We Have Power to the Panel!

Shelby came home Saturday and look what we got done. She was an inspiration in addition to doing some real work. I told her not to tell Mom that I taught her to strip...wire.

It's not the final installation but it sure is nice to see pretty lights on the panel and everything working. On the left side of the screen is the synthetic vision. Synthetic vision is like the GPS you use in your car but on steroids and in 3D. You can see the red towers displayed which are cell phone towers just down the road. They're red because they are below our current elevation. The right side of the screen is the map. It's mostly red because the terrain to the west of us is the hill country which is higher than our current garage level altitude, above which I plan on flying!

The screens are easily changed to display what you want to see. The 50/50 split screen with synthetic vision and map will probably be used most but I can imagine using only map full screen on a clear day or only synthetic vision at night or in the clouds. There is also the right screen with the same ability to display your choice which gives a lot of combinations including a third section that shows aircraft systems information.