Just a quick report on our progress: We loaded a new version of software in the Cheltons, Version 6.0B-8, and that seemed to solve the problem.  We initially had both the FreeFlight and Garmin 430 WAAS antennas under the glare shield and were having problems with reception on the FreeFlight.  We moved the FreeFlight Comant antenna to the right (glass) wing tip (we had to get a new un-spliced length of coax) and it seems to work great out there.  Some of the comments on LML regarding the WAAS antennas needing a better “360 degree view” seemed to be an issue – apparently, when located in the glass wing tip it “sees” a bit better than under the glare shield where it was probably partially blocked by the canopy frame and sometimes by other parts of the carbon fuselage depending on orientation to the satellites.  The Garmin GPS, on the other hand, doesn’t seem to be as sensitive and has been working fine.  All is well except we are having some problems with the Pinpoint AHRS showing correct attitude, especially bank indication.  We are re-calibrating hoping that will solve the problem …

Dana Westphal

N97DW

“Built over Geologic Time”