Please give me some input on this panel

[bgrandorff]

Very nice...

So the AFS EFISs are in essence completely self contained units then?

Im' curious what you have fore redundancy in regards to backup batteries, and electrical systems?

I've seen comments about software bugs being the same, but working in the software field, I'm not personally so concerned. The chances of both systems experiencing the same bug at the same time are pretty low, as there generally are other things that cause crashes (heat, failed components, cosmic rays (seriously), and so on). Software is part of the equation of course...so still a chance.

[HEGASIS]

Very nice! It's very pro looking. Great job

[sneedrv-6]

I have dual units, and dual ahrs, Both the PFD and the MFD have their own internal battery backup. So complete electrical failure in IMC and not able to get to VMC you call atc declare emergency and ask for a radar approach and use the 496 with radar guidance. If you can not get a radar approach you shoot a gps approach with the 496 which also has a backup battery. Actually I think one of my weak links is having 2 efis's that are the same and running the same software. If there is a software bug that hangs the efis it may hang both at the same time. If I were to add say a TT adi it may be smart, although descending through 8,000 feet of imc to get vmc is doable on the 496. I am comfortable trying to have 1 backup for each system. I feel like you can over do it on the backups when your flying an experimental with a crude single engine up front. If money was not an issue it may have been smart to have an SL30 instead of the icom com2 and a small TT ADI, but thats more money and weight.