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Dynon HDX Certified: Autopilots for Barons

Dynon’s new STC for installing the SkyView Autopilot adds utility to Beech Barons with failing analog systems.

Larry Anglisano
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Edited By:

Omar Filipovic

The Baron Dynon panel here has a 10-inch PFD and 7-inch MFD that also serves as an engine and fuel display. That’s a PS Engineering PMA450B audio panel, Avidyne IFD440 (Garmin navigators work, too) and Dynon comm radio control head in the main stack.

There are plenty of used Beech Baron twins on the market sporting 1980s-vintage analog autopilots and the spinning iron gyros that drive them. It takes effort and money to keep these systems flying right and tight, easing the decision to spend serious money for new glass with a digital autopilot.

After a long engineering and certification effort, Dynon has a fresh STC for retrofitting the SkyView HDX Certified suite in the majority of the Baron 58 series. Garmin has owned the Baron upgrade market with the G600 TXi displays and GFC 600 autopilot. Here’s a summary of the Dynon interface, which is nicely scalable depending on the budget.

Larry Anglisano

Editor in Chief Larry Anglisano has been a staple at Aviation Consumer since 1995. An active land, sea and glider pilot, Larry has over 30 years’ experience as an avionics repairman and flight test pilot. He’s the editorial director overseeing sister publications Aviation Safety magazine, IFR magazine and is a regular contributor to KITPLANES magazine with his Avionics Bootcamp column.