The enigma has EVERYTHING IN THE BOX, it literally does. airspeed, rate of climb, artificial horizon, fuel flow, cylinder head temp, ext temp, alt, GPS, Moving map, Tach pretty much everything you could want. And you can see it from the right side just fine. I was considering adding steam gages to the package but it just adds weight and if a prospective buyer wanted it I could add it its very easy, heck they could add it themselves if they wanted. Really if it had a total failure and you lost everything its still a plane just fly it. if you cant fly VFR without any insterments then you need more training. Obviously its VFR day and Night. But we did have the transponder checked IFR, and if you wanted it IFR it would be very easy to add the steam gages.
The only reason you would want to use a RV7 for training is to train someone to fly an RV.
We put the catto prop and the CG is a non issue, actually its still in acrobatic limits with myself (200) and my wife (135) with room to spare. Gas at Caro, MI (CFS) is $4.65 if your looking for cheap gas.
Nick