I might be WAY too anal here but, being right handed, I never want to have my right hand have to leave the control stick to change frequencies, change AP settings, etc. Thus, all the important stuff is accessible by my left hand. Cavate- I fly a -8 so the panel is way narrower.
I really like that you've incorporated some backup steam gauges. They break up the tyranny of the rectangle!
I think it's a very clean design.
I like the layout, only change I'd make would be to swap the D10A for Garmin G5, lighter and doesn't take up as much space behind the panel and I think about $1000 less. Also, do you need the GMA 350? You might look at the GMA-245, save a few bucks there too, unless you are dead set on adding a marker beacon.
Lynn
I might be WAY too anal here but, being right handed, I never want to have my right hand have to leave the control stick to change frequencies, change AP settings, etc. Thus, all the important stuff is accessible by my left hand. Cavate- I fly a -8 so the panel is way narrower.
Do you not want to have all the autopilot controls at the same place?
- I see no value in steam gauges. I actually love the look of them...
Where is the CO detector?
It is essential!
I fly professionally and havent used marker beacons in like 20 years. Id skip the cost of them.
Never used those, can you give us some
more details, in what cases you use them?
I am curious: don't you have towers that
wont let you land unless you have full
ILS system - including the markers.
Can you guys share your expirience here?
I had it in my old plane, used it once to see if it works. After that, I never had a use for it. I have not installed one in the new plane.I am curious: don't you have towers that
wont let you land unless you have full
ILS system - including the markers.
Can you guys share your expirience here?
Just throwing in my personal opinion?s 2-cents worth here, but i think you have more than adequate refundancy with the left skyview and the D-10. If I were designing this, I would delete the steam gauges...