Rallylancer122
Well Known Member
My RV has a TruTrak EFIS autopilot. It works great, but every once in a while the screen goes wonky. It starts with horizontal streaks and quickly the entire screen becomes multicolored horizontal lines reminiscent of an 80's TV on the fritz (some of you may be old enough to remember this!)
It did this a few years ago and I sent it to Andrew at Trutrak who fixed it. Unfortunately I'm unable to get a hold of him, and quite frankly I have a feeling it's going to keep doing this every few years so I'd like to be able to just fix it myself. I suspect it's a loose or corroded connection inside, but before I tear into it I figured I'd ask the brain trust on VAF to see if someone has fixed it before?
And yeah, I could just replace with a modern supported EFIS with a built in autopilot (Dynon, G3X, GRT, etc...) but my plane was the prototype for the TruTrak autopilot RV8 install. My Dad was good friends with Jim Youngkin, and told me stories of them doing the first test flights. I'd kinda like to keep it as long as I can.
It did this a few years ago and I sent it to Andrew at Trutrak who fixed it. Unfortunately I'm unable to get a hold of him, and quite frankly I have a feeling it's going to keep doing this every few years so I'd like to be able to just fix it myself. I suspect it's a loose or corroded connection inside, but before I tear into it I figured I'd ask the brain trust on VAF to see if someone has fixed it before?
And yeah, I could just replace with a modern supported EFIS with a built in autopilot (Dynon, G3X, GRT, etc...) but my plane was the prototype for the TruTrak autopilot RV8 install. My Dad was good friends with Jim Youngkin, and told me stories of them doing the first test flights. I'd kinda like to keep it as long as I can.
