October 13, 2012

By The AVweb Editorial Staff

Weather with Perspective XM WX Satellite Weather gives you onboard perspective on the weather. Graphical data like Radar, Lightning, Winds and more enhance your situational awareness and is compatible with the industry's leading MFDs, EFBs, glass cockpits, and now the iPad. Additionally, flexible subscription options ensure you get the dataset that's right for you. Come see the latest from XM WX Satellite Weather at booth 802 during AOPA Summit 2012 or visit us online at XMWXweather.com/aviation. AVflash! Van's Vision of Tomorrow? back to top  Van's To Build 'Fly-Away' RV-12s The world's most successful manufacturer of kit planes is tentatively entering the OEM market with an initial run of 12 deluxe copies of its RV-12 LSA. In a podcast interview with AVweb at AOPA Summit in Palm Springs, Van's Aircraft founder and president Dick VanGrunsven said it was a market the company was thinking about when it launched the RV-12. The first run will not be built at the company's Aurora factory. They will be built by kit completion specialists Synergy Air. Orders will be taken in November and first deliveries are expected in the new year, VanGrunsven said. The kit price is about $65,000 including engine. The base price of the fly-away model will be $105,000 but the first 12 "Signature Edition" aircraft will be $115,000. Van's has sold more than RV-12 kits, and more than 200 are flying, and the company says that's an important statistic. "Production SLSA RV-12s will include the benefits of this real-world flight experience, rather than just factory testing done by professional pilots," the company said in a news release. ForeFlight: Intelligent Apps for Pilots™ Best-in-class design, best-in-class pre-flight and in-flight weather, Touch Planning™, auto-routing, geo-referenced approach and enroute charts, aviation documents, and our Fanatical Pilot Support™ make ForeFlight Mobile for iPad aviation's most popular app. Learn more about ForeFlight — including our new Advisor features and support for ADS-B in-flight weather — on the web at ForeFlight.com. Podcast: Van's Tries Manufacturing File Size 4.6 MB / Running Time 5:04 Podcast Index | How to Listen | Subscribe Via RSS The world's most successful kit aircraft supplier is taking a tentative step toward being an aircraft manufacturer. AVweb's Russ Niles spoke with Van's founder Dick VanGrunsven about the new direction for the company. This podcast is brought to you by Bose Corporation, WxWorx XM WX Satellite Weather, Avidyne, and Bendix/King by Honeywell. Click here to listen. (4.6 MB, 5:04) Bendix/King myWingMan Navigator App There's no easier way to fly informed. Ease-of-use is on just about every pilot's checklist. Which makes the new myWingMan Navigator app worth checking out. With full-screen or two- and three-way split-screen views, myWingMan lets you easily modify the screen to provide the information you want. Swap windows with just two fingers: drag and drop. It's completely intuitive. There's no easier way to fly informed. Just touch. And go. Visit PreviewMyWingman.com. Tamarack's Aerodynamic Acumen back to top  Winglets For All? An Idaho company says it has come up with a way to allow virtually any aircraft to benefit from winglets without affecting the certified load limits of its wings. Tamarack Aerospace President Nick Guida said the patented "active winglets" the company has developed will allow the installation of winglets on hundreds of aircraft types whose wings were not engineered to handle them. The key is turning the effect of the winglets on and off when necessary to mitigate the potential for winglets to overstress wings. Guida said winglets cause the center of pressure of wings to move outboard, thereby creating higher stress loads on the wing. While that's fine for most operations, turbulence and aggressive maneuvering can push the wings beyond their design limits and that's where the Tamarack system comes in. It uses computer-controlled aileron-type control surfaces next to the winglet that move to negate the effect of the winglet when warranted. Tamarack is working on certification using a Cirrus SR22 for a demonstration platform, but Guida said the technology can be applied to many existing designs whose wings wouldn't otherwise handle winglets. Introducing the IFD440 FMS/GPS/NAV/COM As the newest member of Avidyne's integrated flight display family, the IFD440 has been designed to be an easy-to-install, plug & play replacement for legacy GNS430-Series navigators. The IFD440 provides powerful navigation, communication, and multi-function display capabilities, and its easy-to-use Hybrid Touch user interface allows pilots to perform virtually all functions using dedicated knobs/buttons or via the touchscreen interface. Now you have a Choice. And the Choice is Easy. Click here to receive introductory pricing information. Video: Tamarack Aerospace -- Winglets for All Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb | Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos Winglets improve the aerodynamic efficiency of wings, but they also affect the wing's aerodynamic loading — and that matters. The changes can shorten the life limit of wings. The proper addition of winglets includes consideration of engineering factors, and that's where Tamarack Aerospace comes in. Their new active winglet is specifically designed so that it can be added to any aircraft without further modification to the wing's internal structure. Don't see a video screen? Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page. If that doesn't work, click here to download the video directly. This video is brought to you by Bose Corporation, ForeFlight, and Bendix/King by Honeywell. Your Personal S1 Experience With its revolutionary adaptive digital noise cancelation and customizable comfort features such as headband contact pressure adjustment, the S1 Digital is truly a headset that can be personalized for every user and every environment. We want you to experience this level of customization for yourself. For a limited time only, try an S1 Digital without risk for 30 days, share your experience with us, and get rewarded. Learn more. Palm Springs Air Museum's T-33 back to top  Video: Lockheed T-33 at Palm Springs Air Museum Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb | Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos AOPA Summit 2012 brought together pilots and aviation enthusiasts from across the nation and also provided a stage for local aviation attractions like the Palm Springs Air Museum. The museum contributed three warbirds to AOPA's outdoor display. In this video, Palm Springs Air Museum director of design Richard Grosser talks about the Lockheed T-33 jet trainer. Don't see a video screen? Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page. If that doesn't work, click here to download the video directly. This video is brought to you by WxWorx XM WX Satellite Weather, Avidyne, and Sennheiser. Bose® A20® Aviation Headset The Best We've Ever Made Bose was the first to introduce active noise reducing headsets to aviation more than 20 years ago, forever changing the way pilots fly. Today, we continue to set the standard with the Bose A20 Aviation Headset. The headset provides acclaimed noise reduction, with a comfortable fit and the clear audio you expect from Bose. It also features Bluetooth® connectivity, an auxiliary audio input and priority switching. Learn more. Training Smarter, Flying Safer back to top  Redbird Moves On Flight Training The same company that five years ago introduced modern attainable full-motion general aviation flight simulators to flight schools is set to broaden their influence. The company currently has more than 300 simulators working in flight schools and has expanded its attention to training curriculum. Redbird Skyport at San Marcos, Texas, is the company's training facility and research center. On October 22-24, it will host industry representatives to detail the results of its data mining and research regarding specific ways to improve the efficiency of flight training both for flight students and training providers. AVweb spoke this week with Redbird's Josh Harnagel, about the company and Redbird Skyport. Click here for the podcast of that conversation. Helicopter Speech Recogition at AOPA Summit hands-free vectoring to any latitude/longitude hands-free entry of Nav/Comm frequencies The HELO101 uses VoiceFlight's field-proven speech recogntion technology to address the inherent conflicts between safe rotocraft flight operations and the distractions of data entry on modern avionics. See a demonstration at AOPA Summit (booth #1507) or on our web site, VoiceFlight.com. Podcast: Redbird Skyport File Size 5.4 MB / Running Time 5:53 Podcast Index | How to Listen | Subscribe Via RSS The same company that introduced modern attainable full-motion general aviation flight simulators to flight schools is set to broaden their influence. AVweb speaks with Redbird's Josh Harnagel about the company's San Marcos, Texas research and training facility, Redbird Skyport. This podcast is brought to you by ForeFlight.com, Sennheiser, Bose Corporation, and WxWorx XM WX Satellite Weather. Click here to listen. (5.4 MB, 5:53) Reletex, the New Version of the Highly Effective ReliefBand ... is the most effective method to treat nausea and vomiting due to motion sickness and other problems. Worn on the wrist (acupuncture's P-6 meridian), the Reletex produces a small neuromodulating current which stops peristaltic waves in the stomach, ceasing nausea and vomiting without drugs or side effects. Reletex is available in 60- and 150-hour versions. FAA-O.K. for pilots doing aerobatic flight as well as everyday passengers. Get your Reletex at AeroMedix.com. (888) 362‑7123 Sights from the Show back to top  AOPA Summit 2012 Photo Gallery click for photos AVweb's daily coverage of the 2012 Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association gathering (AOPA Summit 2012) in Palm Springs, California concludes with a gallery of photos from the show. Click for photos. 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