Hi Jeff (and others),
I thought I'd mention that although Trio continues to support the Navaid
servo (which may appeal to those who already have a Navaid Autopilot
installed), they currently ship a much more robust and sophisticated digital
servo which they call the Trio Gold Standard Servo.
Bruce
XS142
Tracy, CA
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-europa-list-
server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Peter Rees
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 1:33 PM
To: europa-list@matronics.com
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Auto Pilot
<peter.rees05@ntlworld.com>
Hi Jeff
We have a trio EZ Pilot fitted to Hotel India. Very pleased with it
indeed.
Can't speak highly enough of the service - We have a somewhat obscure
(though very good) GPS which has a slightly different data stream than
the
normal NEMA standard. We sent our GPS back from the UK and Chuck wrote
some
special firmware for us (and even paid the return carriage) - took less
than
a week.
The servo they supply is the navaids one. When ours arrived, its quality
was
rubbish!!!Ours had a tight point which required quite a bit of
'fettling'
for me to sort. Also, the feedback pot is mounted on a plate which is
too
thin meaning that the gear on the feedback pot doesn't mesh tightly and
thus
the servo hunts (well it did until I fitted a thicker plate and got rid
of
the plastic mounting screws). The endstop screw and those which hold the
output crank arm are also rubbish (so, quite well made really!!) - the
screws are a different thread from the nylocks into which they should
engage
if they were long enough!
The Trio head weighs in at about 4oz and comes with a variety of
hardware
for mounting and electrical connections.
I'd certainly recommend the unit (though from what I hear, the TruTrack
servo may be of much better quality out of the box - the navaid servo is
fine once you've ironed out the bugs that are shipped with it).
I've not had the chance to see / play with their alt hold (and
hydrocarbon
fuel would be long since have ceased to be available by the time the PFA
approved the fitting of the unit).
Peter
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