Month: August 2015

Three Things

Three things I know nothing about at all: plumbing fuel lines wiring electrical systems hanging engines Three critical things to do before the plane is finished: plumbing fuel lines wiring electrical systems hanging engines Seems like I know less now…

Centre Console (2 hr)

SPOILER ALERT: I got this wrong The centre console is an optional accessory, not part of the standard kit, and I’ll be honest and say that when I bought it I thought I was buying something to go between the…

First Draft Panel Design

Obviously this is NOT TO SCALE!!!!! 1. Ameri-King AK-451 ELT remote switch/panel http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/avpages/ameriKingpackages.php 2. 8.5″ Explorer Lite EFIS http://www.mglavionics.com/html/iefis_lite.html 3. V6 COM Radio http://www.mglavionics.com/html/radios.html 4. Trim switch supplied by Zenith 5. Trim indicator supplied by Zenith 6. Flaps switch. Going…

Panel Pieces

My panel pieces from MGL Avionics arrived last week, plus a couple of other things that I’ve decided to install up front. One of the things now is to work out how they fit together and also how exactly does…

Instrument Panel Purchased!

Today I took a drive up to MGL Avionics in Torrence to meet with them for some demos and to generally find out about panels. After a very useful time with Matt, including a demo and a look at some…