Cargo Pod wanted ASAP; avionics recs too

[CRDedrickson]

N8CV has the KI-825 HSI and a Bendix/King 810 Autopilot.
NAV/COM #2 is a King KX-155.
It has a Shadin fuel computer and JP-760 engine monitor (Gami Injectors).

There once was a Ryan 9900BX installed and the wiring is still there, but a previous owner’s wife got tired of looking at the 9900BX and sold it on EBay! I’ve got to learn more about ADS-B and figure out if I should replace the 9900BX and what that would mean for an upgraded panel.

That’s why I’d like to replace the MX-20 with something like the Avidyne you mentioned and keep the 530W, although I suspect installation in a cold slot and being able to access things like the HSI and 9900BX would be complicated if even possible.

There is an ADF and maybe some other boat anchors that should be removed along with the MX-20, but I plan to come up with a plan and do it all at once. That’s why I’m in the research mode now, plus my inexperience (I stopped flying from about 2000 until 2015-2016, spending too much time at work. That dragon is slain as I’m retired now.)

I found some photos, not sure of the XPNDR model, but I’m told it isn’t ADS-B compatible. The cockpit photos are from before the MX-20 went white on me.
I’m not sure how to post them, but I’ll try!

It looks like I might have to reduce the file sizes and do it with a computer, I’m using aniPad now...

Russ

[Flyer770]

The King HSI and autopilot are good units, I’d keep if they are working fine for you. They are most likely running off the 530W. The 9900BX is pretty old tech and ADS-B can do nearly everything it can, except look for non ADS-B transponders, of which there shouldn’t be many left flying in a year anyways. The Garmin GTX 345 will get you both ADS-B out and in, and it interfaces very nicely with GTN and GNS units, and the Avidyne IFD. Pretty slick to see traffic and weather in the panel of a 172, and even better in a serious IFR Skymaster.