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Hogarth Kramer

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  1. I built and fly a Van’s RV-12 with a Rotax 912 ULS and a Dynon Skyview with autopilot. I have just a few small details of possible interest. First, the Rotax is started with choke on and the throttle completely closed. Opening the throttle disables the choke. It is also only rough at idle if you leave the choke on (because the mixture is too rich), and you should never go over 2,400 RPM until the oil reaches 120 F. It is normally a very smooth engine. It does have two carbs and if they are out of balance, you might get a little vibration at idle. Carb balancing is pretty simple to do, though, so even that is not much of a problem. The autopilot is not rudimentary; it offers VS select, altitude pre-select, CWS, and pretty much everything else commonly found in GA autopilots. It’s also very affordable - the Skyview has the autopilot logic built in by default - the only additional cost is two autopilot servos, each costing only $750. That makes what would be a $20,000+ autopilot in any other certificated airplane only $1,500. See YouTube channel RV12Pilot for more.
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