EFIS arrived!!
The EFIS (electronic flight instrument system) and EMS (engine monitoring system) arrived. I headed home a little early and shot a coat of high-temp paint on the inside of the bottom cowl.
Then it was time to play with the toys. Of course the screens didn’t fit into the panel. The screens are dead on to the dimensions they promised. The problem was the panel cutting (again). I filed and filed and sanded and sanded and eventually got them to fit.
I plugged all the connectors into the back and made an Ethernet cross over cable so the units could talk to each other. Shazam! They worked right off the bat. I don’t have the remote compass hooked up yet, but that’s next on the list. I had a bit of a difficult time getting a good picture of the screens. Without a flash they wash out, and with they don’t look very bright. I’ll have to pull out the SLR. Trust me, the screens look awesome in person.
