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Is there a "correct" panel layout?
I'm wondering... if you were laying out your panel today... is there a
specific way, perhaps a "standard" way, that you'd layout your instruments? I've seen some un-intuitive layouts and I'm wondering if anyone and provide me with some insight as to safest/user friendly layout. Thanks, -dr |
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Is there a "correct" panel layout?
In a previous article, "Dico" said:
I'm wondering... if you were laying out your panel today... is there a specific way, perhaps a "standard" way, that you'd layout your instruments? I've seen some un-intuitive layouts and I'm wondering if anyone and provide me with some insight as to safest/user friendly layout. Actually, I was just talking with some people at Pinckneyville about this, and wondering how much it would hurt the resale value of a plane if you were to turn everything around so you would fly it from the right seat. I'm left handed, and I hate that I have to switch hands on the yoke to write down a new frequency or clearance, then switch back to turn the radios or set the OBS. -- Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/ In any business, the customer is always right, except when he calls technical support. |
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Is there a "correct" panel layout?
The most common set up is to have the six pack on the left, communicate
and navigate in the middle, and engine information on the right. When looking for a Cessna 150, I did decline to pursue one particular airplane because the panel instruments seemed to be sprinkled around in no particular logical order. Most panels do not have the tachometer as prominently placed for viewing by the pilot as the six-pack instruments, but I would much prefer the tachometer on my side (left). I check it far more often than the vertical speed indicator. |
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Is there a "correct" panel layout?
Also... what is the best way to layout a six pack? are there
"standards" with that? Where does/should each instrument go? -dr |
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Is there a "correct" panel layout?
Insurance companies like "accepted standards" for pilots that routinely may
fly different aircraft, to include gear/flap lever positions and the order of the Throttle(MP)/Prop(RPM)/Mixture(FuelFlow) levers. Airspeed, Attitude, Altimeter Turn and Bank, Compass/HSI, VSI Secondary Nav instruments (primary on the HSI) to the right of the Altimeter and VSI Radio stack to the right of that, Engine instruments where they fit If you look at most business class turbines you'll find the engine stack between the Nav indicators and the radio stack. BT "Dico" wrote in message oups.com... Also... what is the best way to layout a six pack? are there "standards" with that? Where does/should each instrument go? -dr |
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Is there a "correct" panel layout?
Why do I look at the tachometer?
I check the rpm at run-up to see if the mag causes excessive rpm drop; to see if carb heat is working; during take-off run to make sure the engine is producing full power. I have a set rpm that I use for cruise climb and another rpm setting when going in a long descent; once in the pattern I set the rpm so that I'll bleed off the altitude as I go around the pattern. I do look at the tach more often than the vertical speed indicator. Tach time would also be useful for computing endurance, (much more reliable than the gas gauges), but where it is placed makes the numbers difficult to read. For impending problems, the tachometer is rather worthless, so I do scan oil temperature, oil pressure, CHT. |
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Is there a "correct" panel layout?
Personally, only time I really care about my RPM's is on my descent on an
ILS approach, where I set it to 1900, and slide down the glide slope. Do you keep jockeying the yoke back and forth to stay on glide slope? The Navy taught us to trim for the desired speed, then make throttle adjustments to stay on the glide slope. Much easier and better, IMHO. vince norris |
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