Flap Switch location

[BOHICA]

Just wondering where people put there flap switch in the RV-14's.

* Pilot and Co-Pilot Stick
* Panel
* Panel and Pilot Stick

[tgmillso]

7, not a 14, but my switch is on the Tosten military grips and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I did my training in a 7 that had flaps on the panel and that had me looking in the cockpit on final to positively identify the switch. This convinced me to put them on the stick. Head down on final is not a good idea. Run it through a GAD27 so there’s no risk of bumping the flaps down at cruise speed. Also have flaps on copilot sticks, but can disconnect easily if necessary with a molex connector at the base of the stick.
Tom.

[bjdecker]

Not a -14, but in both of my -7's I placed it just above and to the left of the throttle.

I'm just not a fan of "extra" functions on the stick...

[PhatRV]

On my RV8, I put the switch on the Infinity grip and a dedicated flap switch on the panel as a backup, in the case the switch on the grip fails. The switches are connected to the flap controller module so the wiring is more simple.

[Brian Perry]

I also placed mine on the panel just above the throttle. I contemplated putting it on the Tosten grip but decided against it to keep things simple. If there is a problem the wiring and thus the troubleshooting is much easier.

[BOHICA]

Originally Posted by tgmillso

7, not a 14, but my switch is on the Tosten military grips and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I did my training in a 7 that had flaps on the panel and that had me looking in the cockpit on final to positively identify the switch. This convinced me to put them on the stick. Head down on final is not a good idea. Run it through a GAD27 so there’s no risk of bumping the flaps down at cruise speed. Also have flaps on copilot sticks, but can disconnect easily if necessary with a molex connector at the base of the stick.
Tom.

Did you put on left or right side of your pilot stick?

[BOHICA]

Originally Posted by PhatRV

On my RV8, I put the switch on the Infinity grip and a dedicated flap switch on the panel as a backup, in the case the switch on the grip fails. The switches are connected to the flap controller module so the wiring is more simple.

This one of the options I am thinking about since you can have two flap switches on GAD 27. With the second one on panel if Tosten fails I would not have to try and hit switch on other grip. Then I could set up co-pilot buttons as comm swap 1 and comm swap 2 to make easier for them to handle radios.

[Carl Froehlich]

I use Infinity grips. Flap is a toggle switch operated by the thumb.

On the RV-10 I had it on both the pilot and co-pilot grips (as well as the top hat trim control). On the panel I added a “Pilot/Co-Pilot” selector switch that controlled the common ground for flaps and trim grip switches. The idea was to:
- Take flap and trim away from the co-pilot as most of the time that person was not an RV-10 pilot.
- Provide for a backup flap and trim operation if the pilot stick grip failed. It is easy to just reach over to the other stick.

Carl

[Bavafa]

Mine is above the throttle in such way that I can push it while my hand is on the throttle. Unless there is a switch that disables flap above a certain speed, I would not be putting it on the stick.

[BOHICA]

Originally Posted by Bavafa

Mine is above the throttle in such way that I can push it while my hand is on the throttle. Unless there is a switch that disables flap above a certain speed, I would not be putting it on the stick.

Both the GAD 27 and VPX provide speed limit on flap. So no worries on speed.