Don
Well Known Member
I'm building a 9A and my panel will be built around a dual Grand Rapids EFIS. My plan had been to mount the units over-and-under and I had always imagined the top unit would be the PFD and the lower unit would be the moving map or a combination of moving map and engine instruments.
As the construction progressed reality reared its ugly head. I discovered there's a structural rib right where I'd planned to put the GRT units. I've seen plenty of peoply modify the rib but its more work that I'm inclined to get into now (I want to fly). The simple solution appears to be to revise my plan and put a unit left and right of the rib to resolve the conflict. I'm guessing the 7's (and maybe the 6's too) have a similar panel structure. Has anyone done a side-by-side EFIS layout and are you happy with the layout? I'm particularly interested in hearing from folks actually flying experience with the side-by-side EFIS units but any opinions are welcome.
I suspect my concerns about the side-by-side layout are more over my perception of what the scan will be like and the over-and-under layout seems preferable...but I'm guessing it really comes down to what you're used to.
The other thing I had wondered about was going with an after market panel like the Affordable Panel system, and whether that would give me back the option for an easy way to get the over-and-under arrangement.
As the construction progressed reality reared its ugly head. I discovered there's a structural rib right where I'd planned to put the GRT units. I've seen plenty of peoply modify the rib but its more work that I'm inclined to get into now (I want to fly). The simple solution appears to be to revise my plan and put a unit left and right of the rib to resolve the conflict. I'm guessing the 7's (and maybe the 6's too) have a similar panel structure. Has anyone done a side-by-side EFIS layout and are you happy with the layout? I'm particularly interested in hearing from folks actually flying experience with the side-by-side EFIS units but any opinions are welcome.
I suspect my concerns about the side-by-side layout are more over my perception of what the scan will be like and the over-and-under layout seems preferable...but I'm guessing it really comes down to what you're used to.
The other thing I had wondered about was going with an after market panel like the Affordable Panel system, and whether that would give me back the option for an easy way to get the over-and-under arrangement.