Engine log and pilot aware

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Engine log and pilot aware

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Skyboy999	Skyboy999 posted 9/30/2018 8:58:45 AM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 51, Visits: 228	+x SemperFi - 9/29/2018 10:51:00 AM I don't think you should blame Skydemon on your flying device design flaw ... My advice would be to sort out the bad behavior of your electrical circuits. Hmm. Not sure if your post is in reply to mine or KenEfox's. Regardless, it's not helpful and especially so without knowledge of our particular 'electrical circuits'. To clarify, nobody was blaming Skydemon- quite the opposite. Skydemon is a superb product and is continually updated with innovative ideas such as this. Sometimes, though, features can be improved upon, in the light of field experience, in order to help the wider user community. Skydemon certainly recognise this and actively promote such feedback. Regards the particular issue, there is no inherent 'flying device design flaw' with any of the individual products. It's just that, when integrated, some issues can arise and, in light of these, suggestions made as to how these issues could be alleviated and thereby, strengthened in order to further enhance what is already a fantastic product.
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Skyboy999	Skyboy999 posted 9/27/2018 1:43:37 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 51, Visits: 228	+x KenEfox - 9/26/2018 4:16:33 PM I was delighted to see the new easy access to engine logging but came across a problem trying to use it. (SD 3.10.4.132, Latest PAW wired to avionics bus via anker adapter). Press 'go flying' to bring up the screen with the new button; select use pilot aware as GPS, start the engine log, press the starter and start the engine, the starter current interferes with the PAW power supply and forces a PAW reset, SkyDemon senses the loss of data from PAW and stops the log! It takes a few minutes to reconnect so the engine log time will always be a few minutes short! I tried starting the engine before pressing 'go flying' on SD but the PAW unit takes a few minutes to become available and selectable as GPS source, so again some minutes out. Anyone know of another approach or work around? Pen and kneeboard not accepted, done that for years :-) I have same problem. I think solution is to allow 'start engine log' when route entered but before 'go flying'. This would seem the logical sequence of events anyway?
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KenEfox	K KenEfox posted 9/26/2018 4:16:33 PM HOT Topic Details Share Topic
K Group: Forum Members Posts: 2, Visits: 0	I was delighted to see the new easy access to engine logging but came across a problem trying to use it. (SD 3.10.4.132, Latest PAW wired to avionics bus via anker adapter). Press 'go flying' to bring up the screen with the new button; select use pilot aware as GPS, start the engine log, press the starter and start the engine, the starter current interferes with the PAW power supply and forces a PAW reset, SkyDemon senses the loss of data from PAW and stops the log! It takes a few minutes to reconnect so the engine log time will always be a few minutes short! I tried starting the engine before pressing 'go flying' on SD but the PAW unit takes a few minutes to become available and selectable as GPS source, so again some minutes out. Anyone know of another approach or work around? Pen and kneeboard not accepted, done that for years :-)
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