Avionics

A portable ADS-B receiver with universal app compatability for under $300? That you can add AHRS capability to and still keep the price point under $500? Brett Hackleman of Bad Elf says his company can do it — and they’re inviting backers to get in on the ground floor with a Kickstarter campaign. Paul Bertorelli […]

Now that Avidyne’s IFD440 hybrid touch GPS navigator is certified and shipping, the company is putting a sharp focus on the experimental and kit aircraft market. This includes builders with existing Garmin GNS navigators. In this video, Kitplanes magazine contributing editor Larry Anglisano, along with Avidyne’s Tom Harper, shows how to transition from an existing […]

Levi Technology has introduced a new version of its iLevil called the iLevil 2 SW. It features an improved, two-frequency ADS-B receiver and a slight larger solar array to extend battery life. AVweb’s Paul Bertorelli recently test-flew the SW. view on YouTube

Bose recently introduced Bluetooth capability for its popular A20 headset. AVweb’s Paul Bertorelli took a flight trial and shows how an older A20 can be upgraded to Bluetooth. view on YouTube

Premier Aircraft, a well-known Florida aircraft sales and modification house, is offering a diesel 172 with a diesel conversion. AVweb took a test flight in it recently and prepared this video report. view on YouTube

NASA – which always has a cool setup at Oshkosh, space suits and all – quietly conducted research last month under the radar of the world’s biggest airshow. In the basement of EAA’s Air Academy Lodge, a team of NASA staffers had pilots fly an X-Plane sim to test a cellphone app designed to avoid […]

TV is a harsh and impatient mistress. (Just ask Donald Trump.) And so it was when I was blathering on in Friday’s VLOG about refurbs and airplane prices, I had to leave some material in the bit bucket in the service of shortening the video. But I think it’s worth mentioning in a follow-up. You […]

The Garmin Flight Stream wireless data hub connects the Pilot tablet computer app with a variety of onboard avionics systems, including the Garmin GTN and GNS panel navigators and the GDL88/84 ADS-B transceivers. In this video, Aviation Consumereditor Larry Anglisano, along with Garmin’s Jessica Koss, goes flying with the system in the company Cirrus for […]

Many vintage and even newer BendixKing autopilots require the pricey vacuum-driven mechanical KI-256 attitude gyro, which can be real money to overhaul or replace. BendixKing has a modern alternative with the KI-300 solid-state, MEMS-based digital attitude display. In this video, Aviation Consumereditor Larry Anglisano takes a look at the instrument with BendixKing’s Roger Dykeman while […]

At AirVenture Oshkosh this year, volunteer pilots helped test-fly a simulator connected to a new GA version of NASA’s automatic ground-collision avoidance system cellphone app. The space agency hopes releasing this technology to all pilots will prevent future CFITs. view on YouTube