This is the panel that I'm now building, with
Grand Rapids
EIS-4000 engine monitoring,
RST Engineering
audio panel,
Skyforce
Skymap IIIC GPS colour moving map,
UPS Aviation (II Morrow)
SL30 nav/com, SL70 transponder, &
Navaid Devices
auto-pilot.
The unit on the right, below the EIS-4000, is an experimental altitude hold
device that I plan to work on after flying for a while. The panel has three
removable sections to make servicing a little easier.
Panel plan using
Sierra Flight Systems
EFIS. Unfortunately, when they finally released these products,
they doubled their estimated prices, making this panel unlikely for me.
Labels created as a table in MS Word & printed on Avery Labels type 8667.
22-Oct-98: Instrument panel with sub-panel & ventilator mountings. Mounting
the sub-panel makes it a lot easier to install the switches & start the wiring
task.
30-Dec-98: RST Audio Panel kit completed & tested. Documentation is pretty
good. Assembly fairly straight forward. It works as advertised.
8-Aug-99: Sub-panel labelling completed, using computer printed Avery labels.
These were printed on an ink jet printer. After placing on the switch panel, a thin
coat of Valspar semi-gloss lacquer was applied to protect the labels.
2-Jan-00: ELT mounted behind the baggage compartment bulkhead. This is required
to be mounted on a substantial structure, facing forward/aft. Several other builders
have used this location. There is a remote test & warning light unit to be mounted
on the instrument panel. The antenna goes under the empennage fairing.
25-Jan-00: Original panel showing most of it cut away. The final panel is made
up of three removable pieces of .062 aluminum.
17-Apr-00: View of the fuse blocks & altitude encoder behind the panel on the right.
17-Apr-00: II Morrow SL30 & SL70 mounted on .063 angles along with the RST Engineering
audio panel. The rack mounting unit for the Skyforce SkyMap IIIC is above the SL30.
17-Apr-00: The blue hoses are for connection to the vacuum gyros.
17-Apr-00: Finished panel cleko'd in place.