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ashontz
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 Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:44 am Post subject: Re: Instrument Panel Access |
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Tony, how much did you pay for that Garmin GPS-295? Funny thing is, it looks IDENTICAL to the Garmin Street Pilot I bought at a yardsale last month for $20 (yes, twenty dollars), and it works fine. Obviously they're using the same case and just uploading a different program and database to the two. I wonder if there's some way to get a new programmed chip for my unit, or install a new software package in my yardsale unit and use that when it comes time. I see the new Garmin 296 is going for $1,200.
[quote="tonyplane(at)bellsouth.ne"]John,
One of the BEST decisions I made was to make the fwd top skin removable. I used rivnuts and 6-32 SS screws. Others have used nutplates and J clips?? etc.
With the skin removed, you have access not only to the instrument panel, but to the inside fwd firewall, rudder peddles and cables, steering rods, brakes, etc.
Also, I have removal of the top skin part of my annual condition inspection to check wiring, and other areas under the instrument panel that would be a real problem to inspect with the skin in place.
I also have a removable panel aft of the canopy "line" on the top skin. On it, I have provisions to mount 1 or 2 Garmin GPSs (One for the pilots side and one for my spouse's side) and have also mounted a vertical compass card.. Coming through this panel I have compass lighting wiring and hard wiring for the GPS's through grommeted holes that have a slots leading to the holes from the edge of the panel.. When I remove the top skin, I remove this panel first and can leave the wiring intact by passing it through the slot.
You can see my instrument panel at http://www.zenithair.com/zodiac/6-photo79.html (Zenith Photo Library #79) as originally finished, but since I have added some "Stuff" , such as a switch and a blinking light to show "Wig-wag" taxi/landing lights, another switch to use either Garmin GPS to drive my AP, a light to show when I have the aux fuel pump on, a Tru-Track T&B, and ...
I really like what you can easily do with your airplane when it is "Experimental". If I had to drill out the top skin rivets to gain access to the instrument panel aft areas, it would not be as much fun and also I believe would result in a real mess to clean up.
Tony Graziano
XL/Jab3300; N493TG; 304 hrs
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Subject: Instrument Panel Access From: John Davis (johnd(at)data-tech.com ([email]johnd(at)data-tech.com?subject=Re:%20Instrument%20Panel%20Access&replyto=470D085D.6000304(at)data-tech.com[/email])) Date: [b]Wed Oct 10 - 10:30 AM[/b] | Quote: | | Quote: | Hi All,
I'm just wrapping up my electrical work and am getting close to putting
on the front skin over the panel area. Riveting it per the factory seems
to be a poor choice since I wont have any easy access to the rear of the
panel.
So it seems like the options are:
A) Install nutplates or similar and make the entire skin removable. As I
have a QB kit their are already 90+ rivet holes that would have to be
fitted, so thats a lot of work.
B) Install the skin permanently but add a couple of access panels on the
top. Seems like several folks on the list are doing this. My only
concern with this approach would be water leaking under the access
panel. Any ideas as to how to prevent/avoid this issue ?
Your thoughts/Ideas ?
Thanks in advance,
John Davis
Burnsville, NC
601XL QB - Jab 3300
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ashontz
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:01 am Post subject: Re: Instrument Panel Access |
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Well, apparently there is no way to upgrade a Street Pilot to a 295 (http://www.cockpitgps.com/cpgpsweb/cockpitgps.htm). That would have been sweet. Oh well, I'm sure someone is capable of it, but not worth my researching it.
Interesting website though.
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