4 Sierra Tango Building and flying Van's RV-7 N834ST
Garmin Panel Update

August 13, 2017

Time to start getting everything in place: the avionics stack and the wiring. As you can see, I painted the framework all black, so that when the main panels are installed you don’t see shiny metal through any of the tiny gaps. At the bottom of the avionics stack is the autopilot head unit.

The avionics stack going in, with the autopilot head unit at the bottom
The avionics stack going in, with the autopilot head unit at the bottom

This is a Garmin GPS antenna, but it’s just the backup one, not the main antenna for the GTN. This one goes to the G3X. It’s mounted on a bracket on the firewall, under the cowling.

The backup GPS antenna for the G3X, on the firewall
The backup GPS antenna for the G3X, on the firewall