fstringham7a
Well Known Member
Hi to all
My post on the fast track hub opened up my thinking or maybe better put showed my lack there of! In my minds eye I see this sleek, show winning RV7A with all the bells and whistls money can buy. IFR capable to the the point of 777 zero visibility landing capability, redundancy over layed redundancy. On board weather radar, complete entertainment system (I mean the works), HUD for better instrument scan, three axis dual gps coupled auto pilot, Garmin 496, hand held nav/com........................alright where is it all going to fit, is the technology available, and oh ya weight and balance.
I started the project using Van's notion of a light, clean, high utility, inexpensive airplane to get me from point A to point B relativly fast, safe, and sound. But as the project progressed, reading here and other forums and what others have done, and my desire to have the biggest, best, fastest, bad machine I may have lost sight of my original goal. Which was: Have an enjoyable build process, enjoy/copy where appropriate/admire other builders efforts, and build a plane that would serve as a cross country / day tripper / fun around the patch type aircraft. The first two goals are still in the mix. I have and still (Since Sept 4, 2004) enjoyed every minute of the build. To say the least this and other groups expertise has really made this build process so much more enjoyable, easy, and friendly. You guys are great. But I need now to look to the end game and as the cable guy would say "gitter dun"
Now back to the question? What do I want my panel to do? IFR capable, (never plan to put this plane in heavy soup), Garmin Stack (Built around the GNS 430), Dynon EFIS, Dynon EMS, Trio EZ/Altitude hold. I could easily except this offering but my nonflying copilot wife is going to want some entertainment to pass the time (take her mind off of the fact she is at 10 k feet with her life in my hands). I think an I pod / portable DVD player interfaced with the audio panel would do the job. So...am I on the right track, are there options I am passing up, and how does on plan for and install the entertainment interface?
TIA for allowing me to ramble and to ask I hope at least one coherent question.
Frank @ SGU RV7A 'NDY"
My post on the fast track hub opened up my thinking or maybe better put showed my lack there of! In my minds eye I see this sleek, show winning RV7A with all the bells and whistls money can buy. IFR capable to the the point of 777 zero visibility landing capability, redundancy over layed redundancy. On board weather radar, complete entertainment system (I mean the works), HUD for better instrument scan, three axis dual gps coupled auto pilot, Garmin 496, hand held nav/com........................alright where is it all going to fit, is the technology available, and oh ya weight and balance.
I started the project using Van's notion of a light, clean, high utility, inexpensive airplane to get me from point A to point B relativly fast, safe, and sound. But as the project progressed, reading here and other forums and what others have done, and my desire to have the biggest, best, fastest, bad machine I may have lost sight of my original goal. Which was: Have an enjoyable build process, enjoy/copy where appropriate/admire other builders efforts, and build a plane that would serve as a cross country / day tripper / fun around the patch type aircraft. The first two goals are still in the mix. I have and still (Since Sept 4, 2004) enjoyed every minute of the build. To say the least this and other groups expertise has really made this build process so much more enjoyable, easy, and friendly. You guys are great. But I need now to look to the end game and as the cable guy would say "gitter dun"
Now back to the question? What do I want my panel to do? IFR capable, (never plan to put this plane in heavy soup), Garmin Stack (Built around the GNS 430), Dynon EFIS, Dynon EMS, Trio EZ/Altitude hold. I could easily except this offering but my nonflying copilot wife is going to want some entertainment to pass the time (take her mind off of the fact she is at 10 k feet with her life in my hands). I think an I pod / portable DVD player interfaced with the audio panel would do the job. So...am I on the right track, are there options I am passing up, and how does on plan for and install the entertainment interface?
TIA for allowing me to ramble and to ask I hope at least one coherent question.
Frank @ SGU RV7A 'NDY"
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