Grumman American AA-5B Tiger
D-EGDLFrom steam gauges to dual G5, GTN 650 and a GFC 500 autopilot in a new panel.
- Aircraft
- Grumman American AA-5B Tiger
- Scope
- Avionics · Autopilot · Instrument panel
- Year
- 2019
- Location
- Kunovice, Czechia
A Grumman AA-5B Tiger traded its original COM/NAV/GPS stack and autopilot for a Garmin GTN 650 navigator, dual G5 instruments flying a GFC 500 autopilot, and a Becker COM and Mode S transponder. We designed and made a new instrument panel and released the aircraft ready to fly.
Before and after
Installed equipment
- Garmin GTN 650 GPS/NAV/COM
- Becker AR6203 VHF COM 2
- Becker BXP6403 Mode S transponder
- BendixKing KN 62A DME, re-installed
- Garmin GMU 11 magnetometer
- VOR/LOC/GS antenna coupler
Quick view
Standby instruments
Garmin G5
Electronic flight instrument used here as a backup next to the main display.
Autopilot
Garmin GFC 500
Digital autopilot that works with the new Garmin displays and holds altitude and course, with an optional yaw damper servo.
Panel and production
- New instrument panel designed and manufactured
- Original COM/NAV/GPS and autopilot removed
- G5 attitude indicator and HSI configured and verified
- Altimeter tested and re-installed with a repeated pitot-static leak test
Certification and paperwork
- EASA test flight
- Certificate of Release to Service
- Weight and balance
- Electrical load analysis
Project photos
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from €40,000 excl. VAT
Tell me what you want from your new panel and I will put together the right package for your aircraft.
Magdaléna Ševčíková
Sales Director, MRO
