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Old 08-03-2008, 05:38 AM
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Jeff,

I have used the Vans relay board on 4 installations so far and no problems. I do have a recommendation for you, just for safety. If you have a unfamiliar co-pilot you don't want him/her messing with anything that will affect the flight of the AC. What I do is to install a DPDT switch on the panel and lable it "Stick Select". Very easy to wire, Infinity has all the common's seperate for their switches. Take the Flap common and the trim common from the hat switch and wire them to the NC and NO of the stick select switch. For example the left stick to the NC terminal and the right stick to the NO terminal. Now the common terminal wire to Ground. So the same for each stick for the common wire for the hat switch.

What this does is to remove the ground return for both the flap control and the trim control, and isolating the stick from those systems.

As for remote starting I use the Vans pressure switch and a cheap automotive horn relay for that control. One word of caution, if the oil cooler is located on the FW this doesn't work very well with Vans pressure switch.
I have encountered a situation where after a few bladed the pressure switch will open. because the oil system is charged and normal cranking will produce enough pressure to open the switch. In this case a adjustable pressure switch will be required.

Hope this helps,

John H.
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Old 08-03-2008, 05:57 AM
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I used the Aircraft extras FPS with the airspeed switch which is adjustable. It connects to the flaps down line and will not let you put the flaps down when over the speed that you set.I have everything installed with the dual infinities and it works well.
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Old 08-03-2008, 01:19 PM
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Hi John,

thanks for that; JD at Infinity supplied a switch for rear stick enable/disable and I have mounted this on one of the right-side bulkheads. It is reachable by the rear seat passenger should they ever need to and it will link into an annunciator light on the panel. 95% of the time the rear stick will be disabled.

I plan to wire the starter to a panel switch for enable/disable. It will be one of those missile switch jobbies so cannot be accidentally activate.

Ken: that was exactly what I was wondering about. I know I would lose the infinite adjustability but I like the idea of having fixed settings; less to think about. Cheers.
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