67'F EGT panel hole size EDM700

[mschmuff]

Hoping someone can help me out with this.

I'm looking at installing an EDM700.

I'd like to install it where the EGT gauge is above the pilot yoke.

Has anyone installed it there?  Is there enough room?  Deep enough?

I have attached a pic of my panel.....

I have room where the ADF was removed all the way to the right but that is not where I'd like to have it since it is such a small gauge.

 

Thanks in advance!

[jlunseth]

Install manuals with dimensional diagrams are on one of the JPI websites, either www.jpinstruments.com or www.jpitech.com .You will have to fish around to find the one for your unit.

[Steve65E-NC]

You forgot to attach the photo.  But, I assume that you meant "above the co-pilot yoke".  About two decades ago I had a JPI installed in that location by a well known shop.  Some time later, I determined that the JPI was too long and was actually  limiting the movement of the control yokes.  What to do??  I made up a little sheet metal  panel overlay for the instrument to mount to.  The overlay angled the instrument toward the pilot.  I attached this sheet metal part to the panel with screws.    This addition gave a better instrument view to the pilot and just swung the tail end of the instrument out of the way of yoke movement.  More than one way to skin a cat.  

[mschmuff]

Thats what I get for using Firefox!!!

I guess there is something to say for Internet Eplorer....

It is the pilot side - I was worried about the depth....

[mschmuff]

You are correct Steve - the control yoke is angled up behind the dash and will not allow me to mount it there.....

Thanks for the help! - back to the drawing board!!

[Steve65E-NC]

Maybe put a clock (no depth problem) in the old gauge hole and take the clock off the yoke to make room for your handheld GPS or mini Ipad. 

 

In the next day or so I will be at the airport and take a photo of my right-side mounting.  The visibility is good but you have to reach across to tap the two buttons (which you will be doing frequently, particularly while making LOP adjustments).  The JPI in itself does not need or benefit from being on the left or "shock mounted" side of the panel.  The less weight on that side the better.   I really like my EDM 700.  It paid for itself in a spate of partially plugged injector events shortly after some tank work.  And, it allows me to run LOP with confidence, even without a flow meter.  An additional argument for the right side mounting - that is probably where the other engine instruments are located. 

[PilotDerek]

Insights G series is half the depth of the JPI 700. I was thinking of installing that in the same place. Haven't done the leg work to see if it will fit. It is 3.65" depth. http://www.insightavionics.com/pdf%20files/G3-G4-Size.pdf

[BigTex]

The EDM 700 would not work there.  There's a two push buttons on the 700 at the 5 and 7 o'clock positions that would preclude putting it there without serious reworking of the overlay.

[Hank]

Maybe put a clock (no depth problem) in the old gauge hole and take the clock off the yoke to make room for your handheld GPS or mini Ipad. 

 

Those of us with wind-up clocks know that they cannot be "removed" from the yoke. The yoke was cast with the clock mount, and it completely surrounds the clock; taking the clock out will not eliminate the obstruction.

 

My EGT is mounted to the lower left, near the bottom edge of the panel. Gotta love the variation in the vintage panels! 

[N601RX]

Some of the custom panels that people are making and installing are tilted out at the top, others are not.  The ones at that have the top spaced out has more depth above the yoke due to the closer to 90deg angle that the yoke and panel intersect at.

[Steve65E-NC]

Hank,

 

Please explain again why I can not take my wind up clock out of the yoke (which I have done dozens of times), screw a nice cover plate over the opening, and mount an electric clock in the panel to meet FAA clock requirements.  Lots of  the GPS mounts on the yoke,  seen on this forum,  obstruct the view of the yoke clock.  Oh, excuse me I have to go wipe the slobber off my chin.

[Hank]

Steve--

 

You surely can. That's what I get for reading too fast--I thought you were saying that removing the clock would give extra clearance between the yoke and the EMD 700 that he wants to put in the panel almost directly behind it.

 

Mount your handheld anywhere you like. Personally, I like the sweep hands and the settable red hands, it really makes remembering to change tanks easy, and simplifies figuring flight time at the end.

[Steve65E-NC]

As promised, here are three photos of my angled right side mounting for EDM700.  Again, this little angled subpanel was contrived to solve a yoke interference problem.  But, it gives the pilot a better view. 

 

Also note:  Velcro pencil mount.  I always know where my pencil is.

Also note:  Co-pilot yoke mount for secondary timer oriented for left seat visibility and operation.  Timer velcroed to wood

      block sawed to angle toward pilot, 1/4" hole or holes,  cable ties.

Also note:  White on clear Labeling of all instruments for when flying young folks.

[fantom]

Nice panel work, Steve....