Glass Cockpit in Older Planes

[Charles Talleyrand]

Occasionally older airplanes get new panels. Has anyone tried to
build a "glass cockpit" in an older GA airplane? How successful were
you, and what was the biggest stumbling block (paperwork, money, etc?)

In real life I fly a Cessna 150, so it will be a while before I get
the whole Garmin 1000/Avidyne 500C installed. I'm just curious what's
possible and legal.

-Thanks

[Marco Leon]

You can't retrofit the Garmin 1000 into an older airframe that's not
certified from the beginning. Unless of course, you want to pay big bucks
for the stand-alone G1000 and recategorize your certified plane into an
experimental.

Marco



"Charles Talleyrand" > wrote in message
om...
> Occasionally older airplanes get new panels. Has anyone tried to
> build a "glass cockpit" in an older GA airplane? How successful were
> you, and what was the biggest stumbling block (paperwork, money, etc?)
>
> In real life I fly a Cessna 150, so it will be a while before I get
> the whole Garmin 1000/Avidyne 500C installed. I'm just curious what's
> possible and legal.
>
> -Thanks




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[Ray Andraka]

What's wrong with getting a field approval for having it installed? May cost a bundle
by the time you're done, but it should be possible without having to go experimental
category (and BTW, experimental with a certified plane is not the same as experimental
homebuilt).

Marco Leon wrote:

> You can't retrofit the Garmin 1000 into an older airframe that's not
> certified from the beginning. Unless of course, you want to pay big bucks
> for the stand-alone G1000 and recategorize your certified plane into an
> experimental.
>
> Marco
>
> "Charles Talleyrand" > wrote in message
> om...
> > Occasionally older airplanes get new panels. Has anyone tried to
> > build a "glass cockpit" in an older GA airplane? How successful were
> > you, and what was the biggest stumbling block (paperwork, money, etc?)
> >
> > In real life I fly a Cessna 150, so it will be a while before I get
> > the whole Garmin 1000/Avidyne 500C installed. I'm just curious what's
> > possible and legal.
> >
> > -Thanks
>
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