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of-the-art, plug-and-play GPS nav/
comm that offered a touchscreen,
hard buttons, FMS, audio alerts and
more. You slide out the old unit and
slide in the new one. It can take less
than a minute, and many shops have
told us they love that because it's
still profitable but frees them up to
work on other things. Plus, the pilots
don't complain about installation
downtime."
Not surprisingly, Air Force
experience heavily influenced the
design process.
"A big part of my test pilot job in
California was deciding if avionics
had a good or bad design," he said.
"I'd redesign avionics data pages
for a contractor so they did what we
wanted. When I worked for Draper
Labs where we were a contractor, I
was doing the same thing while still
flying A-10s.
"I want instruments to be an
extension of my arm. The fancy
name is natural user interface. Then
add in the OODA Loop, which was
conceived by John Boyd, a genius
colonel in the Air Force. OODA
stands for observe, orient, decide,
act. It's really about dominating
your enemy in combat. You take
that and other things learned as a
fighter pilot and test pilot, and it's
clear you have to make this stuff
easy to use for a single-seat, highworkload environment. You can't
be wrestling with nested menus and
complexity. We could pack our box
with 6 million features, but that
would make it worse. You want to
push all the complex stuff into the
background so it's simple to use but
powerful.
"People mocked us when we
created the R9 display. The digital
readouts of airspeed, altitude and

heading were in a gigantic, almost
cartoon font. But who were the
customers? Guys in their 50s and 60s
with discretionary income and eyes
that are falling off the cliff like mine
are. They might find themselves in
a high-workload environment with
bad weather at night in an unfamiliar
area. Don't give them a million
things on a piece of glass so they
can't figure out what's important."
In the coming months, Avidyne will
be introducing new general aviation
products, according to Jacobson. The
company now has building blocks in
place that can be quickly assembled in
different form factors. As the world's
only privately held, full-line avionics

company, it can be nimble and is
committed to making sure the $150
million it spent developing cuttingedge technology included in the Cirrus
flight deck will be available to pilots in
a variety of innovative products.
"Those of us at Avidyne love being
here," said Jacobson while walking to
a test bed Cessna182 whose panel is
worth more than the plane. "It would
be harder finding a cooler job in this
terrific, important industry. We don't
have turnover. Everyone contributes,
and it shows." q

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Avionics News March 2015

Point of Communication
AEA Now
The View from Washington
International News and Regulatory Updates
'Cell'-ular Changes
Member Profile
NextGen Connection
Avionics Corrosion Control
Member Profile
AEA Convention Information
Business Basics
What's Working?
Aviation Insurance 101
Legal Ease
A Conversation With...
Best Advice
Aviation Aces
Honoring our Heroes
What's New
Before & After
Marketplace Classifieds
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