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Old 11-15-2011, 05:44 PM
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Let's be honest - the guys at GRT, Dynon, AFS, MGL, TT, and Garmin are all top notch - I have seen them go WAY BEYOND in the support of their customers. (Yes, occasionally they slip up....everyone is human). SO that isn't really a selection criteria anymore.

As has been said - develop your requirements, then start thumbing through the many hundreds of threads here on the Glass Cockpit forum to find out what folks have already said about the systems available. Then see what questions you have left!

Paul
I have no experience with any of the other reps for the other companies, but yes it is a selection criteria for me. In fact, an honest company is as important as their products. Which btw, MGL's line of products seem to be quite the bang for the buck. Go check them out.

Another plus for MGL is that their CEO frequents this forum. Feel free to PM him with any questions, he is very responsive. His nick is Rainier Lamers.
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Old 11-15-2011, 09:25 PM
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Another plus for MGL is that their CEO frequents this forum. Feel free to PM him with any questions, he is very responsive. His nick is Rainier Lamers.
Garmin, Dynon, GRT and AFS all frequent this forum too.

Honestly, I don't think you can really go wrong in this category. Pick your budget and go from there.

I read every thread on every EFIS maker, on every product, and it really came down to what day of the week it was as to who to go with. They're all good.
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Old 11-15-2011, 09:28 PM
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Garmin, Dynon, GRT and AFS all frequent this forum too.

Honestly, I don't think you can really go wrong in this category. Pick your budget and go from there.
Sig is right. Functionality is pretty great with any of them. Figure out what you want and what fits your budget.
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Old 12-06-2011, 05:02 PM
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I have a dual screen op tech efis 11.4" with all the bells and whistles. Interested?
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Old 12-06-2011, 05:55 PM
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This is a good reason to goto sun-n-fun or oshkosh and play with all of them!
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Old 12-06-2011, 10:38 PM
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I'm saying the following with my MGL hat OFF.

If you can wait - wait. Best advice anybody can give you. You buy the EFIS at the last minute. get and do everything else first.

I have it on good authority that there will be a few new players in the field soon with both certified and uncertified products. Not the best news for the existing vendors but great news for everybody else.

With the current deluge of new technology aimed at the tablet market it is now becoming easy and affordable for aviation enthusiastic engineers and programmers to start creating their own hardware and software systems in almost any way you can think of. And I'm not talking junk stuff - I am talking high quality, high performance at low prices.

Just to give you a little insight on what is happening (as example): Just in the last 16 months I have completely redesigned the G3 processor upgrade for our EFIS systems THREE TIMES. Not because it was no good but because every time I was close to done, somebody pops a new chip under my nose that is just so much better and/or cheaper I have no choice but to start again. The same choices are available to everybody else ! I have never in my far too long electronics career experienced pace of progress as is happening right now in nearly all areas.

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Old 02-02-2012, 09:54 AM
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Rainier-
Any update on the MGL iEFIS ship dates?
Thanks!

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Merritt Island, FL

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Old 02-02-2012, 11:54 AM
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Default EFIS Selection Process

Do a very detailed requirements analysis involving not only EFIS capabilities, but human factors and panel space considerations.

I spent months analyzing for my -8A. Decided single screen with a 496 GPS, standard radio stack and back up steam gages (A/S, VSI, Altimeter) with ADI II autopilot.

Single screen functionality of the AFS 4500 is superb: I fly in the 3-screen mode: EFIS, Map and Engine Monitor. IPad with Doreflight for approaches.

Works for me.
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Old 02-02-2012, 03:34 PM
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I can't tell you which unit to buy, but I can tell you that the guys at MGL are absolutely top notch. I had some unopened components that I got with a project and they are willing to accept them as full price trade in on the correct components I need for monitoring a different engine.
MGL would be hard to beat with their digital autopilot. See their demo video on the GenII
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