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OUR BIG ANNOUNCMENT

7/11/2021 1:56 PM

John

Joined: 2/7/2020

Posts: 11

Re: OUR BIG ANNOUNCMENT

I am super excited. Hopefully, it will cross out some major items from the "Wish List."

The wait is killing me!

7/12/2021 11:42 AM

N854HC

Joined: 2/8/2019

Posts: 77

Re: OUR BIG ANNOUNCMENT

Brolin McKay wrote:

We are partnering with another outfit to get that running. They are having their big reveal at Oshkosh.

Whatever the solution, I hope it allows for a hardwire interface. I just have a problem trusting a wifi/bluetooth interface between the autopilot and the GPS NMEA source.

7/13/2021 4:57 PM

Royerm

Joined: 7/24/2019

Posts: 73

Re: OUR BIG ANNOUNCMENT

Very informative write-up. Moving to a generic is something i'm thinking about.

The brightness of my 740b into a tablet is my first concern, do you have a suggestion for a 1000 nit tablet.

The other thing i'm wondering is... if it is outputting NMEA out the USB for driving an auto Pilot..

Cheers

7/13/2021 5:45 PM

Alasdair

Joined: 10/12/2011

Posts: 411

Re: OUR BIG ANNOUNCMENT Modified By Alasdair on 7/13/2021 5:45:50 PM

Yeah - will have to see where this goes. Same path from Lowrance to 700 to 720 to 740b. Simply I like having a dedicated unit permanently installed in plane and driving my Dynon autopilot. I get that windows CE is past EOL, surely there has to be an alternative Android based device out there with USB etc. that could superseed the 740b CE device. Hope so.

7/13/2021 8:29 PM

smoke

Joined: 12/8/2011

Posts: 363

Re: OUR BIG ANNOUNCMENT Modified By smoke on 7/13/2021 8:31:27 PM

The reason for my concerns as to future support - I am in the middle of a panel upgrade for my RV8.

It is semi panel mounted via Air Gizmos mount. The autopilot requires NMEA output in a serial bus.

If the 740 is not going to be upgraded or replaced I am reluctant to continue down this path. Brand "G" in the Airgizmos mount is a drop in at this point.

Again, can anyone tell me what the NMEA interface would be for a tablet?

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