Met and had a long conversation with Stein Bruch of SteinAir.com. I'm definitely going to go with them to build my panel. They're the big kahuna of panel building, and there's a reason: They know what they're talking about and do a great job. He said that they have a lead time right now of about 6 months from first quote to shipping the panel, so I'm starting to put together all the info they need to quote me the panel. Once I'm done with that info I will post it here as it will be useful for other builders.
Stein advised me to not go with the first generation of the PPS from Vertical Power. Very expensive ($1500!) and not clear that it's a big win over the $100 worth of traditional parts it would be replacing. He did though totally endorse using the Vertical Power VP-X Pro which I already own. They will completely wire that up as part of the panel build.
Bought my antennas and magnetometer from Aircraft Spruce while I was there, so those should be arriving in a couple of days.
Also, I was advised by TAF to get my order in for the Rotax 915 now... They've already got a list of builders that want it.
Here's some pics from the show:
Me and some friends. All smiles when near airplanes!
"Bombing run" as part of the night airshow.
B-2B screaming by!!
:-)
Beech Staggerwing.
Me and friend Steve sitting in the Sling 4.
In the Garmin booth, a view of the back of a G3X panel.
External GPS antenna.
Blue Angels!
One of my favorite stops in Oshkosh! Leon's Frozen Custard. :-b
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