Mcstealth Posted September 23, 2020 Report Posted September 23, 2020 (edited) https://shop.levil.com/collections/all-products/products/bom?gclid=CjwKCAjwwab7BRBAEiwAapqpTAfoGYNORuViihUSA-LIlAGyNT6yN4RQCd2MpDLxnM8Ak-Mg_HNOhhoCInUQAvD_BwE For you guys (and Gals) with way more experience than I, what do you make of this avionics back up device? Click the video a little down on the page. Edited September 23, 2020 by Mcstealth Quote
Eight8Victor Posted September 23, 2020 Report Posted September 23, 2020 I met the owner of the company when I first bought my Mooney and was having it annualed down in Sanford, Fl. Ruben is a brilliant guy and super nice with a great family. They left Venezuela after the Marxist take over and are living the American dream. Good people. 2 Quote
Mcstealth Posted September 23, 2020 Author Report Posted September 23, 2020 9 minutes ago, Eight8Victor said: I met the owner of the company when I first bought my Mooney and was having it annualed down in Sanford, Fl. Ruben is a brilliant guy and super nice with a great family. They left Venezuela after the Marxist take over and are living the American dream. Good people. Double cool! Quote
Mcstealth Posted September 23, 2020 Author Report Posted September 23, 2020 Sort of TBMish with its pod in the wing, if you are the imaginative type. haha Quote
carusoam Posted September 23, 2020 Report Posted September 23, 2020 The iLevil guys have some interesting items... This looks like an updated version of the BOM... Low cost, all inclusive, connected to the iPad... Best regards, -a- Quote
Unit74 Posted September 23, 2020 Report Posted September 23, 2020 That exposed antenna connection gives me some concern. Excellent point of failure from water intrusion and incidental bumps from handling/preflight. Lots of parasitic drag in the mounting. Can’t say I’d want it in its current form. And having multiple planes, with various AHRS/ADSB equipment installed, I have not had or heard of any significant problems that necessitated this. Other than the fly-in discussion whilst the casual pilot-lean is performed on your plane, I don’t see the the practicality over the current fleet of portables. But heck, sure makes a Vashon look like a TMB, don’t it? Quote
Greg Ellis Posted September 23, 2020 Report Posted September 23, 2020 I am all for the ingenuity and inventiveness of these small companies. Without them things would not progress like they do. However, I am not sure I would want this hanging off my airplane. Most of what it gives you can be found in other cockpit devices including portable devices. The website is slightly mis-leading by saying you get real-time weather in the cockpit from the ADS-B. Well, as we all know there is such a delay with ADS-B that it is not real time. Real time can only be had with on board radar and/or stormscope, etc... But I do applaud the ingenuity and the story behind the owner of the company. 1 Quote
Greg Ellis Posted September 23, 2020 Report Posted September 23, 2020 When all this ADS-B out was first getting started I thought I remembered this company as one trying to do ADS-B out. I think they were going to do it for experimental and they were one of the early ones doing it. I guess that changed or I am wrong. With me, more likely the latter. Quote
steingar Posted September 23, 2020 Report Posted September 23, 2020 Not putting stuff on my wing. Stuff causes drag. Drag makes my Mooney go slower. Didn't buy a Mooney to go slow. Besides, I have the sneaking felling the FAA might object just a might to use bolting non certificated stuff to our certificated airframes. Quote
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