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Using the HSI

8/12/2017 6:54 AM

Swashplate

Joined: 4/29/2017

Posts: 5

Using the HSI Modified By Swashplate on 8/12/2017 6:56:39 AM

Hello. I am a VFR pilot, I have built a Van's Aircraft RV-9 with steam gauges and will be using the iFly GPS system with the SkyGuardTWX Vision-Pro Plus ADS-B Transceiver with AHRS on an iPad Mini. I'm VERY new to the whole glass panel/synthetic instruments program. I know that the VOR's/HSI's use the signal received from the navigational side of the NAV/COMM. I only have a COMM in the plane, no NAV. What I'm interested in knowing is, will the HSI/VOR function using the GPS signal from the Skyguard?

Sorry about the huge text!

Thanks,

Robert

8/16/2017 3:01 PM

Swashplate

Joined: 4/29/2017

Posts: 5

Re: Using the HSI

I did a little playing around with the iFly GPS in my living room. The HSI gives a CDI correction based on the next waypoint in the flight plan.

So, I answered my own question about the need for a VOR navigation receiver for the HSI to work. However, the HSI is a redundant instrument, (more or less for me as a VFR pilot), because the flight plan shows the course I need to follow.

Robert

8/16/2017 4:58 PM

Joined: 1/1/0001

Posts: 0

Re: Using the HSI

HSI was a huge improvement for those of us who grew up flying VOR and localizer needles before GPS was available. Now, it's nice to have but not a lot different than following the magenta line on a moving map.

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