Thanks for the replies so far.
Zulu Alpha - I'm planning on building an RV7 funnily enough. How do you find panel space with all the kit in place?? You wouldnt happen to have a pic of your panel would you??
I appreciate the issue of power provision and redundancy. Ideally I would like something akin to the Garmin G1000/G900X whereby the Primary display contains both the ADI and HSI and the secondary panel is purely GPS/NAV display. Most of the panels I have seen fitted to RV's and the like contain 3 panels..typically dedicated ADI, dedicated HSI and a separate GPS such as Garmin 496 etc. From the extent of my research so far I am unsure whether the choices I have indicated in my initial post are able to support such a configuration..
Rod1 - WOW, first time I have seen the Stratomaster stuff. The oddysey looks like a fantastic nit of kit. I can see that glass choice is not as easy and straightforward as I thought it might be.
Someone mentioned autopilot. I WILL be fitting one and at the moment it looks like a Trutrak Digiflight IIVSGV. I would prefer my autopilot to interface with my nav system for true LNAV/VNAV capability.
I must confess I'm not too clued up at the moment with regards to EFIS and what I should look for and, indeed, EXPECT from such systems. Basically I want something which offers me exceptional situational awareness, ease of information absorption (i.e clarity not clutter), integration with my autopilot and reliability. I dont mind spending good money on good products.
Spamcan