DIY Moving map?

[videobobk]

I know that some of you would be capable of building great glass panels. I was more comfortable buying, and am happy with my decision. Electronics isn't my thing. If you have doubts that it can be done VERY well, go here http://www.bakalar.org/dollmeyer/dia...-Fun/index.htm Tom won Best Kit Built at SnF in '06. Click on his panel pic. It is a work of art. I haven't seen it in a while, and the last time I saw it he hadn't programed in synthetic vision, but it had all the other bells and whistles. Truly incredible and only around $20k. Such a shame that he choose to put all this in a Glasair...

Bob Kelly

[Roddzilla]

Very cool setup in that Glassair!

I am just tinkering with moving map... Everything else is the product of an active imagination and being an engineer.

DR

[Rocketboy]

Here is my version of doing this. Note this is the second gen for this aircraft. The current system is awesome and far exceeds my expectations.

http://www.f1-rocketboy.com/Efisfaq2.htm

A couple notes. Displays rule! Finding one that is actually daylight readable, with adequate viewing angles is tough. Plenty of 640x480 (inadequate) but not many XGA types in a small enough size to fit in the panel of a homebuilt. This one cost far more than any part of the system ($1800)

Processor power is not so important. This system runs 1GHz and cruises at about 20 percent capacity even while viewing an inflight movie. This motherboard will also drive an external composite monitor for the PAX.

[cnpeters]

As someone who is considering either the Garmin 496 vs the AvMap, is it easy to buy a large TFT or similar screen and output the above directly to it? My biggest grip with the Garmin 296/396/496 GPS line is the 'peephole' screen.

[Rocketboy]

Originally Posted by cnpeters

As someone who is considering either the Garmin 496 vs the AvMap, is it easy to buy a large TFT or similar screen and output the above directly to it? My biggest grip with the Garmin 296/396/496 GPS line is the 'peephole' screen.

Nope,


Garmin intentionally crippled the unit so as not to impeded sales of their larger more expensive product line. Garmin KNOWS everyone wants a larger screen.

They are experts and managing customer expectations.

[Lionclaw]

Anyone still working on projects like this might be interested in looking at the Nvidia ION platform. The CPU is a bit on the weak side, but the graphics power would be great for moving map and synthetic vision apps.

http://www.nvidia.com/ion

[milt1492]

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That thing is awesome. It reminds me of what I did in my old CJ-7, except I just fabricated a mount for my laptop and strapped it in. Used a Garmin GPS-12 and loved all of the information that it gave me.

Do you have a list of hardware and software that you used for your panel? And is that a thumbdrive I saw in another thread? What functionality do you get with the Windows based panel?