After researching avionics companies, reading reviews in the VAF Forums and talking face-to-face with several companies at Sun-N-Fun, we have decided to use Aerotronics to design, make and build our panel. We spoke with Andre at Sun-N-Fun this year and started the process.
Initially, he emailed us a rather lengthy questionnaire to fill out regarding some of our needs/wants/must haves, etc. From the information we provided, he came up with an initial quote (will most likely change a few times before the panel is complete) for the panel and started the design process for our panel.
This was the initial panel design they sent us on May 25, 2021. The main parts of the panel will include:
10” Garmin G3X Touch (GDU 460)
Garmin G5 Backup EFIS
GSU 25 ADAHRS
GMC 507 Autopilot Controller
Garmin GTN750xi
GTX 45 Remote Transponder (ADSB In & Out)
GTR20 Remote Comm
Guardian Avionics iPad Mount
GEA 24 EIS
ACK 406 ELT
.....and all the supporting equipment, switches, wiring, etc
From here, Andre says we can make as many changes to the panel design as we need to until we are satisfied. They will likely start building our panel around October for a Decemeber-ish delivery. So, we still have several months to finalize the design. I will post more updates as me make updates with Aerotronics.