Avionic retrofit of a Piper PA-32R-300: design of the human machine interface for glass cockpit avionic conversion

This thesis was developed in the framework of a six months, two people project that aimed at designing a Glass Cockpit Avionic Retrofit of a single engine general aviation aircraft. The project was divided in two main work packages, one related to the aircraft systems analysis and modifications, and the other related to the Human Machine Interface improvements. This thesis will be focused on the latter. The report describes the method that was implemented to perform the Avionic Retrofit of a Piper PA-32R-300. The document is divided into three main parts where the general flowchart is presented, the specific results obtained are shown and the Service Bulletin for the retrofit is reported.