Starting thinking about upgrading my panel last year. Worked fine with the steam gauges but as always, I wanted more! Requirements included IFR redundancy, ADS-B in and out, and a real deal autopilot.
Met Jesse Saint on VAF and traveled over to his shop outside Ocala. Sat in numerous RVs and compared AF vs Dynon. Ended up going with Dynon after much discussion with Jesse - but was impressed with both.
We emailed CADs back in forth until we found a very clean look. Once started the majority was complete in 1 week ! Everything works great. What a fantastic upgrade. Biggest limitation is my learning curve with all the functionality.
Pictures are below. Special thanks to Jesse Saint. He guaranteed I would be satisfied. That is an understatement !
The plane worthy of such a project !
Old panel, well at least the left side
Final CAD drawing - Ready to Rock and roll !
The teaser photo from Jesse during day 2 of the project. Old panel is in the back.
Flying the finished product over St Augustine Florida
Leaving Saint Aviation - I'm the happy camper on the left with Jesse Saint Thanks again Jesse !
Met Jesse Saint on VAF and traveled over to his shop outside Ocala. Sat in numerous RVs and compared AF vs Dynon. Ended up going with Dynon after much discussion with Jesse - but was impressed with both.
We emailed CADs back in forth until we found a very clean look. Once started the majority was complete in 1 week ! Everything works great. What a fantastic upgrade. Biggest limitation is my learning curve with all the functionality.
Pictures are below. Special thanks to Jesse Saint. He guaranteed I would be satisfied. That is an understatement !
The plane worthy of such a project !
Old panel, well at least the left side
Final CAD drawing - Ready to Rock and roll !
The teaser photo from Jesse during day 2 of the project. Old panel is in the back.
Flying the finished product over St Augustine Florida
Leaving Saint Aviation - I'm the happy camper on the left with Jesse Saint Thanks again Jesse !