I need to hear from more people on this.

Paul Lamar<<<

I agree with a previous poster.  We all probably have all the engine gaugages we need.  No need to get more redundant/expensive.  My vote is for Mixture setting, fuel flow, fuel totalizer, and MAP in flight.  Another screenfull to be used for programming.  Lighted with dimmer.  Nothing else fancy or pretty.  Could you do that for <$400?

Dave Leonard

Sure Dave. And MPG and RPM.  
What had me worried was that $80 figure. Heck the display cost was more
than that. I looked in Kitplanes and I saw ;

Proptach__________ $249
Grand Rapids Tech  $553 4 strokes
RMI_______________ $879
Vision Micro_______ $2000 to $3000

BTW I will not be making it or selling it. Tracy will be doing that.
I am just helping out by doing the software and writing a software
simulator that runs in a PC to emulate the EFI computer output.
This will allowing testing the display on the bench rather than in the
air.

BTW Perry Mick had a great idea and it is working well for him. He transplanted
an RX7 instrument panel into his airplane. It looks great. I got a picture around
here someplace. Here it is.  He has a Long ez so he mounted it on the cockpit side.
Not only that it has been living with NO rubber motor mounts!
  
Paul Lamar
 
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