Nice looking panels Mike!

Are you Western or a Delta native? I'm with AA.

'53 C170B
3 weeks ago:

Today:

Jim

The time had finally come last fall to address my completely inadequate panel, lighting and associated wiring. Although, the journey was difficult and expensive, I could not be happier with the final results. I not only gained over 12 lbs of useful load from dumping all the crap, but gained utility and usefulness that I am just now being able to appreciate and utilize.

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Here's mine... a Kitfox Model IV. I just got my night rating and wanted to upgrade to a panel suitable for night VFR. The radio didn't work very well either, so I decided to gut the whole panel and redo everything. I ended up going with a Dynon EFIS on the left, a Dynon EMS on the right, and a Garmin 695 in the middle. I also added a Composite Designs Power Panel to handle power distribution. I don't have it bolted in the plane yet, but you can see what it looks like on my kitchen counter I'm not crazy about the grey color, so I may repaint it to white or a different shady of grey (glossier) before I install it.

Before:


After:

Hey guys, its been a while...here is my current situation! My gyros are shot...so im sure you can guess whats happening here!










Im really looking forward to the completed project...


The panels in the 185's posted earlier are phenomenal by the way!

Mike

Now that my panel is 100% done I can post it here!

MAU MAU wrote:Nice looking panels Mike!

Are you Western or a Delta native? I'm with AA.

Hey Mau Mau - didn't see this until now! I'm a Delta guy since '07. Fourteen years with ASA before that.

robw56 wrote:Now that my panel is 100% done I can post it here!

Rob- that turned out amazing!

Thanks!

While still a long ways from "modern", I'll bet I now own one of the few Tri-Pacers with Bluetooth in the panel (PS Engineering PAR-200).

Panel before:

panel_old by scottf, on Flickr



Panel after:
IMG_20140824_101406950_HDR by scottf, on Flickr

Thats a slick looking unit Scott! Does it work well? If it does it just became the feont runner for audio panel/comm upgrade for my 180.

Here's the panel in my 46 J3. I need to get the oil pressure gauge marked correctly for the C85. Someone was a little optimistic when they added the green arc. Sorry for the poor quality.

Scott, does your ipad mount flip up? I think I saw it on SWPO a while back and intend to copy it.

A1Skinner wrote:Thats a slick looking unit Scott! Does it work well? If it does it just became the feont runner for audio panel/comm upgrade for my 180.

I absolutely love the PAR200, for me it is perfect. The intercom is the best 4-place I've ever heard (and no extra panel space needed for squelch/volume since it uses intellivox). Radio works fine, bluetooth audio sounds great, and got a 2nd audio input added in the back seat for the kids so they don't always have to listen to Johnny Cash. Can monitor standby frequency. It is now my only radio so I can't comment on the audio panel portion. But for under 3 pounds it does a lot in a little bit of space.

Bender wrote:Scott, does your ipad mount flip up? I think I saw it on SWPO a while back and intend to copy it.

No, I know the one you are talking about but mine does not flip up. Behind it is just a metal plate. I purposely wanted to eliminate as much as I could to make room for the ipad without it covering other avionics. I didn't quite have enough vertical room for the airgizmo mount, but the ram mounts works well and doesn't stick out too far. The ipad mount is just the standard ipad mini ram mount with the right side being spring loaded so the ipad can be inserted and removed easily.

Here's a shot of the new skywagon's panel, taken the day I bought it. I've since mounted my Garmin 196 in the top center, where the CO detector is, with a digital timer velcroed on underneath it.
I plan on losing the old panel-mount GPS and relocating the com radio above the transponder, but otherwise I like it as is.

A link to a friends photograph showing the panel of our aircraft.

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Aermacch ... c16a87f9c9


Safe Flying.

The Citabria


The Twin Comanche

N300RE wrote:The Citabria

I think I've seen that panel for sale recently, even includes the plane! Are you planning to replace the Citabria?