Electronics

[bag swinnger]

Allright now we are getting some where! Right on vert ref I new there was a tip or two in there somewhere. I am liking the snap the top off the spruce trick. as for the garmin gps III pilot when you turn it on before you lift off it starts drawing a track on the moving map right from staging and and you can even see the track change when you kick in some pedal to put some english on the bag as you swing it in and play the wind. after you spot the last bag you veer off back to staging for another rack and the track still follows you and that turning point is the mark you do not touch any thing, it just keeps drawing track that stays there until you erase it. you can turn it on three days later and see where you left off and fly direct to that spot once again never touching a thing. if youre flying a 3D youre track will draw you a replica of youre map complete with relation to rivers lakes and secondary roads, depending on how you lay the job out. for those long 2D's when youre flying from a semi trailer thats jumping a head every few miles and youre track back to the mobile staging is different every rack, is where this thing is worth its weight in diamonds. i do agree with you on how valuable basic dead reckoning skills are but the more we use gps's they become the microwave oven of the aviation world, as in how did we ever get along with out them I can hardly wait to see how fired up you guys get, on the next couple of topics that I am thinking about posting. 😀

 

[bag swinnger]

hey vortex ring good question and you are probably not the only one. click on this for more info i hope this works. and there is alot of controversy amongst pilots on this stuff.

 

[bag swinnger]

well that didnt work just punch in http://www.dynanav.com and click on seismic B)

 

[Vortex Ring]

Very cool, thanks B.S.

 

[VERTICAL REF]

What is the controversy? I set the initial sop's for the kodiak and the automatic bagrunner with Brian from Contrail!!! :blink: :blink: :blink:

 

[Big Duke 6]

We still work very closly with Kodiak on test flying new software especially the laser survey system on drills. Finally had all the china hat's wired on all our 212's so you don't need to take your eyes of the equipment to enter new missions etc... there trying to incorprate new software that will give you not only differential GPS guidance and load weights, but the same screen will also give you engine torques,ITT,N1 as well as NR , Master and fire warning lights, all in the door. Great system , but ya still need to know how to do it without the technology. B)

 

[skidsup]

V-Ref, Bid Duke, etc. Thanks for the info. I just started flying seismic and am usind a Dynanav. I keep hearing that most jobs use it nowadays which is good. As for landmarking, I agree it would be the best but first I'll have to get used to the job, equipment etc. before I'll have enough spare "attention" to start noticing the surroundings. Still quite a bit of 'heads down time' right now.
I don't have a handheld FM right now and it sure would come in handy, even more than a GPS at the moment. So I'm shopping. I'll check out Yasu, and Icom and Ebay. Thanks
Any more tips on seismic will be read with interest. Thanks for the info.

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