msaltzman14
Active Member
Hi All-
I wanted to post as high of a review as I could for the guys at the Sarasota branch of Sarasota Avionics. TJ and his entire crew are A players that made my BIG avionics upgrade smooth, on time and budget and with fantastic purchase support.
I bought a flying RV9 this summer and opted to do a full panel re-build to go from legacy avionics to top of the line garmin glass and autopilot. TJ and his crew helped me through the entire process, listened to my needs, were agile when I wanted to change something, and were just fantastic. It sure wasn't free but my god do I feel like I got more than I paid for in value.
I installed a full G3x 10" touchscreen, a GTN625W, a remote comm, Garmin transponder and the full GMC307 Autopilot which is PHENOMINAL. I also put a D5 on the right side as a backup. Both screens have internal battery redundancy, and I have two ship batteries that can crossfeed.
All I can say is if you aren't a builder or you want to trust the professionals for the electronics that will tell you which way is up when your in IMC, go with Sarasota. I am from New York and they've been great with support for the inevitable little bugs that come up after an installation of this magnitude. They didn't even blink before paying for my local avionic shop to do some little fixes so I'd have everything perfect.
I don't have a lot of pics of the installation, but I put one in there that shows the wiring behind the panel. Totally surgical and zero wasted wires or loose fittings.
Just top notch guys. Give TJ a call!
Pics here:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1CfezeFFNHctre6ED-8wy73a7aQh_1FgA
I wanted to post as high of a review as I could for the guys at the Sarasota branch of Sarasota Avionics. TJ and his entire crew are A players that made my BIG avionics upgrade smooth, on time and budget and with fantastic purchase support.
I bought a flying RV9 this summer and opted to do a full panel re-build to go from legacy avionics to top of the line garmin glass and autopilot. TJ and his crew helped me through the entire process, listened to my needs, were agile when I wanted to change something, and were just fantastic. It sure wasn't free but my god do I feel like I got more than I paid for in value.
I installed a full G3x 10" touchscreen, a GTN625W, a remote comm, Garmin transponder and the full GMC307 Autopilot which is PHENOMINAL. I also put a D5 on the right side as a backup. Both screens have internal battery redundancy, and I have two ship batteries that can crossfeed.
All I can say is if you aren't a builder or you want to trust the professionals for the electronics that will tell you which way is up when your in IMC, go with Sarasota. I am from New York and they've been great with support for the inevitable little bugs that come up after an installation of this magnitude. They didn't even blink before paying for my local avionic shop to do some little fixes so I'd have everything perfect.
I don't have a lot of pics of the installation, but I put one in there that shows the wiring behind the panel. Totally surgical and zero wasted wires or loose fittings.
Just top notch guys. Give TJ a call!
Pics here:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1CfezeFFNHctre6ED-8wy73a7aQh_1FgA
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