Last year, Levil Aviation showed off its wing-mounted portable ADAHRs called the BOM. It kinda looks like its namesake, too. In this video, AVweb's Paul Bertorelli reports on how the gadget works.
How about for use as an instrument solution for experimental aircraft? With the BOM on the wing, the only things you need on the panel are an iPad mount and an engine management system. In essence, a quality glass panel (especially once integrated with Foreflight) for under $3000 and a lot easier to install.
And apparently, they can integrate engine sensors and data into this BOM thing, although I'm not sure what would be the benefit. Unless they sell sensors that wirelessly connect to the BOM device, which then wirelessly streams all that data to the iPad in the cockpit, it isn't all that valuable. Engine sensors will most likely have wires leading to a single device (somewhere on either side of the firewall). That device may well work with a separate display device (another iPad, or a phone, or a discrete monitor), since none of the engine data depends on any of the sensors in the BOM. You can only cram so much stuff onto the single screen, and while having engine data displayed together with the rest of the EFIS, weather and traffic may be a nice feature to have, I have a feeling most people would rather declutter their primary flight display just a bit.
@ Rumblestrip.NET hey dude. May I ask you, where you from? I´m surprised you use the word "Stasi" in this way. Thought only people in germany, especially in eastern germany use this word. Thanks
Great report. Thanks Paul! Sorry you lost that camera. I like the idea of something like this, simple and not that expensive for so much information beemed to the cockpit. I think of all the info available today and am amazed. I once flew a cessna 152 900 miles each way to see my son in when he was in the navy. All I had was a sectional, and a garmin handheld.... the gps 3 pilot. That screen as you know was about the size of a box of matches. No traffic, no weather. Almost seems fool hardy now.
Can't believe how calmly he talked about losing his camera. I'd lose my shit and would only be concerned about that camera hitting something or killing someone. Hope it landed in a field.
Excellent review. Sorry about your camera. Hope you did a gps mark so you had an idea where it hit: worth a shot. I use a hunk of 0.025 safety wire trailing camera to somewhere handy, so if it departs, it is not banging wing. Looks like a pretty nice product. With two pounds of drag, I wonder how much that would affect my cruise in my Varieze?
I think two pounds is the actual weight of the device. I'm not sure what is the effective drag, though, as it is apparently fairly aerodynamic and smooth. I'm guessing, one could possibly improve it a bit aerodynamically, by wrapping the mount in a more aerodynamic fairing, but that would likely only make a meaningful difference at 200 kts and above.
If it's icy enough to freeze up that turbine, would it be reasonable to fly a light plane in such conditions? Sorry if it's a silly question, only a aero/flight physics geek and R/C pilot.
Not the turbine, the pitot. Ice can build up in the pitot hole and cause all sorts of weird data, airliners on autopilot have went out of controlled flight and crashed due to iced up pitot tubes. Not a problem for this device though since it also can get the information through GPS.
Is Levil Aviation still around? The "latest" news on their website is from a year ago. They are also still pitching NavWorx (shut down back in October 2017) on one of their pages.
Lost the Virb Elite :-( at 3:54 My favorite action camera as well. A good lesson reminding us that suction cup mounts are not a good idea on external aircraft surfaces. I (usually) use suction cups outside only with a paracord safety line and gaffers tape as backup.
Yikes! That makes me very nervous. I use a GoPro adhesive mount for my Virb E. It is located in a spot directly behind a glider canopy where nothing else would work. The Flight Flix stuff is good but they don't do adhesive. GoPro does recommend alcohol swabbing and letting adhesive mounts set for an hour before use which I am sure you - being the careful guy that does pull tests - did.
Can one use this to get IFR ratings if the plane has an old certified IFR six-pack & VORTAC system? I want to learn GPS approaches as well as old school
I found it great information for a great upgrade. and as for the Arm Chair Coaches / aviation regulation desk jockes, they can kiss it, bet they dont wear their set belts every time they drive.
Years ago I had the same thing happen: My GoPro suction mount, complete with running GoPro, fell off mid flight. Fortunately it was over CA Death Valley. I still filed a ASRS later that same day.
