Systems: Panel

 

 

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  September - December 2007: (10.0 hrs.) 

After much thought and many iterations, I think I have settled on my panel layout:

Instruments:

  • AFS 3500 Dual EFIS/EIS/AHRS

  • Digiflight IIVSGV Autopilot

  • Compass

  • CO Guardian

  • ELT test panel

  • PS Engineering 8000 Audio Panel

  • Garmin GNS 430W Com/Nav/GPS

  • Garmin SL40 Com

  • Garmin GTX 330 Transponder

Switches to the left of the pilot EFIS

  • 2 guarded toggles (FADEC Power A and B)

  • Main Bus toggle (All off, Battery Only, Battery plus Alternator)

  • Aux Bus toggle (All off, Battery Only, Battery plus Alternator)

Rocker Switches under the pilot EFIS (left to right)

  • EFIS 1

  • EFIS 2

  • Crosslink

  • Co-pilot stick disconnect

  • Pitot heat

  • Spare

  • Fuel pump

Rocker Switches under the co-pilot EFIS (left to right)

  • Position Lights

  • Strobe Lights

  • Taxi Lights

  • Landing Lights/Wigwag

  • Panel Lights

  • Cabin Lights

  • Spare
December 16, 2007 - January 5 2008: (4.0 hrs.) 

I got my panel back from ExperimentalAir who completed the CNC cutting.  Here it is installed in my fuselage with my center console.  The panel for the center radio stack has a top and bottom segment that are not shown in this picture.  I need to build a couple reinforcement pieces for this section.

I had about a 3/4" gap between the bottom of my panel and the center console.  I don't like that gap, so I will extend the bottom spacer from the radio panel down to the center console.
Here are the reinforcement pieces that I fabricated that will help hold the top and bottom spacers in the radio stack.
I took out the panel frame and primed it grey.  I also installed the newly fabricated reinforcement pieces.
Here is the panel installed back in my plane.  Here you can see the new bottom section of the radio panel where I have extended it down to the center console.
February 22-24, 2008: (5.0 hrs.) 

This was an exciting day.  I received the majority of my panel equipment. I was able to power up the Advanced Flight Systems EFIS units off of their internal back-up battery.  It was really cool to see this thing come to life.


Now for figuring out how to this stuff all installed.
Spent a fair bit of time figuring out how I was going to route the radio stack through the sub-panel and under the center rib.

Here are some aluminum angle braces I fabricated that will frame the rear of the radio stack.
Here you can see the whole I cut in the sub-panel and the braces I installed to help support the rear of the radio stack.
I also had to notch a portion of the center rib out so it would clear the radios.  I think I will look at adding some kind of support here.

 

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