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Widebody Panel Drawing

Grant

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Do any of you have a widebody panel drawing? All this talk about instrument panels has me thinking about my panel layout...
 
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Not a drawing, I made a cardboard template with cutout cardboard squares for each instrument. The squares were sized to allow for a 1/8" gap between the instruments. The squares were then moved around until I was satisfied. Then metal was cut. The GPS-695 is mounted on a custom recessed mount. No the compass doesn't work very well, it just for appearances as it was something in my inventory. I may use some compensating magnets on it one of these days when I get a
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I had Rob and Jen Hickman at AFS build my Quick Panel for my widebody Javron, they sent me an aluminum template for fitting and it was a perfect fit. They have this template on file.20211004_154627-1.jpg
 

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Grant said:
Do any of you have a widebody panel drawing? All this talk about instrument panels has me thinking about my panel layout...
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Panels are easy to template and cut. Deciding on the instrument(s) is the hard part and with that, the layout. The big one? Glass panel or round instruments? I’ve liked both panels in my Cubs. You get used to what you have.
 
skywagon8a said:
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This photo reminded me of a guy on the field with intermittent mag issues,
Only acted up on departure climb out. Problem only occurred when owner flew it, maintenance shop could not recreate condition.
Turned out to be intermittent issue with a worn out ignition switch.
owner had a bunch of stuff hanging on his key ring. Maintenance shop was provided a single spare key.
one particularly bright mechanic decided to wiggle/pull on the key during pre flight mag check and was finally able to recreate problem.
Bunch of stuff hanging on key ring was thought to be the culprit in wearing out key switch.
High AOA during departure and all the dangling weight pulled the key in such a manor that one mag was
grounded, level out plane and everything fine.

Probably an unusual situation, but just saying..
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Probably an unusual situation, but just saying..[/QUOTE]

Nope. There's a reason for the switch ADs.

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