When I click on the links, I come up with a blank screen?

Thank you to the Admin that was trying to help me on this... will see if this works better -

Flock of Piaggios in maint - http://tiny.cc/00cevz

Weights on nose of Avanti I - http://tiny.cc/40cevz

Soft weights in the cabin - http://tiny.cc/b0cevz

So that is my bird with the soft weights.

Daryl,

You have a beautiful bird.. I think I was the most plain jane bird in the hanger lol

Is that southwest hangar in Tulsa? Sorta looks familiar

Days like this, the Avanti is a hard plane to beat.

Had to divert today mid flight. Second time in 10 years of pressurized flying. Fog that didn’t burn off both times.

On another thread there is commentary in various panels, single pilot workload, etc. I will say the garmin setup w gtn750 driving everything in Avanti I is as solid as I can imagine. Rerouting and reprogramming is easy, everything is displayed nicely and it’s all heads up. Great system.

Days like this, the Avanti is a hard plane to beat. Nice to finally see some cool temps in the mid 30s. Was starting to forget how fast the plane is in these conditions!

Had to divert today mid flight. Second time in 10 years of pressurized flying. Fog that didn’t burn off both times.

On another thread there is commentary in various panels, single pilot workload, etc. I will say the garmin setup w gtn750 driving everything in Avanti I is as solid as I can imagine. Rerouting and reprogramming is easy, everything is displayed nicely and it’s all heads up. Great system.

86 knot tailwind will make any plane look really good!

644 pph for 387 KTAS is nice, I need about 1000 pph to do that, and I would be in the low 40s.


Totally agree!

Now I just need to get a new AP to go with it to pull out the SPZ system.

Mike C.

David, thank you! It was fun coming up with that paint scheme. How do you like the new brake kit? Do you recommend switching?

86 knot tailwind will make any plane look really good!

644 pph for 387 KTAS is nice, I need about 1000 pph to do that, and I would be in the low 40s.


Totally agree!

Now I just need to get a new AP to go with it to pull out the SPZ system.

Mike C.

Matt - Tulsa is a great facility and team - but this is SIMSAIR at Houston Executive

David, thank you! It was fun coming up with that paint scheme. How do you like the new brake kit? Do you recommend switching?

86 knot tailwind will make any plane look really good!

644 pph for 387 KTAS is nice, I need about 1000 pph to do that, and I would be in the low 40s.


Totally agree!

Now I just need to get a new AP to go with it to pull out the SPZ system.

Mike C.

There are a host of benefits.

Serviceability is perhaps one of them, but it isn't hard to get SPZ 500 repairs. Not terribly expensive. But still, older boxes.

Simplicity would be a benefit. I counted 13 boxes that would be removed if I could upgrade to a Garmin AP. This included the entire AC system (dual inverters, fail over relays, etc) because the SPZ is the last system on the plane that uses AC power. I would also ditch the radar altimeter switching over to a GPS derived AGL readout instead (RA required for SPZ).

Weight reduction would be significant, probably 100-150 lbs. I'd lose about a dozen breakers on the plane, too.

Reliability should improve with less boxes to go wrong, less wiring, etc.

Operationally, I would get full VNAV capability, the plane would precisely fly SIDs and STARs meeting each crossing altitude. That would be nice.

It would allow me to dial in vertical speed and indicated airspeed bugs. Right now, my SPZ can only hold the current VS or IAS so to change it, you have to pitch to the new VS or IAS then reengage. An ability to directly dial those set points on the PFD would be nice.

The Garmin AP also offers a LVL button and better envelope protection.

The Garmin AP would annunciate on the PFD so I can ditch the discrete indicators I have now (that I never look at as it turns out).

It would be nice to have the navigator, PFD, and AP all from the same vendor so that they are perfectly seamless in operation.


The Garmin might not be better than what you have, though I suspect it would be. For me, it would clearly be better.

Mike C.

Biggest actual feature capability would be VNAV integration. Not sure you’ve been following my thread about how VNAV interacts with LPV but it’s kinda unwieldy.

Getting rid of ADC box and indicators. That might be doable independent of autopilot if someone gets the SSEC curve data.

Getting rid of AC electrical system, though Avanti also has EL panels that use AC. Not sure whether those could be updated to something that didn’t. Regardless it would probably mean one could ditch at least one inverter and some switching/wiring.