Preliminary Avionics Panel Design

Following is a rendering showing my first shot at designing the avionics panel for the plane. As a result of building a tandem aircraft, there is not a lot of space up front for instruments; therefore, included a partial glass cockpit for situational awareness and engine diagnostics plus portable gps for navigation. Eliminating individual gages saved lots of space. Felt more external utility with a portable gps (e.g. backpacking, driving, boating etc., plus potential for XM weather later). Have redundant pitot-driven steam gage flight instruments for backup. Radio and transponder are small round units up top for additional space conservation.