The New Dynon Skyview Touch.

http://www.sportaviationmagazine.com – Dynon's Modernized SkyView Touch By Dan Johnson With the chance to fly and learn both Dynon SkyView and Garmin 796, I have become a fan of each. Dynon is dominant in Light-Sport Aircraft instrument panels for very good reasons. They work well and don't cost an arm and a leg. Their Synthetic Vision is superb. However, much as I have come to love those big, beautiful, all-color digital instruments, you must resort to a button or joystick to make changes. Those of us spoiled by our smartphones and iPads have become accustomed to touch. So, no wonder that I also fell in love with the all-touch 796. It works a lot like my iPad and finding things is reasonably easy ... a few functions are hidden behind menu layers but on whole, the 796 is a brilliant bit of engineering design. However, in bumpy air, I've had to learn a technique of hanging a thumb or finger on the bezel to steady my hand as I try to select certain functions by touch. In short, touch isn't always optimal. Dynon has heard all this and has been busy. Just in time for viewing at Sun 'n Fun, the digital geniuses at Dynon have introduced SkyView Touch™. Michael Schofield, Marketing Manager at Dynon Avionics, says: "We've focused on creating an incredible pilot interface with SkyView Touch™ and new dedicated control panels. From the simplest LSA to the most complex IFR aircraft, there's a SkyView for every panel." To solve the bumpy touch dilemma, Dynon built a combination interface of either touch or buttons and knobs. They say SkyView Touch is designed to complement not replace physical controls. In essence they added the convenience of touch when you want it but kept a full set of buttons and joystick knobs for precise control in turbulent conditions. Plus, "Unlike most touch-based avionics and tablets, SkyView Touch preserves SkyView's sunlight-readable and glare-rejecting screen." Finger pinch and spread motions made natural by using iPads and smartphones will now work on the SkyView map. Also, tapping part of the screen display that includes an adjustment bug directs the action of the joystick control to that bug. OK, so we all love touch, but what about flying around in bumpy air? That Garmin 796 I've come to love isn't quite as friendly in turbulence. http://www.sportaviationmagazine.com Video and Audio content is Copyright © Sport Aviation Magazine. This video and audio material may not be reproduced in any form without written permission. Help support Sport Aviation Magazine by subscribing to our PAID subscription video magazine at http://www.ultralightflyer.com Thank You for your continued support! RELATED SEARCH TERMS: experimental aircraft, experimental amateurbuilt aircraft video, homebuilt aircraft, homebuilt aircraft kits, home built aircraft, homebuilt aircraft plans, sport aircraft, light sport aircraft, light sport aircraft kits, light sport aircraft for sale, light sport aircraft manufacturers, sport planes,sport aircraft, light sport planes, Light-sport Aircraft (Aircraft Type), Flying (Magazine), TAGS: Dynon, Dynon Avionics, SkyView, dynon skyview touch, dynon skyview touch price, dynon skyview touch screen, Glass Panel, Synthetic Vision, instrument panel, SkyView Update, Avionics, SkyView http://www.sportaviationmagazine.com - The New Dynon Skyview Touch.