Dynon SkyView HDX Earns First Twin Approval

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Key Takeaways:

  • Dynon's SkyView HDX integrated avionics platform is now FAA-approved for installation in most Piper PA-34 Seneca models, marking its first approval for a twin-engine aircraft.
  • The approval covers the full avionics suite, including a two-axis autopilot with coupled approach capability and a new twin-engine monitoring solution.
  • Dynon highlights SkyView HDX as an affordable and capable upgrade for twin-engine aircraft, with the core system starting at $14,189 and offering a typical weight reduction of 50 to 80 pounds.
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Dynon has announced that its SkyView HDX integrated avionics platform is now FAA-approved for installation in most Piper PA-34 Seneca models. According to the company, the approval covers its full suite of avionics, including its two-axis autopilot with coupled approach capability along with a new twin-engine monitoring solution. The Seneca is the first twin-engine aircraft the SkyView HDX has earned approval for, expanding the approved model list (AML) to all Piper Aircraft PA-34-200 Seneca, PA-34-200T Seneca II, PA-34-220T Seneca III, PA-34-220T Seneca IV, and PA-34-220T Seneca V aircraft.

“We’re thrilled to expand Dynon’s reach to twin-engine type certificated aircraft, starting with the Piper Seneca,” said Dynon director of marketing Michael Schofield. “With this approval, SkyView HDX is in a class by itself for affordable and capable twin-aircraft avionics upgrades.”

SkyView HDX pricing for the Seneca starts at $14,189 for the core system, which includes a 10-inch display providing primary flight instrumentation, synthetic vision, mapping and flight planning, and a standby EFIS-D10A flight display. Dynon says that the installed system is typically 50 to 80 pounds lighter than the instruments it is replacing. The SkyView HDX is also available for almost 600 single-engine aircraft models, with furth single- and twin-engine approvals in the works.

For a closer look at a SkyView HDX installation in a Cessna 172, see the video below.

Kate O'Connor

Kate is a private pilot, certificated aircraft dispatcher, and graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
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