Stehen Jacobs wrote: > Really nice panel Mark - going to be a pleasure to X country.
That Apollo MX20 is really just a photo to cover up the big blank spot in the panel, which is reserved for something similar, but tablet-PC based. I'm not sure they make such a thing yet, but I'm sure it's coming soon. Or maybe even a Dynon. In the meantime, I'll velcro my GPS-195 in that spot. > Maybe you opted to have it both ways - all three ways eh? Pilot can fly > either left or right handed and the right seat can reach everything Ok? I guess that's about right. Although I'm technically left-handed, writing is about the only thing that I really dedicate one particular hand to. Most of the time I just use whichever one is most convenient. I didn't want to put a bunch of holes in the panel moving the throttle and mixture around 'til I figured out where I wanted it, so I whipped up that little bracket down there to mount them to for now. I've tried it out and it works so well I may just leave them there. The stick can't hit either of them. I'll probably paint it next time I paint something that color, or lay up some scrap carbon fiber on it to make it look nice. But ergonomically, it gives me a lot of versatility, and passenger access was also a consideration. My original plan was to put them over to the left, under the Tiny Tach and trim position indicator. That would work too, and I may still put them there eventually, but for now, the bracket works. By the way, I never could get the Tiny Tach (my THIRD one) to read anything but gibberish. One minute it's almost accurate, five seconds later it's reading triple what it should, then twice, then 1.3x, etc. It's not even linear or a proportional reading of real engine speed. It's useless in my plane, despite doing everything the manufacturer can think of to make it work, and despite the ads which say "works with any points and distributor system". I've bought and paid for three of them now, and have nothing but an expensive hour meter in my panel to show for it...and it doesn't even read tenths of an hour... Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama N56ML "at" hiwaay.net see KR2S project at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford
