft Pilot Guide AvailablePosted: 04 Jun 2014 at 4:58pmDraft 00-G of the IFD540 Pilot Guide has just been posted - it's about 8.5 MB. PDF can be accessed at the normal...
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Author: oskrypuchSubject: IFD540 Draft Pilot Guide AvailablePosted: 04 Jun 2014 at 5:37pmWhat does ...requires BARO inputmean in practical terms. As far as I know, the altimeter setting from my ASPEN...
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Author: marktravSubject: IFD540 Certification StatusPosted: 04 Jun 2014 at 10:18pmI haven't been to Oshkosh in a couple of years, but of the 7 times that I DID go, I never felt unsafe about carrying...
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Author: AzAv8rSubject: IFD540 Certification StatusPosted: 04 Jun 2014 at 11:35pmI absolutely agree Oshkosh is an amazingly low-risk place. America at it's finest. But think of it a different way:...
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Author: tonySubject: IFD540 Draft Pilot Guide AvailablePosted: 05 Jun 2014 at 5:28amOrest, go read the installation manual. See section 6.8 for the list of Baro sources you can interface the IFD 540...
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IFD540/440 Touch Screen GPS/NAV/COM : IFD540 Certification Status
Author: brou0040Subject: IFD540 Certification StatusPosted: 05 Jun 2014 at 6:21am AzAv8r wrote:To place blame on Avidyne (or even the stuckees at the FAA) is misguided, and demonstrates ignorance of...
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Author: GringSubject: IFD540 Draft Pilot Guide AvailablePosted: 05 Jun 2014 at 8:47amOrest, this notation came about because I noticed that the VSR field was not updating on my aircraft which does not...
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Author: ddgatesSubject: IFD540 Certification StatusPosted: 05 Jun 2014 at 9:23amI agree.Jake has kept me in the game. If the updates were just the mindlesss notices "New (Delayed) Release Date", I...
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Author: oskrypuchSubject: IFD540 Draft Pilot Guide AvailablePosted: 05 Jun 2014 at 9:26amWe have the airdata coming in on the RS232 stream (ASPEN -> GNS), there was a specific reason for doing that,...
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Author: wshSubject: "requires BARO input" and ASPENPosted: 06 Jun 2014 at 1:35amI tought it was now standard but apparently not. I got the acu2 as you need it to also be able to display an adf needle...
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Author: VictorSubject: "requires BARO input" and ASPENPosted: 06 Jun 2014 at 3:15amThanks for that important information Orest. Steve, is there anything else important regarding compatibility that we...
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Author: GringSubject: "requires BARO input" and ASPENPosted: 06 Jun 2014 at 7:07amJust a point of clarification - the Top of Descent (TOD) function and MAP identifier does not require the BARO input. I...
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Author: GringSubject: "requires BARO input" and ASPENPosted: 06 Jun 2014 at 7:13amOrest, so question - Do you have wind and OAT information on your 430W today?
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Author: AviJakeSubject: "requires BARO input" and ASPENPosted: 06 Jun 2014 at 9:02amYes, Geoffrey (Gring) beat me to it. Top of Descent (TOD) calculations are done with GPS MSL altitude when baro...
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IFD540/440 Touch Screen GPS/NAV/COM : "requires BARO input" and ASPEN
Author: oskrypuchSubject: "requires BARO input" and ASPENPosted: 06 Jun 2014 at 9:30am Gring wrote:Orest, so question - Do you have wind and OAT information on your 430W today?Yes, I do. They are...
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Author: Jack SeubertSubject: "requires BARO input" and ASPENPosted: 06 Jun 2014 at 9:42amSteve,On your recap list you didn't include the wire from the IFD 540 to the AXP340 with position information...
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