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Old 28th Jun 2012, 07:45
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mad_jock
 
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I haven't flown that panel but have 1000 hours on EFIS.

It all depends what you want to do.

The joystick yoke debate to be honest is personal preference they both do the job and transitioning between the two is no hardship.

The flying with tellys intially involves a steep learning curve learning which buttons to press but once your used to it again no hardship.

You will have a period where in high stress situations you will start looking for information where your used to finding it when switching between the two

So it all depends what you will be flying after going home.

The transition from electronic back to standard 6 is alot harder than going from standard 6 to electronic.

If you are only going to fly electronic from now on go for the fancy electronics. If at any point in the future you are going to fly steam instruments (ie the normal ones) start with them first.

As for ease of learning. Well you you are learning to fly visually ie looking out the window. The instruments although used should only have your attention 5% of the time while you are flying. So you shouldn't be looking at them much.

Now if you had said you were off to learn instument flying the choice would be harder as fancy instruments would have made your life easier.

So in a long winded way I haven't answered your questions

When it comes down to it go for the cheapest the instructor makes a huge difference in the learning process alot more so than the hardware. You could have the the highest spec aircraft out there with all the toys and the most horrible beat up C152/PA38 on the planet. With a good instructor the learning experence on the beat up heap will be fun and easy and the with a poor instructor the fancy machine could be a nightmare.
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