iEFIS Lite?

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Re: iEFIS Lite?

Postby XenosN42 » Wed Jan 20, 2016 7:13 pm

Today I took a picture of my MGL Explorer showing the video output from the downward facing camera I installed a few months ago.

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Anyone know what famous US landmark I"m "flying over"?

I'm currently searching for an additional camera (the iEFIS supports up to 4) which has a wider field of view. Something with a near fish-eye lens, similar to a GoPro, would be ideal.

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Re: iEFIS Lite?

Postby fastj22 » Wed Jan 20, 2016 7:31 pm

Ok, you have airspeed of 0 MPH, 590 MSL, Engine is out, comms are out, I'm thinking you have postcard from the Statue of Liberty sitting under the plane!

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Re: iEFIS Lite?

Postby XenosN42 » Wed Jan 20, 2016 7:48 pm

fastj22 wrote:Ok, you have airspeed of 0 MPH, 590 MSL, Engine is out, comms are out, I'm thinking you have postcard from the Statue of Liberty sitting under the plane!


Close, very close! Not a postcard but an iPad with ForeFlight showing a satellite image view. In flight the image quality is this good. One of these days I'm going to do the Hudson River run. It's only about a 30 minute flight from my home airport to the corridor entry point. A summary of the procedures: https://www.faasafety.gov/files/gslac/courses/content/79/776/kneeboard.pdf

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Re: iEFIS Lite?

Postby 13brv3 » Wed Jan 20, 2016 9:28 pm

The cameras would be cool, but it's only available on the full iEFIS, not the Lite.

There are lots of cameras available in the RC world. Maybe search for FPV camera. They definitely had lenses up to fisheye, but the resolutions were generally lower than ideal.

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Re: iEFIS Lite?

Postby Sonerai13 » Thu Jan 21, 2016 10:04 am

XenosN42 wrote:Anyone know what famous US landmark I"m "flying over"?


Looks like the Statue of Liberty.
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Re: iEFIS Lite?

Postby onexpaul » Mon Mar 20, 2017 3:19 pm

For fun I thought I'd share my favorite two brainstorms for the panel design for the Onex project.

Below is my fancy panel idea. It features the MGL Explorer Lite iEFIS and the V10 Radio. At the moment I have a used King KT76A transponder & encoder that I got for a song ($175). Ultimately I'd like to get the remote Sandia Sentinel STX 360 ($3200) which includes Mode C and ADS-B.
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Below is my frugal panel idea. It has the MGL Velocity Flight 2 Primary Display and E1 Engine Monitor. I could go cheaper with a handheld $350 radio instead of the MGL V10.
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Both have the Lift Monitor system front and center.

It is hard to decide... but fun to daydream about.

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