ericsaliba
I'm New Here
I bought an RV6 two years ago and have flown about 200 hours since. Absolutely love it! I have about 350 hours total time and I'm about 10 hours into instrument training in a Mooney. I'd like to finish training and take the instrument checkride in my own airplane with capable equipment.
Recently the right side Horizon Series 1 WS went out, so I figure it's a good time to upgrade. I'd also like to take advantage of GRTs Osh discounts (until August 8th) and purchase a single Horizon 10.1 EFIS.
I spent some years building custom hotrods and have the skills/resources to rearrange everything on the panel. Avionics are new for me though so I'm hoping you guys can help me avoid expensive dead-ends while purchasing.
Proposed equipment List:
GRT Horizon 10.1 (purchase)
GNC355 NAV and COM1 (purchase)
G5 backup (purchase)
SL30 radio for COM2 (existing)
GMA245 or another (purchase, if necessary?)
GTX327 transponder (existing)
Echo UAT to be hard-wired to Horizon (existing)
GRT EIS (existing)
Autopilot:
Currently have TruTrak ADI Pilot II but the horizon indicator is skewed (works properly other than that). My understanding is that TruTrack no longer exists and can't service the unit. I could possibly take it apart and attempt to correct the horizon card, or alternatively consider purchasing GRT AP servos to be controlled directly from the Horizon EFIS.
Existing Equipment to Decide to Keep/Delete
- airspeed indicator
- magnetic compass
- vertical speed indicator
- altimeter
- GRT Horizon WS EFIS (one is still working, one is not)
- There's a bank of automotive fuses under panel. Seems like these need to become panel mount circuit breakers for safety reasons
Is this plan basically sound? Are the round gauges worth keeping?
Pic of the current layout:
Recently the right side Horizon Series 1 WS went out, so I figure it's a good time to upgrade. I'd also like to take advantage of GRTs Osh discounts (until August 8th) and purchase a single Horizon 10.1 EFIS.
I spent some years building custom hotrods and have the skills/resources to rearrange everything on the panel. Avionics are new for me though so I'm hoping you guys can help me avoid expensive dead-ends while purchasing.
Proposed equipment List:
GRT Horizon 10.1 (purchase)
GNC355 NAV and COM1 (purchase)
G5 backup (purchase)
SL30 radio for COM2 (existing)
GMA245 or another (purchase, if necessary?)
GTX327 transponder (existing)
Echo UAT to be hard-wired to Horizon (existing)
GRT EIS (existing)
Autopilot:
Currently have TruTrak ADI Pilot II but the horizon indicator is skewed (works properly other than that). My understanding is that TruTrack no longer exists and can't service the unit. I could possibly take it apart and attempt to correct the horizon card, or alternatively consider purchasing GRT AP servos to be controlled directly from the Horizon EFIS.
Existing Equipment to Decide to Keep/Delete
- airspeed indicator
- magnetic compass
- vertical speed indicator
- altimeter
- GRT Horizon WS EFIS (one is still working, one is not)
- There's a bank of automotive fuses under panel. Seems like these need to become panel mount circuit breakers for safety reasons
Is this plan basically sound? Are the round gauges worth keeping?
Pic of the current layout: