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Old 11-05-2016, 09:51 PM
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Installed 2 G5s on my panel. I think they're great. I use one as an AH replacement and the other as a DG....actually us it as an HSI, connected to a Garmin Aera 660.

You can see pics at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/148189365@N07/

I have a thread called 'Solution to the vacuum system'. I looked at GRT Mini and the AvMap but I'm glad I went with the Garmin units!
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Old 11-06-2016, 12:10 PM
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You may also want to look at XFS (xfs.aero). This is new approach electronics flight instrumentation. The basic premise is to separate the hardware and software aspects of the business and allow multiple parties to contribute to the software and hardware. You could use the comparison of traditional avionics being like Apple where they control the hardware and operating system. XFS is more similar to Andriod where there can be multiple hardware manufacturers. The software is available to be modified and therefore is more conducive to innovation.

XFS is still fairly new. I believe I have the only RV with it installed. They are taking applications for beta testers at the moment. You can potentially get pretty large discounts on new glass, but would also have to deal with some of the growing pains of a new platform. On the other side, you get to help shape the platform.

One of the nice things about XFS is you can easily modify the equipment. My monitor does not go through my panel, so I could put a large screen exactly where I wanted it without cutting the longitudinal supports behind the instrument panel.

I'm deployed right now so this was the best picture of my panel I find. This was during installation and everything was not quite setup.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/G3...l=w741-h556-no


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Old 11-06-2016, 01:55 PM
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You may also want to look at XFS (xfs.aero).
This is interesting, but your panel is not like your iphone - if your phone hangs, its annoying. If your panel hangs, youre up sh*t creek bad. Maybe this already happens with the garmins, dynons etal, IDK - I'm still building. But I have a basic trust that they've "wrung" things out well. If that's not a safe assumption, then I guess I'll still have basic steam in my panel......
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Old 11-08-2016, 03:44 AM
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This is interesting, but your panel is not like your iphone - if your phone hangs, its annoying. If your panel hangs, youre up sh*t creek bad. Maybe this already happens with the garmins, dynons etal, IDK - I'm still building. But I have a basic trust that they've "wrung" things out well. If that's not a safe assumption, then I guess I'll still have basic steam in my panel......
I'd say this depends purely on what you're doing with your aircraft. IMC, sure, having your panel go BSOD would be a bad day. If you're VMC, meh, just reboot the units and try again.
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Old 11-20-2016, 07:51 AM
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FWIW These are the steps I used when I converted from "steam" to "glass" back in 2013.

1) Select the brand of equipment you will use. One of the most, if not the most, important factor should be company longevity. You don't want to get stuck with an orphan EFIS. Now, don't get caught up in what features are available today as that changes incredibly fast.

2) Replace your current AI with a small EFIS like the Dynon D6, Garmin G5 etc. For now keep the rest of your "steam" gauges. Fly this configuration until you are comfortable reading the different presentation of flight information on the small EFIS. An added bonus is that this makes for excellent "partial panel practice" as you migrate from reading "steam" to reading "glass".

3) Make your final decision(s). You can now install your existing small EFIS as the backup device since you are already comfortable using.

YMMV

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