Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 13:18:07 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-m07.mx.aol.com ([64.12.136.162] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1b9) with ESMTP id 2472962 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 12 Jul 2003 13:12:26 -0400 Received: from JIMRHER@aol.com by imo-m07.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v36_r1.1.) id q.1e6.d0f06ad (4238) for ; Sat, 12 Jul 2003 13:11:50 -0400 (EDT) From: JIMRHER@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <1e6.d0f06ad.2c419b55@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 13:11:49 EDT Subject: RE: [LML] Best Autopilot for the Turbine X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_1e6.d0f06ad.2c419b55_boundary" X-Mailer: 8.0 for Windows sub 910 --part1_1e6.d0f06ad.2c419b55_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I've also have a KFC 200 a/p in my TurboSaratoga which has given me virtuall= y=20 NO problems for the past 15 years.=A0 When I use it, 99.999% of the time it=20= is=20 in heading and alt hold mode.=A0 If the TruTrak can perform even as well as=20= the=20 KFC 200 and be half as reliable then I'd be very happy with it.=A0 Are you=20 concerned about product support in the future if a celestial departure happe= ns, and=20 what plans are you making for that? =A0 BTW, where are you located, and are you available for a demo? =A0 Marshall Michaelian (SQL) =20 We are coming form the same place, my KFC 200 was very reliable and after=20 Loran came I always coupled it too that track but not the VOR (are they stil= l=20 around?). I was worried about the TruTrak performance also but after a few h= ours=20 flying you realize that it is the most stable and reliable thing in the=20 airplane. Before I really knew the SFS or the UPS stack I first got so comfo= rtable=20 with the AP that I think out of the 182 hrs on the airplane 80% or the time=20= it=20 is on AP. Future concerns are always there. I was more concerned about Sierra Flight=20 Systems and there purchase by Chelton. TruTrak has a younger partner but the= =20 real measurement is that they know NOT to pursue certification, which I thin= k=20 would break a small company like this. But who knows who may buy the company= ? Jim=20 Y. has his heart and mine in the right place. As too support. Jim has been right on top of all my questions and new=20 mounting brackets, etc. One time I had the AP circuit breaker kept popping a= nd he was=20 all over it. Sent the box back in one day, gave me servo checks, and we=20 couldn't find a thing wrong. It turned out that the Yaw servo wiring that wa= s not=20 installed had no protection on the cut wire ends and it touched the carbon=20 fiber fuselage inside the tail and shorted out. I have kept the burn marks t= o show=20 anyone who doesn't think carbon is conductive. So it turned out to not be th= e=20 AP. I'm in San Jose, CA. and flying to Sedona, AZ. Sunday for a while. Be happy=20 to demo the system, or call me for more BS. Jim Hergert N6XE, "An Sex Y" L4P 408-482-8000 cell --part1_1e6.d0f06ad.2c419b55_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I've also have a KFC 200 a/p in my=20= TurboSaratoga which has given me virtually NO problems for the past 15 years= .=A0 When I use it, 99.999% of the time it is in heading and alt hold mode.= =A0 If the TruTrak can perform even as well as the KFC 200 and be half as re= liable then I'd be very happy with it.=A0 Are you concerned about product su= pport in the future if a celestial departure happens, and what plans are you= making for that?
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BTW, where are you located,=20= and are you available for a demo?
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Marshall Michaelian (SQL)

We are comi= ng form the same place, my KFC 200 was very reliable and after Loran came I=20= always coupled it too that track but not the VOR (are they still around?). I= was worried about the TruTrak performance also but after a few hours flying= you realize that it is the most stable and reliable thing in the airplane.=20= Before I really knew the SFS or the UPS stack I first got so comfortable wit= h the AP that I think out of the 182 hrs on the airplane 80% or the time it=20= is on AP.
Future concerns are always there. I was more concerned about Sierra Flight S= ystems and there purchase by Chelton. TruTrak has a younger partner but the=20= real measurement is that they know NOT to pursue certification, which I thin= k would break a small company like this. But who knows who may buy the compa= ny? Jim Y. has his heart and mine in the right place.
As too support. Jim has been right on top of all my questions and new mounti= ng brackets, etc. One time I had the AP circuit breaker kept popping and he=20= was all over it. Sent the box back in one day, gave me servo checks, and we=20= couldn't find a thing wrong. It turned out that the Yaw servo wiring that wa= s not installed had no protection on the cut wire ends and it touched the ca= rbon fiber fuselage inside the tail and shorted out. I have kept the burn ma= rks to show anyone who doesn't think carbon is conductive. So it turned out=20= to not be the AP.

I'm in San Jose, CA. and flying to Sedona, AZ. Sunday for a while. Be happy=20= to demo the system, or call me for more BS.

Jim Hergert=
N6XE, "An Sex Y" L4P
408-482-8000 cell
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