Landing Height System is now FAA Certified for all Pipers

[Pa32Pilot]

I installed the model 100B when it was first offered about 2 years ago. I absolutely love it, especially for night landings, or better yet, when landing into the setting sun ... and the wow factor when I have a guest pilot in the right seat was worth the price of admission, to say nothing of the increased safety factor. Upgrading to the model 200 is presently only $80.

My Garmin WAAS GTN's will call descending through 500' AGL (GPS-derived altitude), so I'm waiting for what I hope will be an eventual offering of a "model 400" to fill the gap.

 

[Arrow4]

Also did the upgrade to the 200 and the updates are worth the cost. I truly appreciate the countdown of altitude from 50' literally down to feet before touchdown. Certainly adds a safety margin for nighttime landings.

 

[PJ2DMD]

Any recommendations for LHS system installers around north Florida?

 

[Justplaneaddicted]

I still get "Interesting" landings even at work with RA callouts. Practice makes perfect.

 

[PJ2DMD]

Still looking for an experienced installer to put one of these in my Saratoga.

 

[Arrow4]

Still looking for an experienced installer to put one of these in my Saratoga.

Any good avionics shop can easily handle the install. Plus it needs to tye into your audio panel

 

[philiplane]

Still looking for an experienced installer to put one of these in my Saratoga.

I put them in the right wing root access panel which makes for an easy wiring run to the power and audio panel connections.

 

[Jimmy J]

Still looking for an experienced installer to put one of these in my Saratoga.

Jesse Saint at X35 (Marion Co. Fla) put in a LHA-500 an access panel under my right wing.
It’s pretty nice - gives gear reminders at 500’. Callouts thru the audio panel - 300, 100, 20, 10, 5, 2, 1 (or however you want to set it up.
Very non-intrusive installation.
2 thumbs up & highly recommended.

 

[Jesse Saint]

I have the Holy Micro unit in stock. It can be hard wired to the audio panel, or it can be connected via Bluetooth. I put one in my 172 on Saturday in about 45 minutes, including cutting the hole in the access panel, but I already had power in the wing and just connected to the bluetooth on the audio panel. You can also get a battery back for it so you wouldn't require any wiring if you have a bluetooth audio panel (or you can bluetooth it to your headset directly). Setup is a breeze with an phone or iPad, and it works great. It will be a great tool, especially for students working on getting the sight picture for altitudes when landing. I can connect to the gear lights, or you can just tell it to call out gear at one or two altitudes when coming in to land. I think that would be just as good in my book. You can connect it to a GPS for GPS altitudes, and to get it to shut up over a certain speed so it doesn't call out things in the clouds. You also will have a switch to either remove power or to turn off the audio when in IMC. It is a minor alteration, so it just requires a logbook entry, and it is light enough that no Weight & Balance alteration is required.

 

[imwithtuxedo]

I've not seen one of these yet. Very interesting concept. It's pretty easy to run power from the battery to the wing in my Comanche. I might look into one of these as the ability to connect to the BT on the audio panel means not having to pin a wire.

I have the Holy Micro unit in stock. It can be hard wired to the audio panel, or it can be connected via Bluetooth. I put one in my 172 on Saturday in about 45 minutes, including cutting the hole in the access panel, but I already had power in the wing and just connected to the bluetooth on the audio panel. You can also get a battery back for it so you wouldn't require any wiring if you have a bluetooth audio panel (or you can bluetooth it to your headset directly). Setup is a breeze with an phone or iPad, and it works great. It will be a great tool, especially for students working on getting the sight picture for altitudes when landing. I can connect to the gear lights, or you can just tell it to call out gear at one or two altitudes when coming in to land. I think that would be just as good in my book. You can connect it to a GPS for GPS altitudes, and to get it to shut up over a certain speed so it doesn't call out things in the clouds. You also will have a switch to either remove power or to turn off the audio when in IMC. It is a minor alteration, so it just requires a logbook entry, and it is light enough that no Weight & Balance alteration is required.