Electronics -- System Architecture

[Dockhead]

As to MFD's, I've decided that I will definitely want two at the nav table, considering how many different uses these devices have (so many more than the old ones did). Radar & plotter would be the obvious two uses, to put on two different screens, but then there is plotter & pilot, plotter and wind instrument, video feed, all kinds of possibilities.

The first MFD will definitely be the Zeus T8, and the second one could be a second such one, but what about the Simrad NSS7? It has VGA resolution (same as my old $5000 RL80CRC+). It won't take up as much instrument panel real estate. And with the rebates, it costs about a grand only! This is phenomenal value for money.

I think the usefulness of a T8 + NSS7 should be greater than the single T12 I had originally planned, for about the same money ($2400 + $1000).

Has anyone noticed the autopilot controls on these new plotter? These are the dog's danglies! I could seriously contemplate doing without a separate pilot control at the helm -- the plotters have dedicated buttons for engaging and disengaging the pilot.