RV 6 Glareshield.

[Python]

Hi, I am the owner( not builder) of a 2000 RV 6 tipper. Is the glare shield made of fibreglass ? I’m looking at installing a Garmin aera 660, ON the panel but under the glareshield & don’t want to install an antenna if possible. Regards

 

[Kyle Boatright]

Hi, I am the owner( not builder) of a 2000 RV 6 tipper. Is the glare shield made of fibreglass ? I’m looking at installing a Garmin aera 660, ON the panel but under the glareshield & don’t want to install an antenna if possible. Regards

The glareshield is aluminum.

In similar situations, many people have punched a hole in the firewall and installed an antenna under the cowl, typically mounted to the engine mount with Adel clamps.

 

[dash2driver]

Hi, I am the owner( not builder) of a 2000 RV 6 tipper. Is the glare shield made of fibreglass ? I’m looking at installing a Garmin aera 660, ON the panel but under the glareshield & don’t want to install an antenna if possible. Regards

I have a Garmin aera 660 in an Air Gizmos mount in the panel of my 9A. I have no problem with satellite reception. Try it without an external antenna. You probably won't need one.

 

[Snowflake]

My 660 is panel mounted and my glareshield is unmodified. No issues with GPS reception.

 

[olyolson]

Hi, I am the owner( not builder) of a 2000 RV 6 tipper. Is the glare shield made of fibreglass ? I’m looking at installing a Garmin aera 660, ON the panel but under the glareshield & don’t want to install an antenna if possible. Regards

Python,
I have an Aera 660 mounted in the panel of my RV-8 with an Airgizmos panel mount. The Aera 660 is connected to an external antenna on the top of the glare shield. All I did was drill a hole through the top of the glare shield big enough for the wire to pass though and then routed the wire under the panel to the GPS. The antenna is held in place with hook velcro on the bottom which firmly attaches to the carpet dash material. The wire is completely hidden since the antenna sits directly on top of the small hole. Works great.

 

[rv6n6r]

What Kyle said. Here's a pic of my set-up, just clears the top cowl. Garmin antenna driving WAAS GPS and ADS-B, barely showing beyond that it is a second remote GPS ant. for the handheld.
EDIT oops said RAMI, corrected to Garmin

 

[Python]

What Kyle said. Here's a pic of my set-up, just clears the top cowl. WAAS GPS driving ADS-B, barely showing beyond that it is a second remote GPS ant. for the handheld

What Kyle said. Here's a pic of my set-up, just clears the top cowl. WAAS GPS driving ADS-B, barely showing beyond that it is a second remote GPS ant. for the handheld.

View attachment 82264Hi , so obviously no issues with heat from the engine ? This is under the cowl right ? Cheers

 

[rv6n6r]

so obviously no issues with heat from the engine ? This is under the cowl right ? Cheers

Yes under the cowl and no issues. It's aft of the baffling, still warm but not enough to affect the antennas. Or not for me anyway, 700+ hours with this set-up.

 

[egp8111]

FYI I have a similar under the cowl setup on my 6. After having the cowl off for some items, I got a "courtesy" letter from the FAA saying my ADSB out was not reporting altitude. I hadn't touch the txp settings but using the limits of my vast avionic knowledge I turned the Garmin 327 off and back on. Then as afterthought I reached in under cowl and felt for the far side cowl hinge pin. The pin wasn't pushed in as far as it would go and the end of it was resting on top of the ADS antenna . I push it all the way in getting it away from the antenna and went flying. Low and behold ADSB out reporting speed and altitude normally again. I ask my Ham radio geek buddy about it and he said that it was possible that the pin as soaking up the signal from the antenna. Just something to be aware of with this setup. I don't know its all PFM to me.
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