REFLECTOR: AP1 Auto Pilot

[Lou Stedman]

When is a good time to call?
write me off line at stedmanlou at adelphia.net  Thanks

Lou Stedman
Velocity N7044Q
Olean, NY
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brent Bourgeois" <bjb3013 at yahoo.com>
To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: AP1 Auto Pilot


> Sounds like a servo/wire problem here. While on the ground, engine off, 
> can you hear the servo engage? Will it move from side to side with the 
> turn or trim knob. I will be at work all Friday night and would be happy 
> to talk to you.
> 504-431-6278
>
> Brent
> N61VB
> Velocity RG
>
>
>
> --- On Thu, 9/25/08, Lou Stedman <stedmanlou at roadrunner.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Lou Stedman <stedmanlou at roadrunner.com>
>> Subject: REFLECTOR: AP1 Auto Pilot
>> To: "canard Aviators" <canard-aviators at yahoogroups.com>, "Reflector 
>> Velocity" <reflector at tvbf.org>
>> Date: Thursday, September 25, 2008, 4:40 PM
>> Any of you guys out there know anything about a Navaid AP1
>> auto pilot? Let me fill you in on my problem. When I
>> purchased my Vel, the auto pilot was not working. Recently,
>> I removed it and returned it to Navaid. They replaced the
>> gyro and returned it to me. I installed it and found that
>> the wing leveler now worked well but it would not track the
>> GPS or VOR. I took it into my avionics shop and they
>> discovered that my KX155 GPS was not configured right. I had
>> too large an area of swing. We set it for three tenths of a
>> mile and it worked. I flew it back to my airport, about a
>> half hour flight and it was tracking great. About twenty
>> minutes into the flight my aircraft started a slow left turn
>> off the gps course and it now does not work. Both wing
>> leveler and course tracking are not working. Any thoughts.
>> The gyro sounds like it is working. I know Navaid is no
>> longer in business and I probably will have to look for
>> another one but I just wanted to ask the experts before I
>> spend my hard earned money.
>>
>> Lou Stedman
>> Velocity N7044Q
>> Olean, NY_______________________________________________
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