VR Avionics in Lancair

[Maurits van Rooy]

I have asked some of customers that own Lancair or Evolution aircraft to come here for questions regarding their VR Avionics installations.


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[Ryan Riley]

Thanks Maurits. Hopefully we can build a good repository of info for them.


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[Maurits van Rooy]

From John Wach,

This is a very common question I get.

“Will your box talk to the garmin oil, torque, temp senders that your TSLM is looking for? Or do you have a solution”

When you say Garmin I assume you are referring specifically to G3x.

The answer is that the GEA 24 and TSLM M601 will share the following sensor inputs.

ITT - K-Type thermocouple.
OIL Temp if using a K Type thermocouple.
N1 and N2 - GEA 24 needs our TGC converter to read the Tach Generator signals.

VR uses 4-20 mA transducers for Torque, Oil pressure.

The GEA 24 uses a typical 0-5 Volt transducer.


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[Maurits van Rooy]

As far as offering a solution.

If your goal is to only start and limit the engine you don’t need to add any of the pressure transducers that we use.

It is only when people prefer to have all the possible signal inputs - mainly because they plan to use the DX1, VRD10 or the new DX-2 display controller unit.

Almost all the pilots flying with the DX-1 and G3x prefer to use the DX1 over the G3x because of the way the gauges work and are presented. They will use the DX1 as the primary engine display for those reasons.
This customer did not want to include it in his initial panel design. He did his training with Sherman before his was ready for its maiden flight which was equipped with both DX1 and G3x. He realized his mistake when starting to test fly his Lancair and bought a unit from me. I made him a special harness and he mounted it to the windscreen with a RAM mount and zip ties. It is his primary engine display now!

In the picture we still have to hook up fuel pressure and fuel flow.

I’m going to make a topic on their project on Lancair Live because I have been helping them with a lot of issues with their Lancair and I think the community can benefit from what we have discovered and fixed.


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[Tom Sullivan]

John Cook was my mentor and provided me with my initial transition training. He was adamant I needed the VRD-10 TSLM while designing my instrument panel and we both used that as our primary engine instrument. Its reliability is paramount to safe operation of your turbine.

Support from VR Avionics is as good as it gets. I’ve been AOG (6 driving hours from home) due to an intermittent Interupter and Mauritz talked me through a temporary fix that enabled me to deal with replacement at my home airport. I can’t say enough how critical his knowledge and support has been to my IVPT ownership!

[Maurits van Rooy]

Support from VR Avionics is as good as it gets. I’ve been AOG (6 driving hours from home) due to an intermittent Interupter and Mauritz talked me through a temporary fix that enabled me to deal with replacement at my home airport. I can’t say enough how critical his knowledge and support has been to my IVPT ownership![/quote]

Thank you Tom,

I remember that time and I’m glad we could get you home that day.


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