Dynon D10A got an FAA STC

While I generally like the LAA and what they do, I really don’t like their propensity for “gold plating” for the night/IMC stuff.

It’s not rocket science and the gold plating isn’t needed. Hundreds of thousands of hours experience flying many of these aircraft IFR in the US, and using these instruments successfully should be plenty of evidence that the gold plating just isn’t needed.

Michael wrote:

As usual, the problem is certification. Both the Dynon eAI and the Garmin G5 were “rushed” through without having to show TSO conformity under the “new” FAA regulations .

The difference being that the G5 got a proper STC, not just the industry standard compliance of the Dynon.

Jacko wrote:

I’ll wager, what, let me think, a case of Savagnin, or even better, a crate of Irn-Bru that we see a non-TSO HSI or A/P for certified US airplanes before this time next year.

I hope you’re right ‘cause I’ve ordered a G5 for one of my planes and I’d love to complete that with an eHSI on a second G5 and reversion back-up mode if one of the two fails.

That combo with a $5k or $6k price tag (th G5 w AHRS is just $2.1K ) would give Aspen fits.

@Arne,

I gathered that the EAA’s paperwork for the Dynon D10 and D100 is a kosher FAA STC. In fact, I’m not sure that the FAA approves any other kind of STC.

Jacko wrote:

I gathered that the EAA’s paperwork for the Dynon D10 and D100 is a kosher FAA STC.

Hmmm, me thinks it’s a " Halal " FAA STC, seeing how " Kosher " would probably have entailed a TSO’d product, ie. stricter .

( Not sure that is a " PC " statement )

Interesting article on AvWeb today :

Jacko wrote:

the EAA’s paperwork for the Dynon D10 and D100 is a kosher FAA STC

Michael wrote:

me thinks it’s a " Halal " FAA STC

Kosher or Halal, they keep referring to it as the “non-certified Dynon PFD” (although living up to industry standards), while the G5 is explicitely certified.