RV7Factory
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Byron, where did you get the fiberglass panel?
Byron, where did you get the fiberglass panel?
Mike Starkey was nice enough to give you a direct link on his post to where you can get it and as always Mike figured out the exact model number and he even knew where I purchased it? Hmmmm, Mike have you been going through my building receipts? LOL
Thanks Byron... Which airport are your going to call home?
Lookin' Good Mike! I don't know if it's the camera or the color, but I'm sorta reminded of a Douglas DC9! Won't mean a thing unless you've been around them, those that have will know what I'm talking about!
Cheers,
Stein
Well, I was hoping to be compared to the blue-grey panel I've seen in the airbus, not a DC-9 - lol. Actually my camera washes the color out, but it's a lot closer to the color you see in the lower left of the panel.
Panel is finally done! I haven't lit it up yet, but that's just around the corner!
The light is VEEERY dim at the end of the tunnel, but I know it's there!
Hey stanman! Thanks! The right side is for future EFIS expansion...no mapbox. I have side pouches in my interior kit, so I opted not to go with a box in the panel.panel looks great!....are yu going with a mapbox or somesuch right hand side...or future efis addition?....been following your moves with interest....the light is getting very bright !!!...rgds stanman!
Panel is finally done! I haven't lit it up yet, but that's just around the corner!
The light is VEEERY dim at the end of the tunnel, but I know it's there!
Yep - you've probably seen this panel in progress before.....here's an update with more bells and whistles and lights working and the Classic Aero Interior fitted (Classic Aero - superb!)
John that looks like a million dollars......It looks like Classic Aero did a wonderfull job, and you installed it clean.....( NICE ) I hope my 8 looks that good inside. I see OSH Grand Champion in your future
The new baby has slowed me way down the past few months but the panel is slowly turning into the picture.
It is not a million dollar panel but it will get me there and back in way more style than a typical spam can.
Jon,
Your Panel has really come together - fantastic. With the interior installed its looking awesome.
Graeme
There is only one issue I can see, but it's something that is of concern. What is the vertical size of your panel from top to bottom? It appears that your panel is significantly deeper than a stock panel. If it were me, here is what I'd suggest.
You can move the EFIS screen up nearly 1.5"-2". It's always good to put the PFD as high as you can on the panel to alleviate much eye movement. Doing that will allow you to align the radio stack with the EFIS (just for aesthetically pleasing reasons - it looks cleaner).
Next, I'd put the backups somewhere else besides under the radio stack. Perhaps vertically between the EFIS and stack.
Those instruments below the radio stack are driving a lot of your extra size requirement that otherwise you just don't need. Doing that also moves the backups closer to your normal field of view and puts the ADI smack in line with your PFD center as well. I'd also throw the ELT remote over somewhere on the other side of the panel. It's not something that needs to use valuable space in front of the pilots side of the panel.
Along the same lines, I'd probably think the same thing about the parking brake knob...and I might put the purge valve knob over somewhere near the rest of the fuel controls too. I guess my typical bit of encouragement is that space in front of the pilot is at a premium, so it should be reserved for premium things.
Other than that I don't have much to comment on, it appears you've though it out and your equipment choices are also very good.
I just did a quick photo-chop on your pic because I don't have the CAD drawing. Things are not tweaked perfectly but it'll give you an idea of what I'm talking about.
My 2 cents as usual.
Cheers,
Stein
On a related note, the PMA-8000B install manual says that there are two independent entertainment inputs. The front panel plug is shared w/ Entertainment Audio #1. The 'Line-In' input will be wired to Entertainment Audio #2. This will facilitate listening (or not listening) to music, radios, etc with passengers.
/\/elson
One thing to remember on wiring for the PMA-8000. They have some audio features for "passengers" versus "crew". In a 2-seater, there are no "passengers", just pilot/co-pilot=crew. I wired up an XM radio unit directly to one of the PMA audio inputs only to discover that it was an input that only my non-existent seats 3 and 4 would be able to hear. I just rewired it back to the other external audio input and all was well.