Mini Panel for Sonex
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 5:57 pm
Hi.
I'm building a Waiex which I am hoping to fly within a year. Ways to go. Seems like a great little plane, but the panel space is quite limited. I plan to incorporate a minimally ifr capable panel.
So, I have been following the release of the mini and I think it might be my best solution, I have a few questions which I have not been able to answer reading your manual.
1. It isn't clear that two mini's can be linked through serial connection. Can they? And if so, will that connection address the following, with Mini A/P as efis #1 and Mini X as efis #2, a/p serial connection to #1 and navcomm serial connection to #2.
A. Will a Val Com2000/Nav2000 combo that is tied to mini 2 using SL30 format serial connection be able to drive nav / a/p on mini 1?
B. Will a magnetometer and oat wired to #1 also provide info to #2?
C. Will flight plans entered on one efis also appear on the other?
D. Will each mini need it's own usb port, or do I need just one and they connect through the serial ports?
2. I plan to use a TT22 transponder with the dedicated control connections (and ground), is the TT22 powered through the mini or does it need it's own power supply?
Thanks, Gordon Turner
I'm building a Waiex which I am hoping to fly within a year. Ways to go. Seems like a great little plane, but the panel space is quite limited. I plan to incorporate a minimally ifr capable panel.
So, I have been following the release of the mini and I think it might be my best solution, I have a few questions which I have not been able to answer reading your manual.
1. It isn't clear that two mini's can be linked through serial connection. Can they? And if so, will that connection address the following, with Mini A/P as efis #1 and Mini X as efis #2, a/p serial connection to #1 and navcomm serial connection to #2.
A. Will a Val Com2000/Nav2000 combo that is tied to mini 2 using SL30 format serial connection be able to drive nav / a/p on mini 1?
B. Will a magnetometer and oat wired to #1 also provide info to #2?
C. Will flight plans entered on one efis also appear on the other?
D. Will each mini need it's own usb port, or do I need just one and they connect through the serial ports?
2. I plan to use a TT22 transponder with the dedicated control connections (and ground), is the TT22 powered through the mini or does it need it's own power supply?
Thanks, Gordon Turner