Aspen Panel Upgrade Complete!

[KJATCt]

The new panel is in and has been flown for a few months now. I love it!

A few findings:

1. The visual aesthetics of the thing are beautiful to me. I just makes the flight deck feel more modern.

2. Acclimation to glass panel flying took about 5 hours. The airspeed tape was the hardest thing to get used to.

3. IFR flight. The scan is so much easier now (keep in mind I came from the "shotgun panel" from 1965) The level of precision available seems so much greater to me. I can easily fly 3 degrees nose up and tell if my pitch varies by +-.5, with the old vac gyro it would have been much more difficult to see that kind of deviation.

I don’t have a Garmin 430 yet, but its coming soon. Has anyone installed the EFD-1000 pro, a GNS430 and a Brittain autopilot? if so, how does the included GNSS perform?

 Jeff at High Desert Avionics (KWJF Lancaster CA) provided the expertise. If you are in the area and need anything concerning avionics done he is the man to see!

 

For pictures of the whole process see my gallery.

James

 

 

 

[Cruiser]

great to hear it improves the flying with a better IFR scan. I don't understand why the EFD-1000 doesn't provide it's own source for maps. Seems redundant to have both it and a 530/430.

[KSMooniac]

Very nice upgrade!  That sure is a nice way to modernize the shotgun panel.

[LFOD]

Great looking panel.  Do you have any in flight pictures?  

[flight2000]

Quote: KJATCt

I don’t have a Garmin 430 yet, but its coming soon. Has anyone installed the EFD-1000 pro, a GNS430 and a Brittain autopilot? if so, how does the included GNSS perform?

James

[Flybeech21]

What was the cost of this Aspen panel upgrade?

[KJATCt]

Sorry for the late reply, The cost was in the 10,000 neighborhood.

[Buster1]

Like it!  Which Aspen did you get (pro, pilot, ATP) and do you recommend one vs another?  Also, where is range from the Navaid shown...guess that's a GA thing.  I'm a Mil pilot and we use Tacan for everything, so DME/range is right next to the CDI/HSI.  I assume you have to use GPS range or a seperate DME...true?