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Hi
Doug;
I made a small sub-panel as well (I included a
small pic that barely shows it at the bottom), but I also put a piano hinged lid
on it. The lid flips up exposing switches that I don't want inadvertently bumped
including the EC2 programming switches. In the normal course of a flight
none of these switches are normally used, so this is why there is a flip-up lid
on the panel. The one main exception on the EC2 panel that you really want
convenient access to is the mixture knob, so I removed this and mounted it on
the centre console right beside the throttle quadrant. It was a simple matter to
de-solder this from the program panel circuit board and solder in a set of
extension wires from the mixture pot. to the circuit board.
This keeps all of the programming controls out of the
way and gives convenient access to mixture control. It's my understanding that
the new auto-tune feature works so well, that use of the mixture knob is greatly
reduced or almost eliminated so it may not be necessary to have it as
convenient.
Todd (gotta get me some
autotune)
I am looking for ideas (especially from those who are already flying (Ed
Anderson, etc.)) about the placement of my switches / EC2 control head on the
instrument panel. My initial plan is to take some 1 inch aluminum
angle and place it under my panel on the pilot side and mount my
switches to that with the EC2 controller directly above it. My
questions are:
1. What order are you running your switches (battery stuff, engine
controls, lights, etc,)??
2. Ergonomically what location makes the most sense for the EC2
control head and EM2 input buttons
3. Would you change any locations now that you have been flying
with it for while...
Thanks for any inputs...
Thanks for any inputs,
Doug Lomheim
RV-9A
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