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11-20-2012, 06:14 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Port Townsend, Washington
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Another Simple Panel
Here is the panel in my 9a. Mission is Day/Night VFR
http://s232.beta.photobucket.com/use...tml?sort=3&o=0
I tried to resist scope creep for a couple of reasons. I wanted to keep the cost down (it was under 10K) and I wanted to complete the project in a reasonable amount of time.
I used Vans wiring harness and switches. Vans Airspeed and Altitude as backup to the Dynon 180. The center stack is top to bottom: Garmin 495, Icom A210, Garmin 327 Transponder, and flightcom intercom. To the right of the intercom is a pot to adjust the volume of the audio input from the D180. Flap and trim are on the panel to the left of the intercom. They are easy to reach just above the throttle.
Engraving is courtesy of a Brothers label maker with White on Clear tape. I have a map box on the right side. LED map lights are on the side column, left and right.
A fellow builder here took a look at it and said, wow, you still have room to add another 20K worth of avionics on the right side.
Everything is right in front of the pilot and very accessible. I have about 70 hours on it now and so far, I would not change anything.
I did add an oil cooler shutter with the cable next to the mixture control. Engine is IO320 with Sensenich prop.
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John O
RV9a N709RV
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11-20-2012, 07:46 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Murphy, NC
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I like it. Want to do something very simular.
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John Johnson
Murphy, NC
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11-20-2012, 08:07 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Utah
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Simple, functional and elegant. Don't need anything else. Good job John!
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11-20-2012, 08:11 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 121
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Great!
Looks great! Simple, elegant, and very tasteful. The 495 is a great unit, easier to use than some of the "newer" handhelds. I like the panel dock.
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11-20-2012, 08:39 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: USA
Posts: 3,179
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A "modern simple" panel! Nicely done.
I'm working on now  but perhaps not as successfully
Last edited by humptybump : 11-21-2012 at 07:47 AM.
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11-21-2012, 07:38 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
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John, can I ask why you added an intercom when the iCom has one built in? Not a criticism, just curious, as you have simplified the rest of your panel very effectively. Nice!
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Rob Prior
1996 RV-6 "Tweety" C-FRBP (formerly N196RV)
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11-21-2012, 08:33 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Port Townsend, Washington
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Snowflake
John, can I ask why you added an intercom when the iCom has one built in? Not a criticism, just curious, as you have simplified the rest of your panel very effectively. Nice!
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I wanted the pilot isolate feature. Also, I am glad I did because, while the Icom has intercom function, adjustments are handled by going through the setup steps. That is not something you want to do when things might be confusing in the cockpit.
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John O
RV9a N709RV
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11-21-2012, 08:52 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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Hey, that's my panel, John!  More or less anyway. Same mission, same idea as you.
Unfortunately, I cut one too many round holes back in the day when Dynon didn't yet have an autopilot and I was planning for a Trio. As soon as I cut that hole, Dynon announced theirs.
And I agree with you that you don't want to rely on the built in intercom in the A210.
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Steve M.
Ellensburg WA
RV-9 Flying, 0-320, Catto
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11-21-2012, 09:24 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Beaverton, OR
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whd721
RV9A
Sherwood, Oregon
As Bill Stout (designer of the Ford Trimotor) used to say, ?Simplicate and add Lightness?
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11-21-2012, 10:06 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Port Townsend, Washington
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JSOliveira
I wanted the pilot isolate feature. Also, I am glad I did because, while the Icom has intercom function, adjustments are handled by going through the setup steps. That is not something you want to do when things might be confusing in the cockpit.
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I just remembered. I also needed the intercom as a place for the audio signal from the D180 to land. You could also input music or anything else. I did include two warning lights on the panel. A red one for alternator, and a green one above the 180 for D180 alarms. It goes off at the same time you get an audio warning.
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John O
RV9a N709RV
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