MIm20c Posted September 5, 2017 Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 The stc does not cover installation in a standby position. You could get a field approval or put it in your T&B location. Also can't place it in the AI position because you have a flight director. I think the G5 makes a perfect standby but you will probably need some kind of shop approval to work outside the stc. Now that Garmin has a hsi, AP, etc I wonder if they will change the wording of the flight director limitation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LANCECASPER Posted September 5, 2017 Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 3 hours ago, PMcClure said: My electric standby AI went out this weekend and I was thinking of replacing it with the G5. Taking steps toward the G5 primary and replacing the KFC 2225 with a Garmin A/P someday. Questions: 1. Anyone has experience with installation costs on the G5 in the standby position? 2. Could I/Should I consider moving the G5 to the primary location and the KI265 to the standby? 3. Or should I just replace the standby with another standby? I had a KFC225 in an Ovation and it was the best Autopilot I've flown behind. I have never tried the Garmin GFC700 though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigers2007 Posted September 26, 2017 Report Share Posted September 26, 2017 I have been reading forum threads for hours and I can't get a definitive answer on installing a G5 with a legacy Century IIB. Do I have to retain the original AI to provide attitude data to the Century IIB? I thought I saw something from PoA forum from a Garmin rep indicating that the G5 will not be able to do that. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSMooniac Posted September 26, 2017 Report Share Posted September 26, 2017 I have been reading forum threads for hours and I can't get a definitive answer on installing a G5 with a legacy Century IIB. Do I have to retain the original AI to provide attitude data to the Century IIB? I thought I saw something from PoA forum from a Garmin rep indicating that the G5 will not be able to do that. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Yes, any auto-pilot that requires an AI input will have to retain that AI as Garmin's G5 will not provide attitude info to legacy systems, only the GFC500. If you install a G5 + GAD29B as an HSI, you're partway down the path to a GFC500 installation in the future, so if that is on your radar it might be a good choice for HSI replacement today.Sent from my LG-US996 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetdriven Posted September 26, 2017 Report Share Posted September 26, 2017 Yes. The G5 will not provide attitude inputs to the CIIB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OR75 Posted September 26, 2017 Report Share Posted September 26, 2017 I am hoping that eventually Sandia (SAI 340) or MidContinent or RC Allen come up with an AI with AP output The rebranded as BK seems capable of emulating a KI-256 (just vaporware for now but that's the trend) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackn Posted September 26, 2017 Report Share Posted September 26, 2017 I think that what you're referring to from the Garmin rep is that the stc will not allow for the installation of a G5 HSI only setup, even if you are still using some other brand to output attitude thru the gad29 to legacy autopilots. I hope I got that wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIm20c Posted September 26, 2017 Report Share Posted September 26, 2017 18 minutes ago, jackn said: I think that what you're referring to from the Garmin rep is that the stc will not allow for the installation of a G5 HSI only setup, even if you are still using some other brand to output attitude thru the gad29 to legacy autopilots. I hope I got that wrong. A G5 HSI only install is fine. You could do a two G5 install and just move your current AI to a standby location where it can continue outputting AI info to the AP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigers2007 Posted September 26, 2017 Report Share Posted September 26, 2017 Well and HSI would allow me to dump a NAV indicator and I guess I could move the old AI to one of those spots. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aviatoreb Posted September 27, 2017 Report Share Posted September 27, 2017 2 hours ago, jetdriven said: Yes. The G5 will not provide attitude inputs to the CIIB. Yes - the answer is no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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