This Cessna R172K Hawk XP is owned and operated by Cyrus’ Marine Service, which offers on-call and on-site emergency repairs for stranded watercraft. As a floatplane that works in a variety of unpredictable scenarios, this 172 received a somewhat more substantial avionics package than what is usually found in aircraft of the same size. Indeed, […]
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Our client for this install was one Mr. Fred Carey, a volunteer with CASARA, the Civilian Air Search and Rescue Association: a national volunteer organization funded by the Department of National Defence. Its volunteers provide air search assistance to the Royal Canadian Air Force, and promote flight safety for general aviation as a means to […]
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Maxcraft Cessna 182 After Daryl upgrades the Maxcraft company Cessna 182! We’ve replaced all of the 1970’s legacy avionics with brand-new equipment. The package is almost entirely Bendix/King but with the addition of a Garmin GNS 430 and an Apollo MX20 Multifunction display. This installation represents some of the very best GA avionics that can […]
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Maxcraft’s own Cessna 182 Here at Maxcraft, we’re not just Avionics professionals; we’re pilots as well. This week on the project page, we feature Maxcraft’s own Cessna 182. This plane is used regularly by Maxcraft’s founder, president, and general manager as well as some of Maxcraft’s staff. It is used for demonstration flights, customer drop-offs, […]
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Beechcraft Bonanza This week on the project page we’ll take a look at a Traffic Advisory System (TAS) upgrade for the average GA pilot. Our example is a Model 36 Beechcraft Bonanza with an existing Aspen EFD-1000 primary flight display and Garmin GNS 480 WAAS GPS/NAV/COM. The owner is a long-time friend of Maxcraft and […]
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New Panel with Apsen Last time on the projects page we mentioned coming into possession of a trade in (yet unused) Aspen EFD-1000 flight display. Orphaned components like this are not an uncommon phenomenon in the world of avionics, and we can end up with them for any number of reasons. Sometimes we upgrade brand-new […]
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The Aircraft and Owner The aircraft is a homebuilt Murphy Moose kit-plane. The Need The owner arrived with his recently completed aircraft. What he came for was a very modern, previously discussed panel with top-notch equipment. Maxcraft fabricated the panel, completed fairly extensive equipment installs and also corrected some equipment wiring and configuration problems. The […]
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The Aircraft and Owner The aircraft is a 2006 Cessna 182T with an all glass Garmin G1000 system installed from the factory. The owner departed Vancouver Island and flew the aircraft to Maxcraft, arriving in Pitt Meadows. Since our customer resides on the Island, when the project was completed we flew and picked him up. […]
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The Aircraft and Owner During May 2012 a complete restoration process for Abbotsford Flying Club’s 1977 Piper Cherokee Archer II (C-GIUK) began. Upgrades included a new digital avionics suite, a complete new paint job, a new (zero-time) engine, all new leather seats & upholstery, and new windows. The Need For more than a year Abbotsford […]
Read More »The Aircraft and Owner The owner Ray Hollands has been a long time customer of Maxcraft and recently purchased a Cessna 182Q. The Need With previous exposure to J.P. Instruments engine monitors from when we installed an EDM 700 in his Cessna 172, Ray wanted the J.P. Instruments EDM 930 with expanded capabilities for his […]
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