Dual Gi275, gfc500, and ifd540

[teethdoc]

Will they all play nicely together?  
Looking at finishing out instrument and trying to decide on best panel upgrades for ifr flying.  Really like the ifd540 along with ease of replacing the  g530w with it.  That may be fine to get me where I want with the existing kap 150 and associated AI and hsi.  I spoiled myself though and flew with g1000 for a while and going to ne hard to go back.

[Frank]

In theory they will. I have an IFD550 + IFD440 now, and have a scheduled install for dual GI 275s and a GFC 500 this fall at a well known shop.

[teethdoc]

2 minutes ago, Frank said:

In theory they will. I have an IFD550 + IFD440 now, and have a scheduled install for dual GI 275s and a GFC 500 this fall at a well known shop.

Mind me asking what the cost is for the dual GI 275 and GFC 500

[Frank]

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[Ragsf15e]

There are a few functions you won’t get such as vnav or smart glide which are available with a gtn series gps.

[Frank]

There are a few functions you won’t get such as vnav or smart glide which are available with a gtn series gps.

Right, en route VNAV and Smart Glide didn't work, I think everything else will. It's still way more capability than I have now, and I really like my Avidyne navigators.

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[Ulysse]

Hello

Can you report on your experience with the avidyne+gfc500 setup?

Do the level button and ESP work?

Can you confirm the VNAV does not work?

[dzeleski]

8 hours ago, Ulysse said:

Hello

Can you report on your experience with the avidyne+gfc500 setup?

Do the level button and ESP work?

Can you confirm the VNAV does not work?

Everything works except VNAV. Same as if you had a garmin 430 as they are swappable. I’ve had a Dual G5, GF500, IFD440 install for several years now and it all works together perfectly.

[Max Clark]

The Avidyne IFD is a nice box. I'd recommend you download and play with the simulator. FMS based flight plans are strange if you're used to the Garmin way. Adding and changing things, activating legs, holds, etc... Everything works, just a little differently.

Took me a while to figure our that you have to activate Approach first on the IFD at the FAF then press APPR on the AP. Documentation glosses over this and the IFD looks like any advisory message. Easy to interpret as "activate approach on AP" as the message. After figuring this out my IFD + KFC would fly the approach with no problem.

You can set altitudes (before and at) on the flight plan and the IFD will prompt with TOD for you to descend. Requires attention on your part but the IFD will do the heavy calculations.

IFD540 will display charts (Jep), the screen felt a little too small for me to use and would default to my iPad on the yoke.