Radios
At this point I'm going to be using a Garmin SL-40 (the COM-only version of the SL-30) and a VAL Avionics COM 2KR (a remote-mount COM transceiver). I have code to remotely control both of these from the EFIS.
I was contemplating using VAL's NAV 2KR for VOR / LOC and GS, but I've recently heard of several people working on SDR-based NAV radios. I'm not enough of an SDR guru to code my own, but if there's a project out there that has working code it could certainly be incorporated into the system.
The final installation will have dual FlightBox units, and I was considering using the SDRs in the backup FlightBox as a receive-only COM source (monitor ATIS, etc.) but with two working COMs, that really doesn't add much value. Using it as a NAV receiver would be much more interesting.
At this point I'm going to be using a Garmin SL-40 (the COM-only version of the SL-30) and a VAL Avionics COM 2KR (a remote-mount COM transceiver). I have code to remotely control both of these from the EFIS.
I was contemplating using VAL's NAV 2KR for VOR / LOC and GS, but I've recently heard of several people working on SDR-based NAV radios. I'm not enough of an SDR guru to code my own, but if there's a project out there that has working code it could certainly be incorporated into the system.
The final installation will have dual FlightBox units, and I was considering using the SDRs in the backup FlightBox as a receive-only COM source (monitor ATIS, etc.) but with two working COMs, that really doesn't add much value. Using it as a NAV receiver would be much more interesting.