flyer7324 Posted October 2, 2016 Report Posted October 2, 2016 I thought the learning curve was going to b a lot steeper for me than it was. I read the manual while the Aspen was being installed and felt comfortable even doing approaches after a one hour flight. One issue with the GTN's is that course reversal is not displayed on the Aspen. According to Aspen tech support it's a Garmin software issue of which they are aware and are supposedly correcting. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote
TWinter Posted October 2, 2016 Author Report Posted October 2, 2016 First flight went well this afternoon. The were a few small issues with one of the Aspen units.,power on, self check and then shut down. The shop was aware of it and working on it prior to my test flight, so I flew w/ only one operational Aspen. The Stec AP worked well, electric trim was good...I still have some learning to do with the remote Garmin audio. All in all things worked as expected..The JPI 930 has a huge amount of info to display and the engine parameters looked good in flight. The shop has a few things to button up and install of the G5 next week. That should do it for a while. All in all a good trial run this afternoon. Certainly felt like a different plane. Pick it up tomorrow and really give it a shakedown tomorrow evening. -Tom 3 Quote
TWinter Posted October 17, 2016 Author Report Posted October 17, 2016 Finally getting my gear put back in my bird and realized I haven't put a finished picture up. Not the best picture, but took it quickly on the way out of the hanger today. Pretty much finished, minus a new compass, apparently it was in the way of someone's shoulder or head when they were finishing up..opps, broke the mounting cup. Not a big deal, a new one on the way. Other than that it's pretty complete and now the only thing left is to learn how to use it all correctly. A big thanks to MS guys who really helped pull this all together when I ran into a few snags. From private PMs, input posts when I had questions and even picture posts of their installs all helped..Eventually it all came together nicely. I'll try to get some better pics, but here you go. Before and after. -Tom 4 Quote
Marauder Posted October 18, 2016 Report Posted October 18, 2016 Looks great! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote
Bob_Belville Posted October 18, 2016 Report Posted October 18, 2016 Hum, got me thinking about my "new" panel (2012). It was VFR weather so I caught a ride to Twin Lakes, climbed in and brought her home. Everything except the STEC50 and the Stormscope either replaced or move, zero squawks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuG8dtRBPgQ 1 Quote
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