Posted for JIMRHER@aol.com:


I have now 180 hrs flying with the Infinity grip stated below with the exception that I have the up/down speed brake to the right of the coolie hat, which you don't need with the Turbine. I think it is important to have the TruTrak AP disconnect and CWS on the thumb location because when you are in Turbulence and hand flying to a new heading you will be holding this button down with your thumb and tightly griping the grip. This works but if it were on the lowest button I would have to use my right hand to hold that button.
With all do respect to the other comments, I would like to point out that the L4 requires a lot of rudder trim. In my 2200 hrs of flying I have trimmed the rudder more in the last 180 L4P hrs than all previous flight hours and the Coolie is the most convent. Also, It took me most of the first 100 hrs to stop trimming the roll when it looked like it was needed. You must first have the ball in the center (the L4's most looked at gauge) before thinking about roll. Most of the time the rudder trim will correct what looks like a roll trim issue.
Also, note that with the EFIS you will be using the Mute button more often if you, for example, have the "Fuel Split" turned on. I like it to remind me of when the tanks are out of balance by 10 gals. that way I can climb to altitude, get a warning, switch tanks and go for 20 gals (1: 15hr) before another warning, and switching tanks again. Maybe I will trim the roll once on each tank that way. But when you get the Fuel Split Warning it will repeat the warning several times unless you push the mute button, even then it will repeat because it takes time to use enough fuel to correct the out of balance. This is why some folks turn this feature off. Also, with the TCAD and in the airport area following other aircraft you will get a warning and then turning final another warning until 200 or 300 ft. off the ground then it stops, each time I push the mute after the first warning and identifying the aircraft. After you push the mute it will still give a warning if a new target shows up. I still like the mute button on the lowest position it is easy with either hand. So far I haven't wanted to change anything on the button assignments. The Ident and Flip Flop work just fine on the radios. Changing EFIS screens is better left to push the knob on the screen that you want to change, unless you only have one screen.

Hope this gives some flight feeling to this issue.

Jim Hergert
N6XE, "An Sex Y" L4P



[For the record, Ted's panel includes a single Chelton EFIS... part of the reason we chose the screen swap function.     <Marv>          ]