Kitplanes’ editor-in-chief, Marc Cook, hosts a short segment on flying with the Grand Rapids Technologies’ Horizon HX synthetic-vision EFIS. Featuring footage from actual flights, this Video Brief gives pilots an in-the-cockpit view of this stunning new technology.
EFIS in light aircraft is approaching its eight-year anniversary, and all I can say is, you’ve come a long way, baby. Just this past month I had the opportunity to fly, guided by one of the most elegant systems just now available, the Garmin G1000 SVT, plumbed into a Diamond DA40 XLS being offered by [...]
That Lycoming IO-540 on our nascent Van’s RV-10 is about 10 minutes old now, and still a sweetheart. Each engine start tested another function, checking the mags, the propeller, calibrating the rpm, and adjusting the mixture control. The Airflow Performance Experimental fuel injection system seems a little rough, but overall acceptable during the idle runs, [...]
