We decided to have a modern instrument panel, with a digital engine
monitoring system and moreover a good moving map display.
In the marine field we use very nice systems produced by San
Giorgio SEIN, of Genova. The young owners of this company, Marco
and Massimo Manuelli are good friends and they produce instrumentation
that is normally installed on large boats, and state-of-the art digital
systems that are really easy to use. At the moment they are programming
the software for this new aeronautical use, making us a custom system,
to fit all our needs. The display is on the right end of the cockpit.
Regarding the moving map system, we decided to use the Jeppesen Flitemap
software: you need a PC to run it, and Marco found us a very small
pc (it runs on windows XP) and a wide 10,4" sun readable monitor
with the touch screen option.
On the monitor we'll see the flitemap navigation software (GPS-driven)
engine informations on a custom software that will receive data from
the Engine monitoring system plus other useful informations. Maybe
later on we could add also an EFIS.
The instrument panel of the falco is quite small for a 10,4"
tft monitor, expecially if you have the radios in the middle. So we
decided to install the monitor right in the front of the pilot's seat,
thus moving the analog instruments slightly on the right.
