Fearless Tower
Touchdown! Greaser!
Think I'm leaning toward keeping the Baron vice moving up to a cabin twin.
With that in mind, I'm looking at upgrading the panel.
Here is what I currently have:
Old school AI
Century NSD-360A Slaved HSI
Avidyne 650 MFD (displays the 430 GPS input and my onboard radar)
GNS 430 (non-WAAS)
Collins VHF-251 (Comm 2)
Collins VIR-351 (Nav 2)
Collins IND-351 (VOR/LOC/GS)
Century IV A/P
Collins TDR-950 xpdr
onboard Radar
My goals: I'd like to replace the AI/HSI with a single ASPEN EFD1000 Pro
and upgrade to ADS-B out capability
If I replace or upgrade the MFD, I need to stick with Avidyne since they support the onboard radar (I'd have to look up the model, but I know Garmin products won't support).
Am I better off buying a new WAAS Garmin and moving the GNS430 down to fill the secondary COMM/Nav slot?
Obviously, I need WAAS for the ADS-B.
I don't need to do it all at once. So far everything in the panel works.....but I suspect that the first thing to die is going be the HSI (slaved, but it still occasionally drifts and sometimes when I adjust the heading bug, it slews the whole card).
Thoughts on how to get the most bang for the buck?
With that in mind, I'm looking at upgrading the panel.
Here is what I currently have:
Old school AI
Century NSD-360A Slaved HSI
Avidyne 650 MFD (displays the 430 GPS input and my onboard radar)
GNS 430 (non-WAAS)
Collins VHF-251 (Comm 2)
Collins VIR-351 (Nav 2)
Collins IND-351 (VOR/LOC/GS)
Century IV A/P
Collins TDR-950 xpdr
onboard Radar
My goals: I'd like to replace the AI/HSI with a single ASPEN EFD1000 Pro
and upgrade to ADS-B out capability
If I replace or upgrade the MFD, I need to stick with Avidyne since they support the onboard radar (I'd have to look up the model, but I know Garmin products won't support).
Am I better off buying a new WAAS Garmin and moving the GNS430 down to fill the secondary COMM/Nav slot?
Obviously, I need WAAS for the ADS-B.
I don't need to do it all at once. So far everything in the panel works.....but I suspect that the first thing to die is going be the HSI (slaved, but it still occasionally drifts and sometimes when I adjust the heading bug, it slews the whole card).
Thoughts on how to get the most bang for the buck?