EFIS Wars....

Andy wrote:
For those among you who have seen (at OSH or aggressively shopped) and
compared current generation of EFIS who is currently putting out the
best product/$$ in the $5K $7.5K and 10K regimes?

I am afraid some of you homebuilders are looking at some of those the
$35K (G1000) products into your $20K airplanes. I really hope not!

My partner and I looked at all of the different systems that are out
there for both of our projects. Mine is a Long-EZ retrofit. His is a
new-build F1 Rocket. We settled on the Grand Rapids Horizon 1 systems
(dual screen) and Trutrack Digiflight autopilot combo. We believe that
these units are the best bang for the buck and come from companies with
excellent support and service history.

All one had to do was walk around the display booths at AirVenture.
Many of the EFIS companies had people 1 or 2 deep, while the Grand
Rapids booth was 5 or 6 people deep at all times.

I have also had a chance to fly a couple of S-LSA aircraft with the
Grand Rapids Sport EFIS installed. That unit, coupled with their
internal GPS and a SL30, makes a powerful yet inexpensive setup.

Rick Pellicciotti
Belle Aire Aviation, Inc.
http://www.belleaireaviation.com