Dynon SkyView Glass Panel - Fly RV-12

Dynon SkyView
Glass Panel
Simplicity + Performance
The SkyView glass panel system keeps your RV-12 cockpit
clean and intuitive, with many components like the
transponder mounted remotely so they don’t take up
valuable panel space.
In addition to primary flight instruments, Synthetic Vision,
and a full-featured engine monitor, SkyView is home to
robust mapping and navigation capabilities. Simply point at
or touch map features to learn more about them: SkyView
knows enough about airports and airspace to let you keep
your charts stowed. Terrain, obstacle, weather and traffic
data keep you flying, and a user-friendly, robust flight
planner lets you quickly route yourself to your destination.
Your SkyView system comes with a full-featured autopilot.
For pilots who value dedicated controls, the optional
autopilot control panel ensures autopilot mode control is
always at your fingertips.
Dual SkyView Displays
The additional real estate provided by a second SkyView display is useful for displaying larger PFD, Engine,
and Map pages than a single display affords.
The integrated Mode-S Transponder receives TIS traffic,
provides ADS-B Out, and automatically switches modes
when you take off and land. And if you equip with the
optional ADS-B receiver, you gain even more situational
awareness with a free FULL traffic and weather portrait.
SkyView Touch
The RV-12 now features the SkyView Touch™, with a touch
interface designed specifically for the cockpit. Touch actions are
designed to be easy to learn and are used in places where they
can reduce pilot workload the most. For example, touching the
transponder or autopilot status displays instantly enables those
features’ controls, eliminating the normal button pushes you’d
use to access those menus. Similarly, touching a PFD item that
has an adjustable bug instantly reassigns a SkyView joystick
knob to the touched bug, eliminating the need to manually
re-task that knob. Using your fingertips to pan, zoom, and select
items on the map works just as you’d expect it to.
“Touch when you want it; Turbulence when you don’t” is the
philosophy behind SkyView Touch™. No matter how welldesigned, turbulence can quickly render an in-cockpit touch
interface practically impossible to use. SkyView Touch™ solves
this by using touch to augment and complement the physical
buttons and joystick knobs rather than replacing them outright.
It’s the best of both worlds.
SkyView Features
Six-Pack Flight Display
Free US Aviation And Obstacle Data
If you’re new to glass, SkyView’s “six-pack” flight instrumentation mode
lets you fly the gauges you’re used to with the digital “EFIS glass cockpit”
presentation just a few buttons away. Try out the “EFIS” style as you get
comfortable. Or not. It’s up to you.
FAA aviation and obstacle data is updated for FREE each month to
give you the newest information with FAA legal information. If you
want airport diagrams, sectionals, and other FAA charts, SkyView has
chart subscription options at unprecedented low prices. For non-US
countries, SkyView has several data choices depending on your needs.
Point at airports, airspaces and more for instant information about them right
on the map. From there, one button press gets you virtually all the information
available for airports, including TPA, frequencies, services, charts, weather, and
even the airport facility directory remarks.
Highest Resolution Terrain
SkyView’s free worldwide terrain data is the highest resolution available. Terrain colors
are designed to look similar to charts while you’re en route. They alert in vibrant yellow
and red when altitude clearance is a factor.
Knob Control Panel
If you like dedicated controls, you’re covered. The knob control panel assigns the items you
adjust most to dedicated knobs, freeing up the multi-use SkyView joysticks and lowering
pilot workload. It includes dedicated controls for your barometric altimeter setting and the
two bugs you use the most, ALT and HDG/TRK.
Autopilot Control Panel
Similarly, the Autopilot control panel removes the need to ever use the on-screen menus
for Autopilot mode changes. These modules are simply a great way to interact with your
avionics. Individual buttons for all autopilot modes let you use your SkyView menus
exclusively for other features like navigation and flight planning. It includes a speedsensitive trim controller.
Pilot-Focused Flight Planning
The SkyView navigation features are intuitive and powerful, letting you quickly route,
and re-route, quickly and easily. Point at airports, airspaces and more for instant
information about them right on the map. From there, one button press gets you
virtually all the information available for airports, including TPA, frequencies, services,
charts, weather, and even the airport facility directory remarks.
ADS-B Traffic and Weather Receiver
The SkyView ADS-B receiver provides free weather data in the US. Unlike portable
ADS-B receivers, you get FULL ADS-B and radar traffic on the map and PFD when you
pair this with our Mode-S transponder.
Designed-in Reliability
Truly Redundant Wiring and Power
With electronic flight instruments reliability is paramount. Dual data and power
cables let your system tell you about emerging wiring problems without loss of
function. And the robust network ensures that one bad connection or module can’t
bring down other modules and the system.
Dedicated Backup Battery
A dedicated backup battery provides at least an hour of power to a single SkyView
display and all connected SkyView Network Modules, including the ADAHRS and EMS.
Install one per display for maximum power failure redundancy. The battery includes
internal protection circuitry for safety.
Dynon Avionics
Like Vans, the Dynon factory is right here in the USA. Dynon is located “just
up the road” in Woodinville, Washington, a short one hour flight in an RV-12.
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