Avidyne R9 in EA500 Extra aircraft
The Avidyne AutoPilot DFC100 has never been installed/certified on the EA500. Request for the Extra R9 software to be upgraded from release 9.3 to 9.4 must be directed back to Extra. R9.3.X is the only software approved for the R9 in the Extra EA500 aircraft.
DFC90 Self Test Fail
If you get a self test fail annunciation please have the following completed by your local Avidyne dealer. 1. Verify Autopilot is properly seated in its tray. 2. Verify no Autopilot external devices has failed (i.e. trim/servo motors, turn coordinator, autopilot disconnect, trim/servo motor, etc.) If the abo…
Audio Fail message on R9 IFD5000
This is an indication that is generated by the DFC100 autopilot computer. Essentially this fault means the DFC100 is unable to read/write to an internal memory component. This will not affect any of the operation of the auto pilot, but will cause the aural alerting to cease. The unit will need to come back to Avid…
