Stick switches

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by flyingriki

What clever methods of labeling have folks come up with? Maybe a graphic on the side of the fuselage?

I bought the Tosten non-military grips (still lots of buttons, but less overtly military), the installation manual for them had a great graphic showing the top and side view that I meant to take and annotate with switch functions. Then I was going to print a label with the graphic large enough to read (about 2" high) and stick it on the panel somewhere it could be seen from both seats. Both sticks do the same thing, so the diagram would be valid for either seat.

[SMO]

[GalinHdz]

FWIW - I have an Infiniti grip with the following set up for the switches:

The pilot and co-pilot grips are mirror images of each other. Since I have manual flaps I put the fuel pump on the toggle switch. I ran the trim ground from each grip to a small SPDT switch on the panel so I can select which pilot can adjust the trim. On the actual grip I also used the Ptouch clear tape with white lettering labels trimmed down to size. I never thought that after over 400hrs they would still look good. I find my set up very "user friendly" and really like it. YMMV

[Raymo]

Not too different from other Infinity grip users. I just finished wiring mine this past weekend. It was time consuming but I know it will be worth the effort - long term.

* Coolie hat - pitch / roll trim wired through Dynon AP panel (no need for relays; adds safety features and auto-trim).
* Top 3 way swtich - flaps wired through relay
* Trigger - PTT
* Black thumb - AP disconnect
* Green thumb button - Radio flip-flop
* Blue pinkie button - not used (could be fuel pump on/off)

Switch on panel disables all co-pilot buttons except PTT.

Required one 15 pin d-sub (male/female) for each stick.

[acroflyrgirl]

I have an Infinity. The buttons are great and practically a necessity for formation flying.
Red - PTT
Green - Flip Flop
3 way - Flaps
Coolie hat - Trims
Blue - A/P CWS

I am going to use the black one for smoke.

I probably could get rid of the A/P function if I need another switch on the stick.

[bret]

My green top button is engine start, I didn't think I would like it there but after using it a few times, I REALLY like it there, I don't think I will be using the big red push to start on the dash, it still lights up red when I push the stick start. After reading the reasoning behind it, it really makes sense on how valuable this would be in a worse case scenario. I have the momentary flap down and switch up for retract, I had a relay conflict between the two sticks so there is a priority switch for pilot and copilot only functions.