Jesse
Well Known Member
I'm about to do my second panel upgrade on N256H after 6 years and 1,200+ hours of flight. I started out with an EFIS D10A and an EMS D10. Then I went to a D180 with AP74 and HS34. Both of these with an unchanged PMA-6009, G430W, A200 and GTX327 stack. The second rendition also added a VP-200 and Dynon Auto Pilot. I will now be removing all of the legacy Dynon equipment and the GTX327 and going full Skyview with a single 10" screen and the transponder and ADS-B. I'm sticking with the Dynon A/P, but now linked to the Skyview.
In reading through the manuals, many of the transitions look fairly easy. If anybody has done this recently and has any gotchas to point out, please do. Also, I'll post any that I become aware of. It would be nice if Dynon offered a transition wiring schematic, but one module at a time should go fairly easy, I assume. I have done a partial transition before, but not quite this involved.
I know the EMS cables can transition directly over. The hs34 connector should require only a slight change in pinouts for the ARINC convertor. The servos should be fairly straightforward. The ADAHRS will be the biggest pain because of not having pitot in the back of the plane yet. The screen shouldn't be too hard. I hope the transponder and ads-b won't be too difficult, but that's probably the biggest unknown.
Stay tuned for more as I dig into it.
In reading through the manuals, many of the transitions look fairly easy. If anybody has done this recently and has any gotchas to point out, please do. Also, I'll post any that I become aware of. It would be nice if Dynon offered a transition wiring schematic, but one module at a time should go fairly easy, I assume. I have done a partial transition before, but not quite this involved.
I know the EMS cables can transition directly over. The hs34 connector should require only a slight change in pinouts for the ARINC convertor. The servos should be fairly straightforward. The ADAHRS will be the biggest pain because of not having pitot in the back of the plane yet. The screen shouldn't be too hard. I hope the transponder and ads-b won't be too difficult, but that's probably the biggest unknown.
Stay tuned for more as I dig into it.