Tio Autopilot update

[wcb]

I got the update from Trio as well.  He said he thinks it will most likely be the fall of this year and then followed up with this email:

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If you are on any chat boards with the Mooney folks let them know that we are working with ex-Mooney people and some folks that still work at Mooney in Kerrville.

We will be doing the prototyping at FletchAir in Comfort, Texas. The FletchAir folks are assisiting with the Grumman project.

As soon as we complete the Grumman project we will be launching into either the T Tail Lance or the Mooney.

The development cycle is pretty long since we are really anal about safety. So I don’t want to make promises I cannot keep.

We are looking at project schedules right now and trying to determine what a project takes to complete going forward.

P

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I gave him the production numbers of Mooney's so he can compare that with the T tails and then I told him simply reference controller.com and notice there are a total of 16 Lances on the market with only 9 T tails.  Their are currently about 80 Mooney's on the market that an STC could easily cover.

Competition is heating up!

[wcb]

Here is the current approved Avionics list from the document section of their website.  Looks like they are going to be very competitive and based on recent exchanges it looks like they are going to start on them sooner than later  !

 

1.0 Avionics Compatibility......................................................................................... 9 1.1 Garmin ........................................................................................................ 9 1.1.1 GNS 430W ........................................................................................................ 9 1.1.2 Apollo CNX 80 / Garmin GNS 480 ..................................................................... 9 1.1.3 GTN 750 ........................................................................................................ 9 1.1.4 GTN 650 ........................................................................................................ 9 1.1.5 GNS 530W ........................................................................................................ 9 1.1.6 GNS 530W ........................................................................................................ 9 1.1.7 Garmin 500 ........................................................................................................ 10 1.1.8 Garmin 510 ........................................................................................................ 10 1.1.9 GARMIN 550........................................................................................................ 10 1.1.10 GARMIN 560........................................................................................................ 10 1.1.11 Garmin 660 ........................................................................................................ 10 1.1.12 Garmin 795 ........................................................................................................ 10 1.1.13 Garmin 796 ........................................................................................................ 10 1.1.14 Garmin G3X ........................................................................................................ 10 1.1.15 GARMIN GPS 55 ................................................................................................. 10 1.1.16 GARMIN GPS 90 ................................................................................................. 10 1.1.17 GARMIN GPS 92 ................................................................................................. 11 1.1.18 GARMIN GPS 150 ............................................................................................... 11 1.1.19 GARMIN GPS 155 ............................................................................................... 11 1.1.20 GARMIN GNC 250 .............................................................................................. 11 1.1.21 GARMIN 250XL .................................................................................................. 11 STC GROUP LLC Page 3 12558 N. Woodland TRIO AP Provisions Installation Instructions Mequon, Wisconsin 53092 1006001 Rev C TRIO AP Provisions Installation Instructions Page 3 1.1.22 Garmin 300XL...................................................................................................... 11 1.1.23 GPSMAP 195 ........................................................................................................ 11 1.1.24 GPSMAP 196 ........................................................................................................ 11 1.1.25 Garmin 295 ........................................................................................................ 11 1.1.26 GPSMAP 296 ........................................................................................................ 11 1.1.27 GPSMAP 396 ........................................................................................................ 11 1.1.28 GPSMAP 495 ........................................................................................................ 12 1.1.29 GPSMAP 496 ........................................................................................................ 12 1.1.30 GPSMAP 695 ........................................................................................................ 12 1.1.31 Garmin 696 ........................................................................................................ 12 1.1.32 Garmin / Apollo GX 50 ........................................................................................ 12 1.1.33 Garmin / Apollo GX 55 ........................................................................................ 12 1.1.34 GX 60 ........................................................................................................ 12 1.1.35 GX 65 ........................................................................................................ 12 1.1.36 GPS Pilot III ........................................................................................................ 12 1.2 Avidyne ........................................................................................................ 13 1.2.1 IFD 510 ........................................................................................................ 13 1.2.2 IFD 540 ........................................................................................................ 13 1.2.3 IFD545 ........................................................................................................ 13 1.2.4 IFD550 ........................................................................................................ 13 1.2.5 IFD 410 ........................................................................................................ 13 1.2.6 IFD440 ........................................................................................................ 13 1.2.7 AvMap ........................................................................................................ 14 1.2.8 EKP-III, IV, V ...................................................................................................... 14 1.3 HONEYWELL/BENDIX/KING......................................................................... 14 1.3.1 KMD 150 ........................................................................................................ 14 1.3.2 AV8OR ........................................................................................................ 14 1.3.3 KSN 770 ........................................................................................................ 14 1.4 IFLY 700, 720 ....................................................................................................... 14 1.5 LOWRANCE........................................................................................................ 14 1.5.1 100 ........................................................................................................ 14 STC GROUP LLC Page 4 12558 N. Woodland TRIO AP Provisions Installation Instructions Mequon, Wisconsin 53092 1006001 Rev C TRIO AP Provisions Installation Instructions Page 4 1.5.2 200 ........................................................................................................ 14 1.5.3 300 ........................................................................................................ 14 1.5.4 500 ........................................................................................................ 14 1.5.5 600C ........................................................................................................ 14 1.5.6 1000 ........................................................................................................ 14 1.5.7 2000C ........................................................................................................ 14 1.5.8 5000 ........................................................................................................ 14 1.6 SKYFORCE ........................................................................................................ 14 1.7 SKYMAP ........................................................................................................ 14 1.8 ANYWHEREMAP............................................................................................... 14 1.9 MOUNTAINSCOPE............................................................................................ 14