{"id":157,"date":"2011-10-14T10:17:57","date_gmt":"2011-10-14T17:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maxcraft.ca\/blog\/?p=157"},"modified":"2011-10-14T10:17:57","modified_gmt":"2011-10-14T17:17:57","slug":"upgrade-on-the-cessna-182","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/upgrade-on-the-cessna-182\/","title":{"rendered":"Upgrade on the Cessna 182!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Busy life, busy little plane&#8230;.<\/h1>\n<p>As the pilot is owner of several aircraft, a Pipistrel dealer and a president of a company, this pilot had limited time to work on his aircraft.\u00c2\u00a0 With great intentions and fabulous ideas, he had to put the plane down and brought it to Maxcraft.<\/p>\n<h2>What he wanted in his Cessna 182<\/h2>\n<p>What he wanted was more navigation, more music, more and more in the air!\u00c2\u00a0 So with that, Marty brought in his 1968 Cessna 182 to do his major avionics installs.<\/p>\n<p>Starting with the removal of a:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00c2\u00a0<strong>ADF receiver<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>ADF indicator<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Audio selector<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>and <strong>the flight com<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Going forward with the challenges of a small space, Will the lead, was eager to install the new avionics.\u00c2\u00a0 A Garmin <strong>GTN750 GPS Nav Com system,\u00c2\u00a0 Garmin GMA 350<\/strong> with <strong>3D audio<\/strong> <strong>capabilities <\/strong>and <strong>ICS System<\/strong>.\u00c2\u00a0 Following that a new avionics master switch with provisional <strong>406 ELT<\/strong> wiring, which was a minor modification.\u00c2\u00a0 To top it off, new lighting using a <strong>UMA strip light<\/strong> placed under the glare shield.<\/p>\n<p>Some maintenance was done by the aircraft owners request\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.airspeed indicator accuracy check and replacing some bulbs here and there.\u00c2\u00a0 With a little weight and balance this little green machine is ready to go!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_160\" style=\"width: 215px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/C-FVHF-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-160\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-160\" title=\"C-FVHF 4\" src=\"http:\/\/maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/C-FVHF-4-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"122\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-160\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upgraded panel for the Cessna<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Check it out on our website or click here! <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/index.php\/newsletter\/newsletterseptember2011\">http:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Maxcraft Avionics<\/a> is a leader in airplane and helicopter avionic\u00c2\u00a0system upgrades like the Garmin GTN series, including installation of everything from a basic\u00c2\u00a0VHF\u00c2\u00a0Radio and simple Garmin portable GPS all the way to\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/maxcraft.ca\/index.php\/product-lines\">TCAS, EFIS,\u00c2\u00a0and autopilot\u00c2\u00a0systems<\/a>. We have the largest avionics facility in Canada and we have over 20,000 unique part numbers in our\u00c2\u00a0in inventory to repair your aircraft or upgrade your cockpit.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Busy life, busy little plane&#8230;. 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