Hi Peter
Here are the photos. Apologies for the time it took.
Peter
Did not forget, the aircraft is off the field for annual.
Ben
Im Going all electric with my DR400, the Standby attitude system is one that has internal battery back up.
It will also have what Boeing would call a “hot battery bus” that will be switchable in case of a major DC bus bar failure, this Bus will only power No 1 GTN650.
The carrage of a hand held GPS/NAV/COM with an external anttena is also planned.
Peter wrote:
Ben – What did he exactly do? I mean, what equipment did he install?
It is sometime since I saw the aircraft so i might be wrong with some of the details. He is all glass, no vacuum, if memory works he said that the pump was removed. He has all Garmin touch screens with traffic warning, all singing dancing panel. I will be at the airfield on Sat. and will take a photo for you, better than my rumble.
Which is why the GA industry is joyfully nailing its own coffin shut not one nail at a time but with a nail gun and blaming it on “global context” at a time when 500k usd supercar sales flourish. End users don’t help either, thinking a graphic engine monitor is the best thing after sliced bread, when for a fraction of that money one could have a chip doing the engine work for you and let you concentrate on the actual thing one buys an airplane for – flying and enjoying the views.
That doesn’t justify a 5k price for something that including a 30% margin is worth 500 USD max.
The key is in the STCd KI256 emulation, for autopilot pitch/roll reference.
A KI256 is c. 10k depending on version.
5 grand for a glorified solid state AHRS. Please tell me i’m dreaming.
The price just hands business to Aspen on a plate.
But not everyone wants to re-hack their panel.
Especially in larger aircraft or commercial / military. These lowish cost GA products are used almost totally only in the low end GA market.
