MFD’s (multi function displays) as described, in Light Aircraft, are a solution in search of a question.
steam gagues for all their faults are less of a troubleshooting problem, especially in flight.
Either the gague is the issue or the system it monitors.
A crt/LCD may have three or four different things that make it go blank. and that’s not counting software/hardware issues on the computers.
(full disclosure, I’m a network engineer not a licensed pilot)
one visual joke that always makes the rounds after and Airbus goes in is the Blue Screen of Death (usually a page fault) on all three primary monitors.
MFD’s in light aircraft like a Champ are basicly waaay over engineered solutions to nonexistant issues.
rule the 1st, fly the bird. The instruments are there to ‘inform’ the pilot of the bird’s condition.
woerm
Its not nonsense. - He has a valid point.
I am an FAA certified aviation instructor.