Today started out as another research and coordination day. I am still trying to nail down some details with both GRT and Electroair, and was communicating with both companies via phone and email. I guess I should include MGL in there as well. I also got some more documentation squared away on the GNS480 for future reference.
I then had to take the afternoon and early evening off to run a bunch of errands, so I really didn’t get much else done for the evening except the Instrument Panel Overview Part 3 video below, which was quite the challenge in itself. It seemed like tonight if it had electrons running through it, and I touched it, my reverse midas touch was kicking in and making everything go all haywire.
If you watched the video above, you may have noted that I hit the “SNAP” button during it, and said that I would post the resulting screenshot to this blog…. so here it is (this screen shot gives you a much better idea of the actual EFIS display colors):
In addition, if you watched the video you’d also have noted that I resolved the issue with the Mini-X displaying the GNS480-generated External flight plan [sort of… I can display the External flight plan on the Mini-X, but not gracefully nor seamlessly. I definitely need to iron it out a tad more]. I also solved the problem of the Trio autopilot not getting GPS data from the EFIS when the A/P Source Select switch was set to “EFIS.”
Tomorrow will be a short build day as well, since over the next 4-5 days I’ll be prepping to move a load of household stuff down to North Carolina for storage in prep for my move down there next summer. I’ll be spending Christmas down in North Carolina as well. Still, I may need to call GRT and get a final –clean– resolution on the Mini-X displaying the External flight plan.