Beechcraft F33A Bonanza
D-EIGOFrom analogue gauges and a vacuum system to a G3X Touch glass cockpit with a GFC 500 autopilot.
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft F33A Bonanza
- Scope
- Avionics · Autopilot · Instrument panel
- Location
- Kunovice, Czechia
This F33A arrived with an analogue panel, vacuum gyros and an older Bendix/King autopilot. It left with a new instrument panel built around Garmin G3X Touch, a GFC 500 autopilot with yaw damper, a GTN 750Xi navigator, ADS-B In/Out, traffic and weather, and no vacuum system to maintain.
Before and after
Installed equipment
- AirTraffic AT-1 traffic system
- Golze ADL190 weather receiver
- 2x Garmin GSB 15 USB ports
- Garmin GTP 59 OAT probe
Quick view
Flight displays
Garmin G3X Touch
Touchscreen PFD/MFD/EIS display for portrait or landscape panels, with an interactive moving map and ADS-B In traffic and weather. Discontinued by Garmin; AXIS is the successor.
Standby instruments
Garmin G5
Electronic flight instrument used here as a backup next to the main display.
Autopilot
Garmin GFC 500
Digital autopilot that works with the new Garmin displays and holds altitude and course, with an optional yaw damper servo.
GPS / NAV / COM
Garmin GTN 750Xi
Touchscreen GPS/NAV/COM navigator on the Garmin bus.
Transponder / ADS-B
Garmin GTX 345R
Remote-mount transponder with ADS-B Out; adds ADS-B In traffic and weather.
Panel and production
- Instrument panel designed, produced and installed in our own workshop
- New engraved circuit breaker panel
- New wiring harness produced and installed
- Pitot-static system replaced and leak checked
- Vacuum system, old autopilot and analogue instruments removed
- Headset jacks moved into the instrument panel
Certification and paperwork
- Installed under EASA STCs for each Garmin system and released under Part-145
- ADAHRS calibration, ground tests and test flight
- Electrical load change calculation
- Magnetic compensation and weight and balance check
- POH updated with flight manual supplements
Project photos
Want the same for your Beechcraft Bonanza?
See the upgrade paths, starting prices and typical downtime for your type, or talk to our sales team directly.
from €35,000 excl. VAT
Tell me what you want from your new panel and I will put together the right package for your aircraft.
Magdaléna Ševčíková
Sales Director, MRO
