Quote Originally Posted by Dentoflyer View Post
Thanks for the reply Larry.
Interestingly, I had already been in touch with Lucas at TT asking him what EFIS would give the best integration with the Sorcerer. In particular I was asking about the certified Aspen Evolution 1000, and I expressed my surprise that the Aspen had fairly limited compatibility with the Sorcerer. His answer (in part) is as follows:

It is surprising, isn't it?

You are correct in your thinking. Non-certified EFIS units give much better integration with the autopilot. In answer to your questions, the Aspen doesn't output any steering information to the autopilot. They simply don't have any commands going out. The Sorcerer doesn't have a flight director output. (my emphasis)

Either the AFS 5000 series or Garmin G3X will give you the most integration.

I hope this helps!

So, he is suggesting the AFS 5000 for good compatibility (which is my perceived preference due to a bunch of factors). However, from what Lucas has said (and some other stuff that I have read elsewhere) I suspect that there is no ability for the Sorcerer to output Flight director commands - so although the AP will work, its not going to show FD commands on the AF 5000 (or any other EFIS for that matter?)

Is that your experience Larry re: Flight director command bars?

Regards
Dentoflyer
I will fly this week and confirm. My type of flying has changed a lot in the last couple of years so I haven’t used the FD with the AP for awhile but memory tells me that when the FD is on, it is on and the roll steering seems to work when in Nav mode. I am hoping to leave on a long trip later in the week so I will try these functions and get back to you.

I highly recommend sending an email to Rob or Shawn at AFS. I’m sure they can confirm this one way or another as well.

Larry