NotarPilot Posted May 1, 2021 Report Share Posted May 1, 2021 Not sure if anyone else caught this today but Dynon has a new director of engineering and he flies an M20B! In a release today Dynon announced: “Dynon is excited to announce Brad Thurow as its new Director of Engineering. He now leads the team that develops the Dynon product line, which spans avionics for experimental amateur-built, light sport, and type-certificated aircraft. Brad arrives at Dynon after a successful tenure at Appareo Systems, where he helped grow their GA business in multiple leadership roles, most recently as Vice President, Business Development. Brad holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from North Dakota State University and currently flies a Mooney M20B.” I’m hoping this has a positive influence on getting the AP certified for the Mooney line or at the very least getting the AP back on track for certification for the B through E models. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted May 1, 2021 Report Share Posted May 1, 2021 From the email file... As a Mooney guy... Brad is probably around here somewhere... Best regards, -a- 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LANCECASPER Posted May 1, 2021 Report Share Posted May 1, 2021 Maybe this will change - but it keeps going the wrong direction. https://www.dynoncertified.com/aml.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbridges Posted May 1, 2021 Report Share Posted May 1, 2021 If dynon approves the AP for short bodies, is it worth pursuing over gfc500 as far as cost/capability? I have an stec/aspen combo and have been looking over long term options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LANCECASPER Posted May 1, 2021 Report Share Posted May 1, 2021 1 hour ago, rbridges said: If dynon approves the AP for short bodies, is it worth pursuing over gfc500 as far as cost/capability? I have an stec/aspen combo and have been looking over long term options. I think the full package Dynon with autopilot would be worth pursuing, but it's not available yet for a Mooney. The full package is available on Garmin since yours is a '65. What you have now is serviceable. I love my Aspens and I'm still using a KFC150 autopilot. The STEC is still very well supported. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbridges Posted May 1, 2021 Report Share Posted May 1, 2021 19 minutes ago, LANCECASPER said: I think the full package Dynon with autopilot would be worth pursuing, but it's not available yet for a Mooney. The full package is available on Garmin since yours is a '65. What you have now is serviceable. I love my Aspens and I'm still using a KFC150 autopilot. The STEC is still very well supported. I agree. I believe my servos could stand some attention and my altitude hold has an issue. Just don't want to throw money in the wrong direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LANCECASPER Posted May 1, 2021 Report Share Posted May 1, 2021 18 minutes ago, rbridges said: I agree. I believe my servos could stand some attention and my altitude hold has an issue. Just don't want to throw money in the wrong direction. I think the key with whatever autopilot is never to let anyone touch it that isn't an expert on that particular autopilot. The experts know what it is in a few minutes and do it properly so there's no maintenance induced additional problems. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionudakis Posted May 10, 2021 Report Share Posted May 10, 2021 I was hoping having an early Mooney guy on the team would help things along, or at least prioritize the next airframe to be certified, and include the early model guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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