Dream Panel

ND wrote 2015/08/31 at 14:12:

On Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 5:15:00 PM UTC-4, wrote:
Was wondering what would be your dream panel if cost was not a factor and why you would choose the instruments you do?

Firstly it would be inside of a KA-6e, and made of varnished birdseye maple, with a pellet vario, and ivory-faced, anodized aluminum instruments

like this:

http://wingsandwheels.com/old-site/images/page211.jpg

No GPS, no electronics, other than maybe an audio vario that wouldn't ruin "the feel", and of course a radio. especially one that looks vintage.

the Panel itself looks fine, but ...

- 2 Varios, OK
- 2 ASIs, divergingly readable - no
- and ... 4 Altimeters are a bit much of redundancy ... just my 2 ct.

regards
Werner

On Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at 6:32:19 AM UTC-4, Werner Schmidt wrote:
ND wrote 2015/08/31 at 14:12:

On Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 5:15:00 PM UTC-4, wrote:
Was wondering what would be your dream panel if cost was not a factor and why you would choose the instruments you do?

Firstly it would be inside of a KA-6e, and made of varnished birdseye maple, with a pellet vario, and ivory-faced, anodized aluminum instruments

like this:

http://wingsandwheels.com/old-site/images/page211.jpg

No GPS, no electronics, other than maybe an audio vario that wouldn't ruin "the feel", and of course a radio. especially one that looks vintage.

the Panel itself looks fine, but ...

- 2 Varios, OK
- 2 ASIs, divergingly readable - no
- and ... 4 Altimeters are a bit much of redundancy ... just my 2 ct.

regards
Werner

aww c'mon, you know what i mean. that panel just happens to capture "the look" i'm describing. that panel only looks that way because they want to showcase what they have available. i only would want one ASI, one ALT, one Compass, a radio, and a vario or pellet vario if one could be found that fit in with the rest.

At the end of the day though, this is all hypothetical....... ...

ND wrote 2015/09/01 at 14:35:

aww c'mon, you know what i mean. that panel just happens to capture
"the look" i'm describing.

huh - thought it was about the instruments :-D

regards
Werner

On Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 2:56:37 PM UTC-4, Werner Schmidt wrote:
ND wrote 2015/09/01 at 14:35:

aww c'mon, you know what i mean. that panel just happens to capture
"the look" i'm describing.

huh - thought it was about the instruments :-D

regards
Werner

that's the problem, post said dream PANEL. most people only think about packing in all the highest tech instruments and that's it.

MY dream panel is not that.

On Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 11:15:00 PM UTC+2, wrote:
Was wondering what would be your dream panel if cost was not a factor and why you would choose the instruments you do?

For the looks and function I like this guy's panel:
https://ls8project.files.wordpress.c...5/img_5109.jpg

What I really would like is context aware Instruments. E.g. before flight it displays the checklist. The items are ticked off when you correct the state: For example lock the airbreaks.
Radios that suggest frequencies according to position (its coming i know)
It should display landing check-list when near an airport. Inform you of weather changes along the planned route.
Head mounted display, that displays basic data such as thermal assistant, traffic and navigation data.