I can scarcely believe that Evektor recommend taking off with a notch of flaps, considering that they use split flaps, which hardly add any lift at all -- only drag.
apparently fairly cheap plane. 100 grand although without instruments. 111 with analogs. 131 with double garmin. 140 with dynon. Someone really should make some instruments that cost less than a luxury car. Just a thought. One thing that comes to mind is two redundant independent small simple displays that are built for reliability and then a holder for the much superior mainstream tablet that you use daily. Doesn't have to be milspec reliable when you have two solid boring backups.
@@ultralightnews sure but presumably planes can't be certified with just an ipad. So it needs a small instrument as backup fixed in the plane in the corner and then big off the shelf cheap 'glass'. Could be 20/30/40 inch displays.
If the manufacturer of the aircraft allows it such as in the case of the iCub from Savage it can be used as the main instrument. Or it can be used as a backup. The Ultralight Flyer
I bought a RANS S-12XL a couple of years ago. $14k for a low time airframe and 582 motor. $6k for a BRS 1050. $3k for an iFly720 and Skyguard TWX ADS-B. Granted, I cruise about 20 mph slower but the STOL capabilities make this acceptable. $23k is a fairly cheap plane. I don't know why people think they have to spend a fortune for instruments and avionics for a sport plane. Again, that is $3k to be ADS-B compliant!
I can scarcely believe that Evektor recommend taking off with a notch of flaps, considering that they use split flaps, which hardly add any lift at all -- only drag.
Do the little spoilers actually increase top speed as well? seems very counter intuitive
They do nothing for the top end - just lower the stall speed.
The Ultralight Flyer
apparently fairly cheap plane. 100 grand although without instruments. 111 with analogs. 131 with double garmin. 140 with dynon. Someone really should make some instruments that cost less than a luxury car. Just a thought. One thing that comes to mind is two redundant independent small simple displays that are built for reliability and then a holder for the much superior mainstream tablet that you use daily. Doesn't have to be milspec reliable when you have two solid boring backups.
That is already available in an I Pad.
The Ultralight Flyer
@@ultralightnews sure but presumably planes can't be certified with just an ipad. So it needs a small instrument as backup fixed in the plane in the corner and then big off the shelf cheap 'glass'. Could be 20/30/40 inch displays.
If the manufacturer of the aircraft allows it such as in the case of the iCub from Savage it can be used as the main instrument. Or it can be used as a backup.
The Ultralight Flyer
I bought a RANS S-12XL a couple of years ago. $14k for a low time airframe and 582 motor. $6k for a BRS 1050. $3k for an iFly720 and Skyguard TWX ADS-B. Granted, I cruise about 20 mph slower but the STOL capabilities make this acceptable. $23k is a fairly cheap plane.
I don't know why people think they have to spend a fortune for instruments and avionics for a sport plane. Again, that is $3k to be ADS-B compliant!