My 701 passed it's inspection on Mar 1.  I took the first flight on Friday, 4-12-2013.  All went well and I'm on my way to phase I testing.  I was simply amazed at the information I got from the Dynon Skyview.  The black box records at the rate of 16 times per second and the regular output file is programable for rate desired for information gathering.  Using the recorded information I have reviewed the flight numerous times looking at engine performance and flight attitudes.   I reviewed the exact pitch and bank angles.  Although it recorded my engine pressure/temps and what not, to bad I didn't have a blood pressure cuff in place for it to record.  I can see that the flight testing will be enhanced by having all of the perfomance information and flight attitudes replayed.  I have flown that one flight quite a few times now, specifically looking for places in the flight I memories of that were both great and challenging (not so good).  There was no way I could have recorded audio or reported on the radio such detailed data - - I was to busy flying the plane.  If you haven't looked at the version 5.1 software package for the Skyview, I suggest you do.  The recording is just a short section at the end of the manual and it deserves considerably more attention!  ---- Terry

 

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