[quote=Willymopit
I agree. The aging instruments in our planes are only going to get more expensive to replace/repair if keeping original. I think the time the industry has had glass, we have pretty much shown that these things are just as if not much more reliable than the old stuff. Think NO GYROS.... (this must make new aircraft without "black boxes" quite hard for the NTSB folk to determine if there had been an instrument readout failiure). I'm hoping that the MFD will be able to be the redundant counterpart to the PFD like G1000 does... [/quote]
That's what I'm saying. The accelerometers in these new panels are probably going to be a good replacement for gyros. Gyros have served us well, and many have lasted for surprising periods of time. Still, I'm cautiously optimistic.
I think we'll be seeing that the two displays can mirror each others' information, or at least they'll display a concise version of each others' info in the case of single DU failure.
Of course, even if you do lose both displays, I'll bet the wings stay attached.
It does seem to be a VISUAL flight rules equipped aircraft.
