No I did not. They release improvements so often that I cannot keep up. I'm still trying to learn the basics of the system.

**I only see 3.0 available on Garmin's site

Here you go:

http://www8.garmin.com/support/collecti ... &pID=63892

http://www.vansairforce.com/community/s ... p?p=966577

Awesome stuff

He has that release. It's just that with the Glasair the glide ring is covered by the aircraft icon.

He has that release. It's just that with the Glasair the glide ring is covered by the aircraft icon.

Figured as much. It's a sweet plane, for sure. I'm just jealous...

No worries Jim, it is a cool plane - *now* with the gear down the Glasair has the glide ratio of a flying manhole cover. You simply must leave the gear up until you are assured a road or airport; otherwise, you leave the gear up.

Did the 3.5 update with ESP. Took 60 seconds per screen - pretty cool.

I tried to enter the bank limits @ 90 deg and pitch at 30 deg. The most it would let me put in was 60 and 25, lol. Heck, the ESP would think I was out of control flying normal

Anyway, it is a neat feature. I set it for "normally off" on each engine start. You simply pull up the autopilot/FD screen and tap the on button if you want it armed for the flight. Nice safety option!

Ready to fly tomorrow. Will check GAMI spread with new injectors. Best I could get with old injectors was .6 GPH. Also will check vibration levels with IPS down to .02 from .09 and get an idea of TAS up at 12.5 running LOP and ROP.

Other good news. I no longer have any hydraulic leaks on my landing gear system due to replacing all the hoses. The hydraulic pressure has held at 1000 PSI since last Thursday with the pump never running. It previously bled down to 0 PSI within a week. I also was able to save a master brake cylinder that simply needed O-rings and an internal plastic washer. Replaced the brake lines for good measure and bled the brakes. Peddles are very firm.

Only one last thing to improve - the comm antenna. Currently I have a copper strip 40" long running on the interior of belly. Comm antennas should always be vertical as that is how they are polarized. Horizontal is not correct, so I bought one of these Bob Fields (he just passed away) antennas and will install it next week before going to FL. I will post the results of tomorrow's flight tomorrow!

I still am not sure what I want to do with the interior.

Great progress!

Maybe Todd could test it all the way to DBQ tomorrow.

Thanks Luc. The original builder did a fabulous job on this plane, but you know how I am - I just cannot stand to leave stuff alone. I just figured up what it would cost to build one of these from scratch hiring out the labor @ $40/hr (which would be cheap) - about $340,000! Since everything on this plane is either new or like new I consider it a real bargain!

Also, I put 3 new tires on. The ones I removed were the originals with 300 hours and 13 years on them. I think that is darn good service out of tires that touch down at nearly 80 MPH and are tiny!

That's what I was thinking!

Well, had some fun today. The shake is a little less, not perfect, but better. I think the remaining shake is just the fact that this is a light fiberglass airplane with a lot of power.

Next, it looks like I have about .6 GPH spread on the GAMI test. Just like clockwork they lean in this order 456123. #3 appears to be too rich and #4 too lean as they have the biggest spread variables.

The ESP function of the new software mod is awesome. I intentionally put it into a 80 degree bank. The controls nudged at first and when I did not correct the autopilot took over, leveled the wings, and pulled out of the dive that was starting. I then put it into a 80 degree bank, and pushed over the nose 10 degrees. I ignored the warnings and as the airspeed approached 240 knots the autopilot turned on and the servos reacted quickly to level the wings and then pull out of the dive before we hit 250 knots. This is a pretty good feature IMO.

Of course, we had to have some fun as well:

[YouTube]https://youtu.be/rxF0HlL7Hh0[/YouTube]

ESP is one of those things that you don't know you need til you need it. When I did my first demo flight in a Cirrus I had a lot of fun trying to see if I could get it to fail within its envelope. Over/Underspeed too. It's a great system.

Something like this combined with the xavion technology would be nice.
so it can land the airplane in an emergency.
Kind of like a last resort, if I keel over, my passenger could hit the emergency land button and it picks the best airfield lines up, calls SOS on the appropriate frequencies, squawks 7700, reduces speed (wings level pitch up), lowers the gear, flaps out, turn to intercept an extended final, then lines up, long slow decent to hard but survivable landing.
with a FADEC it could even control the engine, but without that it's still possible.