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Ruidoso Ron · Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:27 pm Post subject:

http://www.supercub.org/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=14857&cat=500&ppuser=936

This was the original panel in my Italian L-21B. It was actually used as an instrument trainer, and had the old AN gyros (big and heavy!). I removed the gyros and the vacuum pump to save weight. You can see the shock-mounted gyro panel, on which I had mounted my Garmin 295. I am currently rebuilding it, and will mount the Garmin 296 (496?) in a Gizmo mount in that panel. While the contour is high, it doesn't obstruct my forward vision. My 3" gear and 0-Thrust mount accomplish that for me. I like it because it is original, and I've never seen another like it. It will be better organized and black crinkled when finished. Also, I plan to move the elctrical panel to the area in the bottom middle. I will fabricate a sub-panel for that.
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JMBreitinger · Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 1:53 am Post subject:

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JMBreitinger · Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 1:57 am Post subject:

Here is the one that we built from scratch. Mine is a wide body so it is a couple inches wider than stock. We also kept the bottom up as high as possible for more leg room. It is powder coated.

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N2324M · Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 3:39 am Post subject:

Just finished my new panel. It took a lot of thinking and measuring to get everything to fit. I put all the switches on the left so I don't have to take my right hand off of the stick to make any adjustments. This was my first panel design and I really enjoyed it.

PhillipsRC · Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 8:51 pm Post subject:

N9577D's instrument panel now looks like this:

Ray

spinner2 · Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 5:51 pm Post subject:

Here's a panel I machined from a Univair blank. Just got it back from the powder coater.

[img] http://www.supercub.org/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=15762&cat=755 [/img]
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Christina Young · Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 7:01 pm Post subject:

Ruidoso Ron · Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 7:39 pm Post subject:

Looks good Christina. I have finished the sub-panel (gyro panel), and will post a pic of it.

I was there to pick out this cub from the first group that came from Italy. It was imported by a friend of mine Ron Jones, of Texas Turbo Jet. He brought in 44 L-21B's and 4 L-19's in this batch. He later bought another load of them, but I don't know how many. Mine was the only one I ever saw with the full gyro panel. Yours is the only other one I have seen with this setup.
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stevensonjr · Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 8:42 pm Post subject:

Ron, your idea of a airgizmo and a 396/496 is a good one. I've been using the 496 in the WX mode and don't know if I could ever give it up! The knowledge of whats behind that big rainstorm in front of you really takes the pressure off. I've never had this capability in a light single before. The 396/496 is a remarkable device! Bill

Ruidoso Ron · Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 9:30 pm Post subject:

Bill, I thought the 296 was the cat's meow until I flew Sam Beckett's SC across the continent. I believe the weather function on his 496 probably saved me a day in a 4-day trip. It certainly sets the mind at ease, knowing what's around the next corner.
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Christina Young · Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 11:56 pm Post subject:

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http://www.supercub.org/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=8183&cat=500&ppuser=2728

mike mcs repair · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 7:18 am Post subject:

here's a few of recent ones.. the other pics are in a box of pics from before I got a digital camera...will scan them later...

http://www.supercub.org/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=777

note in p7 when I can, I usually put all the breakers in a removable panel or two for ease of working on them......

mike
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mikombs · Joined: 03 May 2005 Posts: 17 Location: Southern Oregon

This the panel I built for my cub.

N5126H · Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 11:36 pm Post subject:

Pete:

Will the new panel make it fly better?

NTSB Identification: ANC85LA120 .
The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 27778.
Accident occurred Saturday, July 06, 1985 in ANCHORAGE, AK
Aircraft: PIPER PA-14, registration: N4292H
Injuries: 3 Uninjured.
THE PLT ABORTED HIS 1ST ATTEMPT TO TAKEOFF DUE TO BOAT & WATER SKI ACTIVITY. HE BACK TAXIED & BEGAN A 2ND ATTEMPT ON ROUGH WATER. THE ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE AT ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE. IT STOPPED CLIMBING WHEN THE PLT BEGAN TO RAISE THE FLAPS, SO HE 'PULLED THE SECOND NOTCH OF FLAPS BACK ON' AND BEGAN A SHALLOW TURN. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT MUSHED, COLLIDED WITH TREES & CRASHED.

The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:

PLANNING/DECISION..IMPROPER..PILOT IN COMMAND
AIRSPEED(VS)..NOT MAINTAINED..PILOT IN COMMAND
STALL/MUSH..INADVERTENT..PILOT IN COMMAND

Contributing Factors

RAISING OF FLAPS..PREMATURE..PILOT IN COMMAND
OBJECT..TREE(S)