Dream Panel?

[ArtVandelay]

Let's just cut our losses here. 8 Track does have something in common with aviation - it was invented by William Lear. I can get past Barry Manilow, but the Village People? Really?

My guess I was trying to impress some girl I was dating. Some of those 8 tracks I can't remember playing.

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Sure sure, that's what you want us to believe...are you a politician?

[cnoe]

Be extremely cautious with those 8-tracks. I'm pretty sure that stacking a Barry Manilow cartridge on a Village People cartridge can cause some serious galvanic corrosion.

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[aviatoreb]

The Doobie Brothers!!!

[cnoe]

Just now, aviatoreb said:

The Doobie Brothers!!!

EMERGENCY!!! SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT!

[Marauder]

7 hours ago, teejayevans said:

Sure sure, that's what you want us to believe...are you a politician?

Let's see, take your pick:

 

[Discus]

OK, I think I have it figured out.  Going with an Aspen E1000,  JPI EDM 830, GTN 650, GTX 327, 8-track player, and s-tech 30. Removing vacuum system, keeping round dial airspeed, Altitude, FF and MP gauges for now as I'm not quite ready to make the 830 primary (I fear technology).  Appointment scheduled at Muncie Aviation in Sept for install.  

This stuff is double what I payed for the plane, so it should double what the plane is worth, right???  Hello?  *crickets*. 

:-)

 

*This post produced afer a rum and diet night. 

[MB65E]

330ES.

 And Possibly upgrade to a record player! Pink Floyd on vinyl is still amazing!!

Good luck with MAC, they Missed several ADs when our airplane was annulled there prior to purchase.  Not impressive.

-Matt

[Pictreed]

22 hours ago, Discus said:

OK, I think I have it figured out.  Going with an Aspen E1000,  JPI EDM 830, GTN 650, GTX 327, 8-track player, and s-tech 30. Removing vacuum system, keeping round dial airspeed, Altitude, FF and MP gauges for now as I'm not quite ready to make the 830 primary (I fear technology).  Appointment scheduled at Muncie Aviation in Sept for install.  

This stuff is double what I payed for the plane, so it should double what the plane is worth, right???  Hello?  *crickets*. 

:-)

 

*This post produced afer a rum and diet night. 

Yay!  This thread is back on the tracks!

It's going to be nice.  I'm happy for you!

I feel ya on the upgrades.  I just paid half of what I paid for the plane just to get the center stack fixed up and some minor stuff for now.  I'll be doing a similar install to yours later. 

[Yetti]

On 7/13/2016 at 1:45 AM, Hyett6420 said:

And have you noticed that they are always white.  How anyone can trace them i never know.  

At least on the 1975 version they are actually labeled with very small black letters.  If you stare at them long enough with the light in the right direction there are words like Com1 and ADF.  Then they go to a cannon plug and into a larger bundle of wires. then make it over to the breaker panel.

Edited July 17, 2016 by Yetti

[Hank]

This is my major dislike about the glass panels, be it Aspen or G1000. Besides the obscene prices, of course. I'm staying with my needles, thank you very much.

[Bob_Belville]

Hank,

An ASI and an Altimeter isn't 10% of what an Aspen shows the discriminating pilot.

Likewise a JPI EDM 930 does a lot more than show you whether the oil pressure is in the green.

IMNSHO neither of these glass panel devices is obscenely priced.

[gsxrpilot]

1 hour ago, Bob_Belville said:

An ASI and an Altimeter isn't 10% of what an Aspen shows the discriminating pilot.

Likewise a JPI EDM 930 does a lot more than show you whether the oil pressure is in the green.

Agreed!  After all I'm not flying the Concord or even a little Boeing. There are many things to like about glass, and not the least is the complete picture provided in a single instrument. I'm also interested in the increased reliability without a vacuum system, and the increased useful load. Finally, I'm a bit of a gadget geek and make my living on the bleeding edge of technology. Therefore I'm very comfortable with digital screens, software, and am not rattled by miscellaneous glitches or bugs in the code.

[carusoam]

I like the air data computer behind the digital screen.  More data specific to what I am flying.... Wind speed and direction continuously with weather and traffic overlayed...

i have learned about the instrument layouts in both cars and planes.  Important stuff often occurs at 12:00 or 3:00 or 6:00 on each dial...  Shift points or stall speeds or redlines...

Really helpful when you fly multiple machines.

Best regards,

-a-

[Marauder]

34 minutes ago, Hyett6420 said:

Ive never seen glass in action only on a display stand so perhaps i am a bit biased. 

Well get in one and see how fast you hand your wallet over to the avionics shop. 

[donkaye]

46 minutes ago, Hyett6420 said:

Ive never seen glass in action only on a display stand so perhaps i am a bit biased. 

OK check this out in my plane. A friend did the first video.  The next 2 were a demonstration of the ESI 500 that I had installed to replace the original ESI 2000 backup display.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5qVK4TLRrg&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=282JSodOg0c

 

[Marauder]

Just now, donkaye said:

OK check this out in my plane. A friend did the first video.  The next 2 were a demonstration of the ESI 500 that I had installed to replace the original ESI 2000 backup display.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5qVK4TLRrg&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=282JSodOg0c

 

I don't know. I couldn't get past the dirty yoke.

 

[kris_adams]

I could get by them if I had that panel behind them...lol

[donkaye]

18 hours ago, Marauder said:

I don't know. I couldn't get past the dirty yoke.

 

I would do the yokes in leather, but every wire in the yoke would have to be removed to take the yoke off.  That includes autopilot, speed brakes, CWS, Recorder, Traffic Mute, Push to Command, and Transponder.  Everything works now.  Trying to troubleshoot yoke wiring after doing the yokes is just not on my agenda.

[Guitarmaster]

I would do the yokes in leather, but every wire in the yoke would have to be removed to take the yoke off.  That includes autopilot, speed brakes, CWS, Recorder, Traffic Mute, Push to Command, and Transponder.  Everything works now.  Trying to troubleshoot yoke wiring after doing the yokes is just not on my agenda.

Good heavens!!! Are you flying a Mooney or an F-16??

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[donkaye]

29 minutes ago, Guitarmaster said:

 

Good heavens!!! Are you flying a Mooney or an F-16??

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I don't think there is another Mooney in the fleet including all new Acclaims that have an avionics setup like mine.  It took a lot of planning and study to get exactly what I wanted---and I've already changed it twice since it was original completed, replacing the ESI 2000 with the ESI 500, the GMA 35 with the GMA 35c and the GTX 330ES with the GTX 335.

[Guest]

That sounds like a "mine is bigger than yours" competition.  Mine has a IO-720, yours a piddely 540.

Clarence

[mike_elliott]

20 minutes ago, M20Doc said:

That sounds like a "mine is bigger than yours" competition.  Mine has a IO-720, yours a piddely 540.

Clarence

Dons has that 30.6 GPH going for it Clarence, if that counts

[Guest]

49 minutes ago, mike_elliott said:

Dons has that 30.6 GPH going for it Clarence, if that counts

I did notice the fuel burn in the video, makes the 720 look like a fuel miser.

Clarence

[Steve Dawson]

Don, Why the Shadin fuel flow gauge when you also have the EVP? 

[Marauder]

I would do the yokes in leather, but every wire in the yoke would have to be removed to take the yoke off.  That includes autopilot, speed brakes, CWS, Recorder, Traffic Mute, Push to Command, and Transponder.  Everything works now.  Trying to troubleshoot yoke wiring after doing the yokes is just not on my agenda.

Don, Don, Don... its only money. You pay people to do that stuff for ya.


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