So next time I fly commercial, can I ask them if I can install my BOM on their wing? And really, what was with the camera, is there a GPS on that for you to find it or did someone forget the suction cup camera?
I think it should be possible for software to learn the correlation with pressure sensors for a specific plane configuration by watching accelerometer and GPS. Similarly it can be learned for some kind of pressure tape attached to wing surfaces instead of pitot style. Pitot always struck me as an offensively crude device.
If you want it to learn you're asking for what is commonly called artificial intelligence. That can be expensive. You can program the software to use that data from the get go in certain situations.
@@DanFrederiksen You want a bit more than something very basic. It will probably get expensive. Theory look simple until you actually start implement things and you figure out that you will need a bit more research to get thing done.
spindrift 1 ...... then it’s obviously not meant for you. However if you are interested in educating yourself why don’t you spindrift some of your time on the Internet instead of complaining..??
sharkheadism ..... seems you also need to educate yourself also in the area of understand the difference between suggestion and complaint ..... if you didn’t get the point I was suggesting Not complaining....
...the only concern any pilot would have watching this video is the fact that the camera fell off, potentially injuring or killing people on the ground. 14 CFR 91.15 comes to mind.
I enjoy Paul B's video's, i know this was not intentional, I even tip my hat in respect that he left that footage in the video, despite it being unwise, legally speaking. And no, I'm not "loosing my shit" over a camera falling off, but general aviation has enough haters as is, we don't need poorly attached cameras falling from the sky adding to the myriad of issues being used to make the life of aircraft owners/operators difficult.
A Stratus beats this hands down. It's the size of a bar of soap and requires no wires if on the dash and charged up. As far as I'm concerned the BOM is not a AOA indicator. The way it tries to be is just way to complicated to trust to be accurate. Also vulnerable to rain. Vane type is only type to be completely trusted.
Joel M. A stratux beats both for 155$ and super easy build. does everything a stratus does with no compromise. better battery life than a stratus if you use a big battery pack. Stratux picked up more towers to from my test with both (2s) on In flight. Uses good parts to raspberry pi 3 and great quality ahrs chip. Also has a big fan so it stays cool. I always scratch my head when I hear people buy a stratus for 1000 usd with taxes for the same quality of a stratux. You can build a PC for that price. Total rip off.
Biscuit112 DT I know Stratus doesn't have AOA indication. But neither does BOM as far as I'm concerned. If BOM had a vane type AOA indicator then I would want one over a Stratus.
Inyalabudbud Punjabbidaliwad I agree. My "bicycle horn" stall warning is extremely reliable. Ingeniously simple. I'd trust it over a computer any day. However I would trust a computer based AOA indicator if it uses a physical vane. A modern AOA indicator would also be good for a pilot to learn how close he/she is getting to sounding a warning under different flight and load scenarios. I'm sure they are able to record data for later study also, like my EI CGR -30P does.
FWIW, at 06:49 in this video: Back in the 1970s, while a Boy Scout, I went camping at _Myakka River State Park._ {I have been living in North Carolina since 1995, but I am originally from St. Pete.} *_"It seems a thousand centuries ago."_** -- APOCALYPSE NOW [1979]*
Camera Falling off just shows this guy is not worth listening to. Someone below just shit themselves because it fell 3 feet from them. A comment for you sir... even a go-pro can be safety wired separately from the purchased mount.
@@spencergeorge4941 The camera was apparently mounted according to the instructions (using the go pro glue tape). It was mounted the way it should be mounted under wing (same way all other aviators mount their GoPro cameras underwing). It never fell off before. And it fell in water (hence the somewhat nonchalant response of the narrator).
Rule#1 fly the damn plane.....who needs this crap...unless you're flying IMC....and in this case..its not IMC approved......this is like having an automatic fishing pole caster....what the fluck?
"This crap" offers a lot easier way to fly the plane than the traditional instruments. And for experimental homebuilders, this solution is ideal as the primary instrument set. It significantly reduces complexity and weight, with fewer components that can fail, and with much more flight data, presented in much more intuitive way, than any old-school instrument panel could do. Everyone would benefit from "this crap". It makes you a better pilot (by making flying easier and safer).
