Wednesday 29 April 2015

Instruments ordered

Well you have no idea how much I guts ached about what instruments to buy for this little plane. I perhaps have gone over board but I'm trying not to think of the cost of them all. I had finally made a decision and can now sleep at night without thinking about it 24 hours a day. I'm sure either package would have been fine.

I was going to go with the dual mgl extreme units with the v6 radio








However I ended up buying the latest Mgl Discovery Lite panel. I decided to go with the more expensive panel because overall it was smaller than two screens and I hope, easier to read without having to glance at two different screens for related information.  As a secondary reason, MGL have been very limited with their support for the extremes and updates very few and far between.  I believe the extreme really was just designed for replacement of analogue gauges as it fits the standard hole.  Whereas the discovery lite panel will be an economic version of their premium glass panels.  It has all the features of a top notch unit at a budget price and it has been promised to be well supported and with plenty of upgrades possible in the future.  The panel has amazing potential and I hope I have made the right decision.  Will have to start practising my ILS approaches in the Mighty Sonex Boomer!  Imagine that!






Also bought the mgl v6 radio. 



Oh and by the way, I have bought all the pre-wired harnesses so installation should be a simple affair.  Again I am trying not to think of the cost of these harnesses...but it should be worth it.  Having completely wired up my previous plane, I feel this will save me days of work and will look neater in the long run.

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