Peter and Bruce,
Thanks for your replys. I'm impressed with the information I've been
able to gather on the EZ pilot and am aware of the new servos. Thinking
very hard about installing the unit, then, later the alt hold.
According to their website, there are some upgrades, in the works, that
will do decents and ascents that can be programmed into the unit. Now
that would be nice. When the 396 says vertical speed profile 500 fpm,
just push a button and the unit takes you down to pattern altitude,
automatically. Oops, I think I just talked myself in to it... ;)
Jeff - N55XS
130 hours and still grinning...
Bruce wrote:
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> Hi Jeff (and others),
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> 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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